Faizabad Airport

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faizabad Airport
फैज़ाबाद एयरपोर्ट
فیض آباد ہوائی اڈا
Faizabad airport.
IATA: none – ICAO: VI25
FD
Location of airport in Uttar Pradesh
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Civil Aviation Department (Government of Uttar Pradesh)
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Faizabad and Ayodhya
Location Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Elevation AMSL 335 ft / 102 m
Coordinates 26°45′04″N 082°09′18″E / 26.75111°N 82.15500°E / 26.75111; 82.15500
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12-30 5,693 1,735 Asphalt
Unserviceable 4,500 1,372 Asphalt
http://civilaviation.up.nic.in/

Faizabad Airport (Hindi: फैज़ाबाद एयरपोर्ट, Urdu: فیض آباد ہوائی اڈا‎) is a Flying school and Domestic airport situated in Faizabad city between the NH 28 and NH 96 at Sultanpur Naaka in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Meant to serve Faizabad and adjacent city of Ayodhya.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air IndiaDelhi, Varanasi (under consideration)[2]

Extension and Upgradation plan

There is constant effort by aviation ministry to transfer the Fiazabad airport to Airports Authority of India. Union Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh is seeking permission from Uttar Pradesh government to hand over the airport to AAI so that scheduled carrier planes could be operable at Faizabad airport.[3]

Recent Efforts And Declines

Efforts By Union Civil Aviation Minister

Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh stated that there are three airstrips Faizabad, Moradabad and Meerut. He requested that give these airstrips to AAI and they will construct airports.[4]

Union civil aviation ministry has been seeking UP government's support for developing airports in at least six cities, including one in Meerut, Bareilly, Faizabad and Gorakhpur, since March when Samajwadi Party came to power.[5][6]

The U.P. government does not want airports. Agra is an exception. Akhilesh does not want to give free land for airports, Ajit Singh said, adding that more airports would generate employment and spur growth in the state.If the Airports Authority of India got land for domestic airports in other eight cities and towns in U.P., it would have benefited the people of the state, the minister added.[7]

Development Under Low Cost Airports

In an endeavour to provide air connectivity to different parts of India, development of low cost airports is the most important component. Instructions have been issued to AAI to identify the most suitable low cost model for development of smaller airports and to develop airports in the smaller cities based on this mode.[8]

Declines

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the civil aviation ministry have been seeking to convert defence airfields in Allahabad, Agra, Jhansi, Gorakhpur and Bareilly into civil enclaves and upgrade pre-existing airstrips at Meerut, Partapur, Moradabad, Faizabad and Kanpur into bigger and functional airports, given the potential air traffic from this region. But only a couple of letters out of the 20 sent to the UP government over the months found acknowledgement, but nothing beyond.[9]

Handing Over To Airports Authority Of India

Ultimately Faizabad Airport has been handed over to Airports Authority of India (AAI) to be developed as full fledged airport by Uttar Pradesh Government along with three other airports viz. Meerut, Moradabad and Saifai by the approval of Uttar Pradesh cabinet. The Government of Uttar Pradesh is providing extra land free of cost for the further expansion of the airport and for the construction of airport terminal. The operations will be get operated from which year, this news is still mistry.[10][11][12]

Rental charges

Runway taken from national highway

The Uttar Pradesh government has issued formal orders allowing the landing and parking of private aircraft on the airstrip against a certain fee. According to the government order, any private aircraft can land by paying a fee of Rs 500. There will be no parking charges for the first two hours, after which Rs 200 will be charged per day.[13]

The government is giving this airstrip to private investors for setting up their pilot training institutes and aircraft maintenance engineering institutes. “The fresh government order for landing and parking is an extension of that project, because now the government will not have to bother much about activities like maintained, which will be taken care of by the institutes,” said Swaroop. The procedure followed earlier to obtain permission for using the airstrip used to be a long one. The owner of the private aircraft had to contact the respective district magistrate who would further contact the directorate which would take the measures required for landing of the aircraft. Now, according to the new order, the directorate will only give its nod and the institutes will take care of the rest.In 2003, the state government had issued similar orders exclusively for people from the film industry. The charges were Rs 200 per landing along with Rs 1,000 per day for shooting at the air strip. The airstrip was, however, never used for shooting. The government has also decided to give subsidy in the landing and parking for ‘cross- country flying’ purposes, which means flying trainer aircraft from one aerodrome to another. Such aircraft will be charged half of the normal landing and parking fee, which will be Rs 250 for landing and Rs 100 per day for parking after two days of free parking.[14]

Scheduled Flights

Currently there is no scheduled flight but the airport is being used by private and chartered planes. Seasonal scheduled flight is under consideration.

Renovation

Due to its importance the airport is now being renovated.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Maya to hand over airstrips to private entities". Sat Jul 28 2007, 00:00 hrs LUCKNOW, JULY 27 :. 
  2. ↑ "SP govt not promoting civil aviation in state: Ajit Singh". TNN Dec 22, 2012, 06.32AM IST. 
  3. ↑ "Ajit Singh's plans for airports in UP grounded". Aneesh Phadnis / Mumbai Dec 11, 2012, 00:44 IST. 
  4. ↑ "Development not on agenda in UP for last 20 years: Ajit Singh". PTI Dec 21, 2012, 05.23PM IST. 
  5. ↑ "SP govt not promoting civil aviation in state: Ajit Singh". TNN Dec 22, 2012, 06.32AM IST. 
  6. ↑ "Centre keen to develop 7 new airports, state ‘not responding’". RAMENDRA SINGH : Lucknow, Tue Dec 18 2012, 05:33 hrs. 
  7. ↑ Sanjay Singh (December 28, 2012). "Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to put brakes on airfares, will introduce a mechanism to curb soaring prices". Mail Today. New Delhi. 
  8. ↑ "Year-End-Review of the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the Year 2012". Ministry of Civil Aviation28-December, 2012 17:54 IST. 
  9. ↑ "UP CM Akhilesh Yadav blocks Ajit Singh's attempts to increase state's air connectivity". Anindya Upadhyay, ET Bureau. Jan 29, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Decks clear for air travel to three districtsTNN Sep 4, 2013, 02.54AM IST Times of India
  11. ↑ Shelved by Maya, Akhilesh nod to develop Meerut airstrip as airport Express News Service : Lucknow, Wed Sep 04 2013, 03:34 hrs [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shelved-by-maya-akhilesh-nod-to-develop-meerut-airstrip-as-airport/1164357/]
  12. ↑ मेरठ, मुरादाबाद, फैजाबाद और सैफई में एयरपोर्ट बनाने का रास्ता साफUpdated on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:26 PM (IST)
  13. ↑ "Airstrips open to private aircraft in UP". Posted: Apr 18, 2008 at 2317 hrs IST. 
  14. ↑ "Airstrips open to private aircraft in UP". Posted: Apr 18, 2008 at 2317 hrs IST. 
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.