Coordinates: 26°36′05″N 74°48′51″E / 26.60139°N 74.81417°E / 26.60139; 74.81417

Kishangarh Airport

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Kishangarh Airport, Ajmer
  • IATA: KQH
  • ICAO: VIKG
Summary
Owner/OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesAjmer, Kishangarh, Pushkar, Bhilwara and Nagaur.
LocationKishangarh
Opened2017
Coordinates26°36′05″N 74°48′51″E / 26.60139°N 74.81417°E / 26.60139; 74.81417
Websitewww.aai.aero/allAirports/kishangarh.jsp
Map
KQH is located in Rajasthan
KQH
KQH
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,152 7,060 Concrete

Kishangarh Airport, Ajmer (IATA: KQH, ICAO: VIKG) is a regional airport situated at Kishangarh on National Highway 8, 27 km North-East of Ajmer in Rajasthan, India.[1] The airport was inaugurated on 11 October 2017.[2] It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), covers an area of 742 acres and has a 2,000 metre long runway. It is also famous for Bani Thani painting. The airport is expected to facilitate transport to the pilgrim sites like the Dargah of Khwaja Garib Nawaz, Pushkar and fort of Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the city of Ajmer.[3][4]

History[]

The original proposal for an airport at Kishangarh came following Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's visit to Ajmer.[5] Initial government efforts to acquire land for the project at Sardana had to be abandoned before the current location was chosen by the district administration.[5] Kishangarh Airport, Ajmer is the first of over 100 airports that are to be built in India by 2020. The foundation stone of the project was laid by the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh in September 2013. The project was undertaken by the Airports Authority of India at a cost of about ₹161 crores.[1][3][6] 441 acres of land was handed over for the project in 2013.[7] Demands for naming the airport after Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Veer Teja Ji, Marble City and Prithviraj Chauhan .[5] The airport was inaugurated on 11 October 2017 by the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha and Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.[2]

Terminal and Facilities[]

The 2700 sq m passenger terminal building can handle 150 in and out-bound passengers per hour. Other features at the terminal include 6 check-in counters, one X-ray screening machine for baggage screening and an elevated baggage conveyor belt in the arrivals terminal. The airport has parking space for 125 cars.[8] The terminal features three-dimensional murals made of marble, 'Bani Thani' portraits, the paintings of the Kishangarh school of paintings and fountains to give the project a local touch.[7] The airport has a 2,000 metre long runway that will allow daytime operation of smaller aircraft. The parking apron is able to simultaneously accommodate two ATR aircraft.[8]

India will generate 100 megawatt power from solar energy to light up the airport. Considering the scarcity of water in the area, AAI has built a water harvesting system at the airport as also a modern sewage treatment plant for re-use of water.[9]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
SpiceJetAhmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai[10]
Star AirAhmedabad, Indore, Surat

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Focus on connecting small cities by air: Manmohan". The Hindu. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Kishangarh airport, Ajmer inauguration ends decade long wait of Ajmer residents: CM Raje". Deccan Chronicle. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "More than 100 airports to connect small cities by 2020: PM". Deccan Chronicle. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Manmohan Singh lays foundation stone of Kishangarh airport in Ajmer". DNA. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Controversy over, Kishangarh airport to be final name". The Times of India. 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. ^ 2 years on, Kishangarh airport script still awry
  7. ^ a b "Kishangarh airport likely to be operationalised by July next year". The Economic Times. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Kishangarh airport to be operational in 36 months". The Times of India. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Ajmer airport to run on solar energy". The Times of India. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  10. ^ https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/flight-from-kishangarh-to-mumbai-from-20-february-6675912/
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