Vir Savarkar Airport

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Vir Savarkar Airport
Port Blair Airport
IATA: IXZ – ICAO: VOPB
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Vadodara
Elevation AMSL 14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 11°38′28″N 092°43′47″E / 11.64111, 92.72972
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 10,795 3,290 Asphalt

Vir Savarkar International Airport or Port Blair Airport (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Port Blair, on the Andaman Islands of India. It is named after the Indian freedom fighter Vir Savarkar.

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The airport has a single runway of 3,290 m (10,794 ft) in length, accommodating most wide-body aircraft in international service, although the most recent reports indicate no airliners larger than Airbus 320 types regularly serve Vir Savakar airport. An ILS (precision instrument landing system) is available for low visibility operations, but pilots are responsible to check with local authorities to verify the system is operational, prior to flight. There is a road that crosses the runway; traffic must be stopped for aircraft to take off, similar to the Gibraltar Airport.

With such a small terminal, the isolation of the islands, and relatively high prices of flights, there are a limited number airlines and destinations that serve the airport.

Terminal 1, has only 2 gates and does not use airbridges. They use buses to provide transportation from the terminal to the flights in the apron.

Heavy rain flooded the airport during May 2008 [1] and halted traffic.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] References

  1. ^ Heavy rains submerge Port Blair airport, air travel hit

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