Birsa Munda Airport
Birsa Munda Airport (IATA: IXR, ICAO: VERC) is a public domestic airport serving the city of Ranchi and is managed by Airports Authority of India. It is located in Hinoo locality, approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of the city. It is the 27th busiest airport in India. It is named after an Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda.
It does not have many flights and does not have international flights.It has 2x daily Ranchi Mumbai flights by Go Air,IndiGo,3x daily Ranchi Patna flights by Go Air,IndiGo, 1x daily Ranchi Kolkata by IndiGo. 3x daily nonstop flights to Delhi by Air India,Go Air,IndiGo and 1x tri-weekly srvice by Go Air and 1x Ranchi Patna Delhi flight by IndiGo.It also has 1x daily Ranchi Bangalore flight by Go Air and atri weekly nonstop service by Indigo and a daily srvice with a stop at Kolkata but no plane change by IndiGo.
Terminals
A new larger, integrated Terminal with facilities for customs and immigration, duty-free shops, travel desks, lounges, etc. was inaugurated on 24 March 2013 in a function attended by Mr. Ajit Singh, Minister of Civil Aviation, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, Jharkhand governor Syed Ahmed, Ranchi MP Subodh Kant Sahay and Rajya Sabha MP Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu. In the next few days, the tax on ATF was reduced from 20% to 4% to attract more airlines to the city. Also, night landing at BMA has been made free so that there may be more flights to the metro cities in the morning.[2] The Airports Authority of India also announced the construction of three more parking bays, thereby making it the first Tier-II airport in India to have 8 planned parking bays.[3]
Airlines and destinations
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Air India | Delhi | 2
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Air Odisha | Bhubaneswar, Rourkela | 2
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GoAir | Bangalore (begins 27 March 2016),[4] Delhi, Mumbai, Patna | 2
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IndiGo | Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai,Patna | 2
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Pinnacle Air | Angul, Bhubaneswar, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Gaya, Jamshedpur, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Nawapada, Patna, Raipur, Rourkela, Sambalpur | 1
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Incidents and accidents
External links
Media related to Birsa Munda Airport at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ "TRAFFIC STATISTICS - DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS" (jsp). Aai.aero. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ranchi’s double treat for flyers, airlines — Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ "Ranchi airport to get 3 more parking bays — Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ indiainfoline.com. "GoAir announces 4 new routes and 12 additional daily frequencies on key routes". Indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ↑ http://dgca.nic.in/accident/reports/VT-BSH.pdf
- ↑ http://dgca.gov.in/accident/reports/VT-VKS.pdf
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