Mangalore International Airport

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Mangalore International Airport
IATA: IXE - ICAO: VOML
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Mangalore
Elevation AMSL 337 ft (103 m)
Coordinates 12°57′41″N, 74°53′24″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 5,300 1,615 Asphalt
10/28 8,700 2,900 Concrete

Mangalore International Airport (IATA: IXE, ICAO: VOML) (formerly Bajpe Airport) is the domestic and international airport serving Mangalore, India.

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[edit] Overview

Mangalore International Airport (IATA: IXE) is located near Bajpe, around 20km north-east of the city centre. Until 2005, its small 1.6 km (5,200 ft) runway meant that it could only handle Boeing 737-sized aircraft. However, on January 10, 2006 an Airbus 319 of Kingfisher Airlines was the first aircraft in that class to land on this runway [1]. Furthermore, a new international length (2.9 km) runway was constructed and commissioned on 10 May 2006. With larger aircraft now able to fly to Mangalore, a proposal to build a new terminal building, which will reduce the distance between Mangalore city and the airport by about 7km, is under consideration. Construction of the terminal building would start likely in January 2007 and take about 19 months time according to the Airports Authority of India. [2]

At present, daily flights are available to Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad(via Mumbai). Night landing facilities have been installed in order to facilitate International and long distance internal flights. On 3 October 2006, an Air-India Express Boeing 737-800 (flight IX-802) from Dubai became the first international flight to land at Mangalore, touching down at 6:11 (IST). [3].Then later ,on February 15 2007 the second Air India Express Flight IX830 departed Abu Dhabi at 4:30pm (UAEST) arrived Muscat at 5:00pm (OST)Then departed Muscat at 6:00pm and arrived Mangalore at 10:25pm.[4].On March 25, the third Air India Express Flight arrived Mangalore from Doha at 2303hrs.[5]

[edit] Airlines

[edit] Domestic

  1. Air Deccan (Bangalore)(Mumbai)
  2. Alliance Air (Mumbai)
  3. Indian (Mumbai)
  4. Jet Airways (Bangalore, Mumbai)
  5. Kingfisher Airlines (Bangalore, Mumbai)

[edit] International

  1. Air India Express (Abu Dhabi,Dubai,Muscat,Doha,Bahrain)

[edit] Distances from Mangalore ( Bajpe ) Airport to nearby places

[edit] Destinations

See List of Destinations to/from all Karnataka Airports

[edit] External link

World Aero Data airport information for VOML

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Kingfisher Creates History - Airbus A-319 Trial Flight Lands at Bajpe", DaijiWorld, 2006-01-13. Retrieved on November 3, 2006.
  2. ^ "Mangalore: Work on Airport terminal building to begin soon", Bellevision Global. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
  3. ^ "First International Flight Lands At Bajpe", Bellevision Global, 2006-10-03. Retrieved on October 4, 2006.
  4. ^ "Muscat - Maiden Flight to Mangalore flagged off in style", Mangalorean.com, 2007-02-15. Retrieved on Error: invalid time.
  5. ^ "A jolly ride on board Air India Express", Mangalorean.com, 2007-03-25. Retrieved on Error: invalid time.
Airports in India
International airports: | Ahmedabad – AMD | Amritsar – ATQ | Bangalore – BLR | Calicut – CCJ | Chennai – MAA | Guwahati – GAU | Gaya – GAY † | Goa – GOI | Hyderabad – HYD | Indore – IDR † | Jaipur – JAI † | Kochi – COK | Kolkata – CCU | Lucknow – LOK † | Mangalore – IXE | Mumbai – BOM | Nagpur – NAG | New Delhi – DEL | Patna – PAT † | Thiruvananthapuram – TRV | Varanasi – VNS †
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