Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

LGB International Airport, Guwahati
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Assam
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Guwahati
Location Borjhar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 49 m / 162 ft
Coordinates 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583Coordinates: 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583
Website www.aai.aero/guwahati/index.jsp
Map
GAU
GAU
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 3,110 10,200 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2016 - March 2017)
Passengers 3,789,656(Increase36.1%)
Aircraft movements 37,873(Increase28.7%)
Cargo tonnage 17,286(Increase10.6%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]
Air traffic control tower at LGB Airport, Guwahati, India.

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT), also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as 'Borjhar Airport', is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India. It is in Borjhar in Guwahati, Assam and is named after Gopinath Bordoloi, a freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Assam after independence of India. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand it with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft. The new terminal will be around 77,500 sq m and ready by 2020.

Airport specifications

Guwahati airport is a hub for domestic flights to North-East India. It also provides international flight services to Bangkok and Paro. Helicopter services are operated from Guwahati to Shillong, Tura, Naharlagun (Itanagar), Tawang by Pawan Hans.

Interior view of Guwahati Airport

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia IndiaBangalore, Delhi, Imphal
Air IndiaDelhi, Imphal, Kolkata
Alliance AirKolkata, Lilabari, Tezpur
Druk AirBangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Paro
GoAirBagdogra, Delhi, Kolkata
IndiGoAgartala, Ahmedabad, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Goa, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai
Jet AirwaysAhmedabad, Aizawl, Bangalore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Jorhat, Kolkata, Silchar Airport
SpiceJetAgartala, Aizawl, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Silchar
Pawan HansItanagar, Shillong, Tawang, Tura
VistaraBagdogra, Delhi

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Dart Aviation Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2017: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 27 April 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2017: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 27 April 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2017: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 27 April 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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