Deoghar Airport
Deoghar Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public, (will be used by DRDO also) | ||||||||||
Owner | Airport Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Deoghar | ||||||||||
Location | Kunda, Deoghar, Jharkhand | ||||||||||
Opened | January 2022 (expected)[1] | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 833 ft / 254 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°26′41″N 086°42′09″E / 24.44472°N 86.70250°E | ||||||||||
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Deoghar Airport Location of the airport in Jharkhand | |||||||||||
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Deoghar Airport (ICAO: IN-0090)[2] is located in Deoghar, in the state of Jharkhand, India. The airport is spread over 654 acres (265 ha). The airport is being constructed to handle Airbus A320 type of aircraft.[3] Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of development of the airport in Jharkhand on 25 May 2018.[4]The airport is expected to be operational from January 2022.[5]
Development[]
The Jharkhand government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in 2013, to develop the airport, to promote religious tourism in the state.[6]
The government later signed a tripartite MoU with the AAI and DRDO in March 2017, to develop the airport for non-military use of Airbus A320 category aircraft.[7]
AAI proposed to upgrade the airport at a cost of INR 400 crore.[8] The upgrade includes extension of existing runway to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) and 45 m (148 ft) wide, construction of a 4,000-square-metre (43,000 sq ft) terminal building to handle 200 passengers per hour, a mobile air traffic control, apron for two A320 aircraft, taxiways and an isolation bay. The terminal building will have six check-in counters and two arrival belts with a peak hour handling capacity of 200 passengers. The design of the terminal building will be inspired from the Baidyanath Temple structure, and there will be paintings of Adivasi art, handicrafts and local tourist sites inside the airport. A DVOR/DME navigational facility is also planned. Construction commenced in January 2018.[9][10]
As of December 2021, the airport is 95% completed, with the terminal's both exterior and interior work finished. The runway, approach road and ATC tower works are also completed. A team from Kolkata Airport visited Deoghar in the first week of December and successfully conducted a runway test, Deoghar Airport has received most of it's license's for the airport operation. Godda MP Nishikant Dubey met PM Narendra Modi, requesting him to visit Deoghar for the airport inaugration.[11]
See also[]
- Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi
- Bokaro airport
- Dumka Airport
- Dalbhumgarh airport
- List of Airports in India
- List of Airports in Jharkhand
References[]
- ^ "तैयार है देवघर एयरपोर्ट, जानें कब से शुरू होगी उड़ान".
- ^ "Deoghar Airstrip (IN-0090) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com.
- ^ "Airport construction will lead to development of Dhalbhumgarh area: CM". The Pioneer. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone Of Deoghar Airport In Jharkhand; CM Says Committed To Begin Flights From Districts". Businessworld. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Digital, Prabhat khabar. "Jharkhand News: देवघर एयरपोर्ट रनवे की टेस्टिंग सफल, कब से शुरू हो रही है हवाई सेवा, पढ़िए पूरी डिटेल्स". Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Jharkhand To Get International Airport At Deoghar". iGovernment. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Jharkhand inks MoU for Deoghar International airport expansion". Hindustan Times. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Construction work at Jharkhand's Deoghar airport to be completed soon: AAI". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ^ "Kunda Deoghar Airport". CAPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Pre-Feasibility report" (PDF). Environmentalclearance.nic.in. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Digital, Prabhat khabar. "तैयार है देवघर एयरपोर्ट, जानें कब से शुरू होगी उड़ान". Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- Airports in Jharkhand
- Transport in Deoghar
- Airports established in 2020
- 2020 establishments in Jharkhand