Kalka Airport

Kalka Airport
कालका हवाई अड्डा
Pinjore Flying Club
Kalka Flying Club

IATA: none – ICAO: VI71

VI71

Location of airport in India

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation

Location

Kalka, Panchkula district

Elevation AMSL

1,700 ft / 518 m

Coordinates

30°49′16″N 076°53′30″E / 30.82111°N 76.89167°E

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
	3,068	935	Asphalt

^[1]

Kalka Airport (IATA: HSS, ICAO: VIHR), also called Pinjore Airport, Pinjore Aviation Club, Pinjore Flying Club, Kalka Aviation Club and Kalka Flying Club, is a public airport near the cities of Kalka and Pinjore in the Panchkula district of the Indian state of Haryana.^[2]

History

On 31 July 2013, then-Chief Minister of Haryana announced that the Government of Haryana had applied for the expansion of civilian domestic airports at Hisar, Karnal Airport, Bhiwani Airport, Pinjore Airport and Narwana and that the central government had granted approval in principal for Hisar Domestic Airport and Karnal Domestic Airport.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

However, in July 2014, a Right to Information (RTI) revealed that Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) (DGCA) never received any formal proposal and no formal projects were approved to upgrade this airport.^[7]

Flights

The airport has no scheduled commercial flight operations.

Runway

Kalka Airport has a 935-meter (3068 foot) long asphalt runway at an elevation of 518 meters (1699 feet).^[8]

Runway 16; Heading: 156; Length: 3068 ft Asphalt
Runway 34; Heading: 336; Length: 3068 ft Asphalt

Pinjore Aviation Club

The Pinjore Aviation Club of Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation (HICA) offers flight training and preparation courses to the Pilots for the following Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) licenses:^[9]

The Government of Haryana provides training subsidies to natives Haryana, who must apply for it using a Haryana Domicile Certificate.

References

↑ "World Airport Codes". world-airport-codes.com.
↑ "Kalka Airport". airportguide.com.
↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". tribuneindia.com.
↑ "Punjab News Live, Headlines, Channel Live, Online, Live - Sikh News TWO new airports to be set up in Hisar and Karnal - Hooda - City Air News". cityairnews.com.
↑ "Center government okayed civil airports at Hisar and Karnal". www.hindustantimes.com/.
↑
↑ "RTI query nails Haryana's claims about airports at Karnal, Hisar". The Times of India.
↑ Kalka Airport
↑ Haryana Institute of Aviation

Airports in India

International

Central India	Gaya¹ Lucknow Patna¹ Varanasi

Eastern India	Bhubaneswar Guwahati Imphal Kolkata Siliguri¹

Northern India	Amritsar Chandigarh¹ Delhi Jaipur Srinagar

Southern India	Bangalore Chennai Coimbatore Hyderabad Kochi Kozhikode Madurai¹ Mangalore Port Blair Tiruchirappalli Thiruvananthapuram Visakhapatnam¹

Western India	Ahmedabad Goa Mumbai Nagpur Pune¹

^1 Designated as a "restricted international airport" (customs airport); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports

Domestic

Central India

Bihar	Muzaffarpur Purnea Raxaul

Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur Jagdalpur Raipur

Jharkhand	Bokaro Chakulia Dhanbad Jamshedpur Ranchi

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Eastern India

Arunachal Pradesh	Along Daporijo Pasighat Tezu Zero

Assam	Dhubri Dibrugarh Jorhat North Lakhimpur Silchar Tezpur

Meghalaya	Shillong Tura

Mizoram	Aizawl

Nagaland	Dimapur

Odisha	Angul Barbil Brahmapur Bhubaneswar Cuttack Sambalpur Jajpur Jeypore Jharsuguda Kendujhar Lanjigarh Phulbani Rourkela Nuapada Balangir Bhawanipatna

Sikkim	Gangtok

Tripura	Agartala Kailashahar Kamalpur Khowai

West Bengal	Balurghat Behala Cooch Behar Asansol-Durgapur Malda

Northern India

Chandigarh	Chandigarh

Haryana	Bhiwani Hisar Kalka Karnal

Himachal Pradesh	Dharamsala Kulu Shimla

Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu Kargil Leh

Punjab	Ludhiana Pathankot

Rajasthan	Bikaner Jaisalmer Jodhpur Kishangarh Kota Udaipur

Uttarakhand	Dehradun Pantnagar Chinyalisaur Pithoragarh

Southern India

Andhra Pradesh	Cuddapah Puttaparthi Rajahmundry Tirupati Vijayawada

Karnataka	Belgaum Bellary Bijapur Gulbarga Hassan Hubli Karwar Mysore Shimoga Vidyanagar

Lakshadweep	Agatti

Puducherry	Pondicherry

Tamil Nadu	Salem Tuticorin Vellore

Western India

Daman and Diu	Daman Diu

Gujarat	Bhavnagar Bhuj Jamnagar Kandla Keshod Mehsana Palanpur Porbandar Rajkot Surat Vadodara

Maharashtra	Akola Aurangabad Baramati Dhule Hadapsar Jalgaon Karad Kolhapur Latur Mumbai Juhu Nanded Nasik Ozar Osmanabad Ratnagiri Shirdi Solapur Yavatmal

