Pinjore Airport

Pinjore Airport
Pinjore Vimantal
पिंजौर विमानतल
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Civil Aviation Department, Haryana
Operator Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation
Serves Chandigarh
Location Kalka, Panchkula district
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Elevation AMSL 518 m / 1,700 ft
Coordinates 30°49′16″N 76°53′30″E / 30.82111°N 76.89167°E / 30.82111; 76.89167Coordinates: 30°49′16″N 76°53′30″E / 30.82111°N 76.89167°E / 30.82111; 76.89167
Website www.haraviation.gov.in
Map
VI71
VI71
VI71

Location of airport in India

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 935 3,068 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Hub for the number of airlines 0
Number of scheduled airlines flying in 0
Number of Airplanes 2
Number of scheduled weekly flights 0
Number of scheduled flight passengers 0
Number of runways 2
Email: caviation@hry.nic.in

Kalka Airport (IATA: HSS, ICAO: VIHR), also Pinjore Aviation 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 of Hisar Airport, Karnal Airport, Bhiwani Airport, Pinjore Airport and Narnaul Airport 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.

Infrastructure

As of August 21, 2017, airport has an administration block, two hangers of 100'x75' and 96'x70' size, a VIP lounge, a hostel, two residential quarters for the officers, day landing facilities and no night landing facility.

Pinjore Aviation Club

The Pinjore Aviation Club of Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation (HICA) offers flight training and preparation courses to the Student pilot license, Glider pilot license, private pilot licence (PPL), commercial pilot licence (CPL), FLight radiotelephone operator license, Flight instructor Instrument rating and apprentice internship for all BE/BTech. The CPL costs INR 22,00,000 requiring a minimum of 200 hours flying experience. The Government of Haryana provides training subsidies to natives Haryana, who must apply for it using a Haryana Domicile Certificate.[8][9]

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