Raja Bhoj Airport

Raja Bhoj Airport
राजा भोज विमानतल
IATA: BHO – ICAO: VABP
BHO
Location of airport in India
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Elevation AMSL 1,719 ft / 524 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 3,420 1,042 Bituminous tar/Asphalt
12/30 6,700 2,042 Asphalt

Raja Bhoj Airport (Hindi: राजा भोज विमानतल) (IATA: BHO, ICAO: VABP) is a domestic airport& international airport serving Bhopal in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in Bairagarh suburban area which lies 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of Bhopal city center on National Highway 12.

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Development

The first direct international flight from Bhopal was to Jeddah, a Hajj charter flown by Saudi Arabian Airlines on 23 October 2010.

With the length of the runway strip increased to 9,000 feet, it is now possible for larger aircraft to land at Bhopal.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
Airlines Destinations
Air India Mumbai, Delhi, Indore
Jet Airways Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Raipur
JetLite Delhi
SpiceJet Hyderabad, Indore, Delhi
Cargo
Airlines Destinations
Blue Dart Aviation Delhi

References

  1. ^ Direct Haj flight from Bhopal - Hindustan Times

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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