| Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport | |||
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| IATA: IDR – ICAO: VAID
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||
| Location | Indore, India | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,850 ft / 564 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 9,022 | 2,750 | Composite |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 854,936 | ||
| Source: List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic | |||
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport (IATA: IDR, ICAO: VAID) is a public airport that principally serves Indore, the largest city of the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh. It is the busiest airport in the state of and is located 8 km south east of Indore. According to the statistics released by the Airports Authority of India, the agency responsible for the airport, it is the 20th.[1] busiest airport in India. A new international terminal building is under construction and the runway is being extended as a part of the expansion plan or the airport.
The airport is named after Ahilyabai Holkar (or Ahilya Bai Holkar), ruler of Indore and the adjoining regions from 1767 to 1795.
Since 2008, seasonal Haj charters also operate from Indore.
Contents |
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air India | Bhopal, Delhi, Mumbai |
| IndiGo | Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Srinagar |
| Jet Airways | Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Raipur, Vizag |
| JetLite | Banglore, Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur |
| SpiceJet | Bhopal, Delhi, Hyderabad |