Nanded Airport

Nanded Airport
Nanded Airport
	IATA: NDC; ICAO: VAND;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)
Operator	Nanded Airport Private Limited (NADL)
Serves	Nanded
Location	Nanded, Maharashtra, India
Opened	1958;66 years ago
Built	Reliance Airport Developers
Elevation AMSL	374 m / 1,227 ft
Coordinates	19°10′55″N077°19′07″E / 19.18194°N 77.31861°E
Website	Nanded Airport
Map
	NDC NDC
Runways
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers
Passengers	1,067 ( 130.9%)
Aircraft movements	191 ( 56.6%)
Cargo tonnage	—
	Source: AAI

Last updated October 16, 2024

Nanded Airport^[5]( IATA : NDC, ICAO : VAND) is a domestic airport serving the city of Nanded, in the state of Maharashtra, India. It was inaugurated on 4 October 2008 by the former Minister of Civil Aviation, Praful Patel, and the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, with Kingfisher Airlines flying a special commemorative flight to the airport using its ATR-72 turboprop aircraft. It is named after Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Sikh Guru

History

The airport was built in 1958 by the Public Works Department.^[1] However, it remained underdeveloped for many years, being served only for a short while by regional carrier Vayudoot in the early 1990s. In April 2000, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) took over the development and maintenance of the airport.^[6]

To push development and trade in the Marathwada region, the Maharashtra State Industries Ministry initiated the process of modernisation of airports operated by MIDC in 2006. Tenders were floated to invite private parties to draw out a plan for flight operations,^[7] as a result of which, the airport was leased to Reliance Airport Developers, a subsidiary of Reliance Infra that undertakes project management, implementation, and operation of airports, who currently operates the airport.^[8]

Air India and TruJet were the only two airlines who operated from the airport to four destinations–Amritsar, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad since 2018, before both of them shutting down operations indefinitely in February 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and TruJet's bankruptcy in February 2022. Since then, the airport remained inoperative for three years,^[9] when in July 2023, three airlines, Star Air, Fly91 and TruJet announced to connect the airport with new destinations, such as Jalandhar, Bangalore, Jalgaon, Sindhudurg, Pune, Goa and Hyderabad under the UDAN Scheme, by the end of 2023.^[10]^[11]

Structure

While the new terminal building, capable of handling 300 passengers at peak hours, featured six check-in counters, VIP lounges, departure and arrival lounges, transit suites & snooze cabins, visitors' waiting area, and cafeteria, the airside saw drastic improvements as well. The sole runway was extended from 1375 metres to 2300 metres. Runway width was also increased by 15 metres to 45 metres, making it capable of handling larger aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. A new night landing system and airfield lighting system was installed along with modern navigational aids.^[12]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation awarded a provisional aerodrome licence to Nanded Airport in the public use category on 5 April 2010, and a permanent licence on 1 October 2010.

Passenger traffic at Nanded Airport in FY 2011 Q2 increased to almost 5,700 per month from 3,000 in the previous quarter.^[13]

Airlines and destinations

Until January 2020, Air India and TruJet were the only airlines who operated regular flights to Amritsar, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad under the UDAN Scheme, and then both airlines indefinitely suspended all operations from the airport due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[14] Since February 2020, the airport has not been operational.^[9] In July 2023, three airlines, Star Air, FLY91 and TruJet have announced to connect the airport with new destinations, such as Jalandhar, Bangalore, Jalgaon, Sindhudurg, Pune, Goa and Hyderabad under the UDAN Scheme, by the end of 2023.^[10]^[11] On 31 March 2024, Star Air restarted commercial operations in the airport, by starting direct flights from the airport to five new destinations.^[15]

Airlines	Destinations
Star Air ^[16]	Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad,^[15] Nagpur, Pune

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at NDC airport. See Wikidata query.

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[About_NDC-1] 1 2 "Airstrips in Maharashtra". Maharashtra Public Works Department. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[2] "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[3] "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[4] "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[5] "Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport Official website". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.

[6] "M.I.D.C." Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[IE6-7] "MIDC-run airports set for makeover". Indian Express. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[TOI-8] "Reliance Airport gets five projects on lease". The Times of India . 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[Reliance-9] 1 2 "Operations–Flight Information–Nanded Airport". Nanded Airport (Press release). Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[NDC_Airport_to_resume_ops_by_year_end-10] 1 2 Kaur, Deepkamal (30 July 2023). "Spicejet, Star Air to launch flights from Adampur to 5 destinations". The Tribune. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[FLY91-11] 1 2 "Newest airline FLY91 gets routes under UDAN Scheme". The Economic Times. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[12] "Airport Website" . Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[13] "Q2 FY11 Results" (PDF). Retrieved 20 September 2011.

[Nanded_Airport_begins_ops-14] "Air India Introduces Direct Amritsar-Nanded Flight". Ndtv.com. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[SA-15] 1 2 Star Air [@OfficialStarAir] (14 March 2024). "NDC-BLR, Hindon Daily flights starting March 31st" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 March 2024– via Twitter.

[16] "Flight Schedule". Star Air . Retrieved 17 March 2024.

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