Porbandar Airport

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Porbandar Airport
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Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Porbandar
Elevation  AMSL 17 ft / 7 m
Coordinates 21°38′55″N069°39′26″E / 21.64861°N 69.65722°E / 21.64861; 69.65722
Website www.airportsindia.org.in
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Location of airport in India
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Porbandar Airport
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09/27 فراخ 3374,5001,372 Tarmac

Porbandar Airport( IATA : PBD, ICAO : VAPR) is a public airport in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. Currently, civilian flights are operated between Porbandar and Mumbai. Apart from civilian operations it also has a military presence in the form of INAS 343 of the Indian Navy and CGAE Porbandar of the Indian Coast Guard. A new terminal building was opened in April 2008. [1] There are currently no scheduled passenger flights from the airport.

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Structure

The airfield is spread over 278.32 acres (1.1263 km2), has a 4,500 feet (1,400 m) long runway and an apron that can accommodate 2 ATR 72 aircraft. The new 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport has been built at a cost of 13.50 crore (US$1.5 million). The building has six Check-in Counters and two Conveyor Belts in the Arrivals hall and can handle 100 arriving and 100 departing passengers at a time. [1]


Airlines & Connectivity

AirlinesDestinations
Spicejet Mumbai

Military Enclaves

CGAE Porbandar

Coast Guard Air Enclave, Porbandar, was commissioned on 12 June 2008. [5] It provides logistical and administrative support to the Dornier Flight and 850 Sqn (ICG) which operates the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH). [6]

See also

Indian navy
Integrated commands and units
Other lists

References

  1. 1 2 New Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport Press Information Bureau, Government of India
  2. UAV Squadron Commissioned at Porbandar Archived 6 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Indian NavyPress Release
  3. "Adani Defence delivers 2nd Drishti-10 drone to Navy, boosting maritime surveillance capability". The Economic Times. 4 December 2024. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  4. "Commissioning of INAS 314 - "RAPTORS"". Indian Navy. 29 November 2019.
  5. Commissioning of CGAE Porbandar Archived 2 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Indian Coast Guard
  6. Indian Coast Guard Aviation Archived 31 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Indian Coast Guard