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Lok Nayak Jayaprakash International Airport
Patna Airport
जयप्रकाश नारायण हवाई अड्डा
IATA: PAT – ICAO: VEPT
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Location of airport in India
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Patna, India
Elevation AMSL 170 ft / 52 m
Website http://www.patnaairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,954 6,410 Asphalt
Statistics (Apr '10 - Mar '11)
Passenger movements 838,509
Aircraft movements 9,547
Cargo tonnage 3,279
Source: AAI [1][2][3]

Patna Airport[4] (IATA: PAT, ICAO: VEPT), also known as Jaiprakash Narayan International Airport, Patna[5][6] (Hindi: जयप्रकाश नारायण हवाई अड्डा), is an airport located 5 kilometres (2.7 NM)[4] southwest of Patna, the capital of state of Bihar in India. According to the statistics released by the Airports Authority of India, the agency responsible for the airport, it is the 22nd busiest airport in India and domestic traffic is growing rapidly.

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Facilities

The airport covers an area of 254 acres (103 ha) and resides at an elevation of 170 feet (52 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,954 by 45 metres (6,411 × 148 ft).[4][7]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines provide scheduled passenger service to destinations in India:

Passenger
Airlines Destinations
Air India New Delhi
GoAir New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ranchi, Ahemedabad, Bangalore
IndiGo New Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai
Jetlite New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Goa, Mumbai
Jet Airways New Delhi, Lucknow, Indore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata
Kingfisher New Delhi, Ranchi, Mumbai
Cargo
Airlines Destinations
Blue Dart Aviation Delhi

Incidents

On 17 July 2000, Alliance Air Flight 7412 crashed near the airport prior to landing, killing 60 people.[8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex3.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex2.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex4.pdf
  4. ^ a b c "Patna Airport: Technical Information". Airports Authority of India. http://airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/patna_techinfo.jsp. Retrieved 31 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "Photograph of airport terminal showing the name as "Jaiprakash Narayan International Airport, Patna". SkyscraperCity.com. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=28410322&postcount=1627. Retrieved 31 March 2010. 
  6. ^ "Photograph of airport entrance showing the name as "Jai Prakash Narayan Intl. Airport, Patna". PatnaPassion.com. http://patnapassion.com/Gallery%5CPatna_Airport2_1024x768.jpg. Retrieved 31 March 2010. 
  7. ^ Airport information for VEPT from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  8. ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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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