Akola Airport

Akola Airport
अकोला विमानतळ
IATA: AKD – ICAO: VAAK
Akola Airport अकोला विमानतळ
Akola Airport अकोला विमानतळ (Maharashtra)
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Maharashtra
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Akola
Location Akola, Maharashtra, India
Elevation AMSL 999 ft / 304 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 4,600 1,400 part concrete, part asphalt or part bitumen-bound macadam

Akola Airport, also known as Shivani Airport (IATA: AKD, ICAO: VAAK) is an airport located in Akola in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is one of the 18 Airports in Maharashtra.

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Airlines and destinations

No scheduled commercial air service at this time.

Upgrades

The Akola airport was developed in 2008 at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore. The new swanky terminal building , renovated at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore, has a new fire station, air traffic control block and other vital installations.[1] The 4,000 feet runway was extended 4600 feet and a new PAPI and NDB navigation system added. The 90 metre by 100 metre apron can accommodate two F-27 or equivalent aircraft.[2]

References

  1. ^ "AAI upgrade for Akola airport". Times of India. 26 May 2008. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-26/nagpur/27777649_1_aai-airports-authority-akola-airport. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "AAI website". http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/akola.jsp. 

External links

International

Ahmedabad: Sardar Patel Airport • Amritsar: Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee Airport (Raja Sansi)¹ • Bangalore: Bengaluru Airport (Devanahalli) • Chennai (Madras): Chennai Airport (Meenambakkam) • Coimbatore Airport (Peelamedu)¹ • Delhi: Indira Gandhi Airport (Palam) • Gaya Airport¹ • Goa: Dabolim Airport¹ • Guwahati: Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (Borjhar)¹ • Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi Airport (Shamshabad) • Jaipur: Sanganer Airport¹ • Kochi (Cochin): Cochin Airport (Nedumbassery) • Kolkata (Calcutta): Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (Dum Dum) • Kozhikode (Calicut): Calicut Airport (Karipur) • Lucknow: Amausi Airport¹ • Mangalore Airport (Bajpe)¹ • Mumbai (Bombay): Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Sahar) • Nagpur: Babasaheb Ambedkar Airport (Sonegaon)¹ • Pune Airport (Lohegaon)¹ • Siliguri: Bagdogra Airport¹ • Srinagar: Sheikh ul Alam Airport¹ • Trichy: Tiruchirapalli Airport¹ • Trivandrum Airport • Varanasi (Benares): Babatpur Airport¹

  • Note: ¹ Designated as a "restricted international airport" ("customs airport"); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports.
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