Raja Sansi International Airport
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| Raja Sansi International Airport Amritsar International Airport |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: ATQ - ICAO: VIAR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||
| Serves | Amritsar | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 756 ft (230 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 16/34 | 10,791 | 3,289 | Asphalt |
Raja Sansi International Airport (IATA: ATQ, ICAO: VIAR), also known as Amritsar International Airport, is 11 km north-west from the city of Amritsar, India. The airport serves not only the city of Amritsar, but also the greater Punjab area, including the city of Jalandhar. Raja Sansi International Airport is named after and in honour of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's family name - Sansi.
As a government designated international airport, the airport currently handles about 75 commercial flights a week, both international and domestic.
[edit] Expansion and renovation
The city of Amritsar has long remained the cultural and tourist capital of Punjab, and the demand for a fully operational international airport has increased in recent years. A newly finished arrivals terminal was inaugurated in September of 2005, and a finished departures terminal has been operational since March 2006.
Major carriers that have expressed interest in operating from Amritsar in the near future include Air Sahara, Indus Air, Jagson Airlines, Go Air, Alliance Air, AirAsia X, Thai Airways International and British Airways.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Deccan (Delhi)
- Air India (Birmingham, Delhi, Mumbai, Toronto-Pearson)
- Air India Express (Dubai, Delhi)
- Air Slovakia (Bratislava)
- Indian (Airlines) (Delhi, Sharjah)
- Indus Air (Delhi, Mumbai)
- Jet Airways (Delhi, London-Heathrow)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Turkmenistan Airlines (Ashgabat)
- Uzbekistan Airways (Tashkent)
[edit] External links
- Amritsar Travel (Amritsar Travel: Flight Schedules to Amritsar from Birmingham or London on Jet Airways, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Air India)
- Amritsar International Airport (official Airports Authority of India web site)
- World Aero Data airport information for VIAR
