Pantnagar Airport

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Pantnagar Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Airports Authority of India,
Serves Pantnagar, Rudrapur, Haldwani and Kichha
LocationPantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
Elevation  AMSL 233 m / 764 ft
Coordinates 29°01′56″N079°28′27″E / 29.03222°N 79.47417°E / 29.03222; 79.47417
Website Pantnagar Airport
Map
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PGH
Location of airport in Uttarakhand
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PGH
PGH (India)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
10/281,3724,500 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2022 – March 2023)
Passengers71,136 (Increase2.svg 120.4%)
Aircraft movements1,792 (Increase2.svg 71%)
Cargo tonnage—
Source: AAI [1] [2] [3]

Pantnagar Airport( IATA : PGH, ICAO : VIPT) is a domestic airport serving Pantnagar and its adjoining regions, located in the Udham Singh Nagar district in of Uttarakhand, India. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India. It is the nearest airport to the Kumaon division and is located in the middle of Haldwani and Rudrapur, the two largest cities of Kumaon. It is 26 km from Haldwani and from the Kumaon hill stations of Nainital (65 km), Bhimtal (50 km), Ranikhet (110 km) and Almora (120 km), Bareilly (65 km) and the Jim Corbett National Park (120 km). [4] [5]

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History

The airport was able to accommodate only small aircraft until 2008, when the length of the runway was increased to 4,500 feet to accommodate larger turboprop aircraft at a cost of ₹75 crores. [6]

The Government of Uttarakhand had offered a subsidy to Jagson Airlines between 2005 and 2008, to undertake daily scheduled flights between Pantnagar and Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. [7] The annual subsidy was not renewed in 2008 when the runway length was increased. The government then invited Deccan Aviation to fly on the Delhi – Pantnagar route. [6] Kingfisher Airlines, which took over Deccan Aviation, undertook seasonal flights to Pantnagar as poor weather did not allow it to fly around the year. [8] The airport had been without a commercial service ever since Kingfisher ceased operations. [9] Pantnagar Airport now has daily Alliance Air flights to and from IGI, Delhi (since 1 October 2014), [10] and an Air Heritage flight for Pithoragarh.[ citation needed ]

In August 2015, the Airport Advisory Committee said that the airport will be developed in cargo hub and the length of the runway would be increased from its present length of 1,372m to 1,865m. [11]

The airport has had a facility of meteorological services by the India Meteorological Department since its inception.[ citation needed ]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
IndiGo Delhi, Jaipur [12] [13]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PGH airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

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