Rajahmundry Airport

Rajahmundry City Airport
రాజమండ్రి విమానాశ్రయము

IATA: RJA – ICAO: VORY

RJA
Location of airport in India

Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Rajahmundry, East Godavari
Location Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Elevation AMSL 151 ft / 46 m
Coordinates 17°06′37″N 081°49′06″E / 17.11028°N 81.81833°E / 17.11028; 81.81833Coordinates: 17°06′37″N 081°49′06″E / 17.11028°N 81.81833°E / 17.11028; 81.81833
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 5,738 1,749 Asphalt

Rajahmundry City Airport (IATA: RJA, ICAO: VORY) is located at Madhurapudi, 18 km north of Rajahmundry in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Besides commercial flights to Hyderabad, the air strip is extensively used by helicopters of the ONGC for its offshore oil exploration operations and other government agencies.[1]

History

The airport was constructed during the British era and is spread over an area of 366 acres. It was served by Vayudoot between 1985 and 1994 and by VIF Airways in 1995.[2] The Andhra Pradesh government signed an MoU worth Rs. 23 crore with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in February 2007 for modernising the airport.[1] Works on the new terminal building to accommodate 150 passengers and a control tower were completed in 2011 at a cost of Rs. 38 crores. The terminal was inaugurated on 16 May 2012.[3] The AAI's plans to extend the existing runway from 1,749 metres to 3,125 metres to enable landing of aircraft like the Airbus A320 have met with resistance from local land owners.[4] Approximately 700 more acres would be needed for this expansion.[3] Limited by runway length, airlines operate smaller 70 seat turbo-prop aircraft like the ATR-72 (Jet Airways)and the Q-400 (SpiceJet) into Rajahmundry. As of now, the government has sanctioned Rs. 80 crores for its expansion.

Airport of A.P. Sate Rajahmundry

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Jet AirwaysBangalore, Hyderabad
SpiceJetHyderabad
TruJetHyderabad, Chennai

References

  1. 1 2 "Night landing facility soon at Rajahmundry". The Hindu. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ↑ VIF Airways Profile on India Infoline
  3. 1 2 "Rajahmundry airport terminal becomes operational". The Hindu Business Line. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Airport expansion: Ryots oppose land acquisition before assurance on rehab". Times of India. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

External links

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, February 12, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.