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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rajkot | ||||||||||
| Location | Rajkot, Gujarat, India | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | September 10, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 135 m / 443 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°18′33″N 070°46′46″E / 22.30917°N 70.77944°E | ||||||||||
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Rajkot Airport (IATA: RAJ, ICAO: VARK) is a public airport serving the city of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). It used to be the 4th busiest airport in Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara before all scheduled commercial operations were shifted to Rajkot International Airport on 10 September 2023. The airport remains open for General aviation, including VVIP traffic.[4]
Development[edit]
In 2019, the AAI began building an apron for parking of four Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 type aircraft to reduce waiting time for passengers at the airport. [5]
The airport suffered from considerable capacity restraints, due to the expansion of the city and because of the residential and commercial areas surrounding it. This rendered the plan to extend the runway beyond 1,800 metres infeasible, and the airport's hot and high climate compounded the airport's capacity constraints. As the airport was incapable of serving aircraft larger than Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 (which is the largest aircraft operating from the airport), a plan for an entirely new airport was launched.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
All scheduled commercial flights were shifted to the new Rajkot International Airport in Hirasar on 10 September 2023.[4]
Statistics[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Rajkot Airport shut: Commercial ops shift to new international airport today". The Indian Express. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ / "New apron to cut down waiting time for fliers". The Times of India. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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External links[edit]
Media related to Rajkot Airport at Wikimedia Commons- Rajkot Airport at the Airports Authority of India
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