Adampur Airport

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Adampur Airport,Jalandhar

Adampur Air Force Station,Jalandhar
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  • IATA: AIP
  • ICAO: VIAX
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/ Public
OperatorIndian Air Force, AAI
ServesJalandhar
LocationJalandhar, Punjab
Elevation AMSL776 ft / 236 m
Coordinates31°25′59″N 075°45′38″E / 31.43306°N 75.76056°E / 31.43306; 75.76056Coordinates: 31°25′59″N 075°45′38″E / 31.43306°N 75.76056°E / 31.43306; 75.76056
Map
AIP is located in Punjab
AIP
AIP
Location of the airport in Punjab
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
31/13 2,755 9,039 Asphalt

Adampur Airport, Jalandhar is located at Adampur Town of Jalandhar district in Northern India. It is situated on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main Highway 23 kilometers northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab. Adampur Airforce Station, Jalandhar is also situated here. It is the second largest military airbase of India. It lies within 100 km of the Indo-Pak Border and is home to No. 47 Squadron IAF and No. 223 Squadron IAF.

History[]

Adampur Airport, Jalandhar is a very old base station. The base played a crucial role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. On 6 September 1965, the PAF attacked Indian airfields at Pathankot AFS, Halwara AFS & Adampur AFS, Jalandhar. The attacks on Halwara and Adampur were failures. The Strike group turned back before even reaching Adampur.

On 7 September 1965, the PAF parachuted 135 Special Services Group (SSG) para commandos[1] at three Indian airfields (Halwara, Pathankot and Adampur).[2] The daring attempt proved to be an "unmitigated disaster". Only ten commandos were able to return to Pakistan,[2] the rest were taken as prisoners of war (including one of the Commanders of the operations, Major Khalid Butt). At Adampur these troops landed in residential areas where the villagers caught and handed them over to police.[2]

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 on western front started with Operation Chengiz Khan on 3 December 1971. Pathankot Air Force Station was hit and runway heavily damaged. Pathankot was covered by interceptors from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar following this first strike during the time it took the ground crew to repair its runway.[3]

During 1999 Kargil Conflict flying from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar, Mirages of No. 7 Squadron IAF struck Tigerhill, Muntho Dhalo and Tololing.

Aircraft[]

Adampur Air base operates MiG-29UPG variant after recently completed overhauls to the older B/UB fleet.

A MiG-29 based at Adampur.

Civil Enclave[]

The Airports Authority of India has built a Adampur Airport, Jalandhar at a cost of Rs 18 crore[4] at Kandola village of Jalandhar district adjoining the airbase to facilitate commercial civil aviation. The Central government had cleared the techno-feasibility report for setting up the Adampur Airport, Jalandhar in July 2015 after AAI had inspected the proposed site of 50 acres of land after receiving No Objection Certificate from Indian Air Force.[5][6][7][8] Commercial flights started on 1 May 2018 when SpiceJet began operations under the UDAN Regional Connectivity Service (RCS) of the Government of India.[9]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
SpiceJetDelhi, Jaipur, Mumbai [10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The 1965 War: A view from the east". Rediff news. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Pratap Chandra Lal (1986). My years with the IAF. Lancer Publishers. p. 138. ISBN 978-81-7062-008-2.
  3. ^ "My years with the IAF" by Air Chief Marshal P C Lal
  4. ^ "A year gone, Adampur airport, Jalandhar awaits take-off". The Tribune. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. ^ AAI team examines proposed site for Adampur airport
  6. ^ Punjab to build new domestic airport at Adampur
  7. ^ Commercial Status for Adampur Airport Soon: Sukhbir Singh Badal
  8. ^ Clamour grows for domestic airport at Adampur
  9. ^ "Flights from Adampur Airport, Jalandhar to start on 1 May". The Tribune. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ "SpiceJet flight schedule". SpiceJet. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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