Proposed

International

Central	Jamshedpur Meerut

North	Chandigarh Maham Noida Kanpur Mathura

South	Aranmula Chennai Kannur Vishakapatnam

West	Dholera Navi Mumbai Pune Solapur

Domestic

South	Bidar Bijapur Donakonda Karaikal Karwar Nellore Nizamabad Warangal

East	Itanagar

West	Ankleshwar Sindhudurg

North	Adampur

Military

Indian Air Force

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Eastern Air Command	Agartala AFS Baghdogra AFS Barapani AFS Barrackpore AFS Chabua AFS Dum Dum AFS Hasimara AFS Jorhat AFS Kalaikunda AFS Kumbhigram AFS Mohanbari AFS Panagarh AFS Tawang AFS Tezpur AFS

Central Air Command	Agra AFS Bihta AFS Darbhanga AFS Bakshi Ka Talab AFS Bamrauli AFS Bareilly AFS Chakeri AFS Gorakhpur AFS Maharajpur AFS

Southern Air Command	Coimbatore AFS Madurai AFS Tambaram AFS Thanjavur AFS

South Western Air Command	Bhuj AFS Jaisalmer AFS Jamnagar AFS Jodhpur AFS Lohegaon AFS Nal-Bikaner AFS Naliya AFS Phalodi AFS Suratgarh AFS Uttarlai AFS Makarpura AFS

Training Command	Begumpet AFS Bidar AFS Dundigal AFS Hakimpet AFS Yelahanka AFS

Maintenance Command	Nagpur AFS Ojhar AFS

Indian Navy

Eastern Naval Command	Visakapatnam INS Dega Arakkonam INS Rajali Uchipuli INS Parundu

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Joint

Andaman and Nicobar Command	Car Nicobar AFS Port Blair INS Utkrosh Campbell Bay INS Baaz Diglipur NAS Shibpur NDA Gliderdrome (Training)

State of Haryana

Capital: Chandigarh

Topics

Divisions of Haryana

Districts

Places of interest

Indus Valley Civilization	Balu, Haryana Banawali Bhirrana Farmana Jognakhera Kanwari Kunal Lohari Ragho Mitathal Rakhigarhi Siswal Sothi

Archaeological	Agroha Mound Chaneti Stupa

Forts	Asigarh Fort (Hansi) Badhshapur Fort Buria Fort Chhachhrauli Fort Dhosi Hill Fort Fatehabad Fort Farrukhnagar Fort Hisar-e-Firoza Fort Kotla Indor Fort Jind Fort Kaithal Fort Gajpat Singh Fort at Karnal Loharu Fort Madhogarh Fort Mahendragarh Fort Meham Fort Nahar Singh Fort at Ballabhgargh Pinjore Fort Raipur Rani Fort Fort of King Saras of Sirsa Tosham Hill Fort

Hills	Dhosi Hill near Narnaul Kotla Hill in Mewat Indor Hill in Mewat Madhogarh Hill near Mahendragarh Mahendragarh Hill Morni Hills in Yamuna Nagar Tosham Hill in Bhiwani

Caves	Chyvan Rishi Cave at Dhosi Hill Tosham Hill Caverns Nar Narayan Cave in Yamuna Nagar

Historical	Bhima Devi Temple Complex at Pinjore Dhosi Hill Farrukhnagar Mughal Bridge at Kernal Harsh ka Tilla at Kurukshetra Nahar Singh Mahal Narnaul Pataudi Palace Pinjore Gardens Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple Surajkund Tomb of Saikh Taiyab at Kaithal Tosham rock inscription State Protected Monuments Monuments of National Importance

Wildlife Sanctuary	Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary Kalesar National Park Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary Morni Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary Sohna Sultanpur Lake Bird Sanctuary

Endangered Wildlife Breeding	Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala Peacock & Chinkara Breading Centre, Jhabua in Rewari district Deer Park, Hisar

Zoos in Haryana	Bhiwani Zoo Hisar Deer Park Rohtak Zoo Pipli Zoo

Herbal Parks	Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park, Hisar Ch. Surender Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Tosham Ch. Surender Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Kairu Ch. Devi Lal Herbal Nature Park

Lakes	Badkhal Lake Blue Bird Lake at Hisar Damdama Lake Karna Lake Tilyar Lake at Rohtak

Dams	Anagpur Dam Hathnikund Barrage Ottu barrage Tajewala Barrage

Rivers	Chautang Ghaggar-Hakra Markanda River Najafgarh Sahibi River Sarasvati River Yamuna

Religious	Agroha Dham Baba Thakur Banbhori Devi Brahma Sarovar Bhuteshwar Temple Jayanti Devi Temple Jyotisar Kartikeya Temple Markandeshwar Mata Mansa Devi Mandir Nada Sahib Naugaja Peer Pindara Temple Sannihit Sarovar Sita Mai Temple Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple Mata Sheetla Temple, Gurgaon St. Thomas' Church at Hisar

Offices	High Court Legislative Assembly Raj Bhavan

Public places	Courtyard by Marriott Kingdom of Dreams Mall of India The Oberoi

Elections

Chief Ministers

Governors

State agencies

Sports

Venues	Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium Nahar Singh Stadium Tau Devi Lal Stadium Sector 16 Stadium Mahabir Stadium

Associations	Haryana Archery Association Haryana Cricket Association

Teams	Haryana cricket team Haryana football team Bhiwani Boxing Club

Culture

Economy

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