| Pondicherry Airport | |||
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| IATA: PNY – ICAO: VOPC
Pondicherry Airport
Pondicherry Airport (India)
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Pondicherry | ||
| Location | Lawspet | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 134ft ft / 41m m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 7,546 | 1,500 | Asphalt |
Pondicherry Airport (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) is located at Lawspet in Pondicherry, a Union territory of India. The airport has no scheduled services, only charter flights and the local flying training school operate out of this airport. To meet the growing demand for air travel, the Pondicherry Government has decided to expand the Pondicherry Airport to accommodate larger aircraft.
Pondicherry Airport has one asphalt runway, oriented 07/25, 1500 metres long and 30 metres wide. It has a 100 by 150 metre apron and its terminal building can handle 40 passengers during peak hours. Navigational aids at Pondicherry include an Aerodrome beacon [1]
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the local Government and the Airports Authority of India in June 2007 for expansion of the airport in two phases.
Under Phase-I, the runway was extended by 260 metres to enable landing of ATR type of aircraft. Land admeasuring 19.92 hectares in Pondicherry State limits was acquired at Rs 18.95 crore and handed over to AAI in July 2007.
The on-going Phase-II will see an extension of an additional 1100 meters of runway by acquiring another 200 acres ofland in the adjoining state of Tamilnadu to operate larger jet aircraft. A new terminal building, which can handle 300 passengers, is now under construction.[2]