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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Government of Uttarakhand | ||||||||||
Serves | Pithoragarh | ||||||||||
Location | Pithoragarh | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°35′32.85″N80°14′30.39″E / 29.5924583°N 80.2417750°E Coordinates: 29°35′32.85″N80°14′30.39″E / 29.5924583°N 80.2417750°E | ||||||||||
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Pithoragarh Airport also Known as Naini Saini Airport is located in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India. The airstrip was constructed in 1991 for administrative use and planned for the operations of Dornier 228 type aircraft. The State Government plans to upgrade it to Category 2C airport under Visual flight rules (VFR) conditions to facilitate operations of ATR-72 type of aircraft. Recently the commercial services to the capital city Dehradun and Pantnagar have been started by Air Heritage. You can book your tickets here https://www.airheritage.in/ebooking/Home/ . It is located 4.5 Kilometers from Pithoragarh Town.
Pithoragarh is a western Himalayan town with a Municipal Board in Pithoragarh district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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Airlines | Destinations | Refs. |
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Heritage Air | Dehradun, Hindan (Ghaziabad), Pantnagar | [1] |
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