Rourkela Airport
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Rourkela Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Steel Authority of India Limited | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rourkela | ||||||||||
| Location | Chhend Colony, Rourkela | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°15′23″N 084°48′57″E / 22.25639°N 84.81583°E | ||||||||||
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  RRK Location of the Airport in Odisha | |||||||||||
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Rourkela Airport (IATA: RRK, ICAO: VERK)[2] is a domestic airport located near Chhend Colony, 6 kilometres west of the steel city of Rourkela in the state of Odisha. The airport is mostly used by dignitaries visiting Rourkela, especially officials of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and other VIPs. The airport's terminal is being upgraded to handle scheduled operations. Under UDAN scheme scheduled flights were to start but this has not materialized . License for commercial usage of the airport was issued in January 2019.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Great Circle Mapper".
- ^ "Rourkela on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
- ^ "Wait continues for Rourkela airport opening". The New Indian Express.
External links[]
Media related to Rourkela Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 22°15′23″N 84°48′58″E / 22.2565°N 84.8160°E
Categories:
- Airports in Odisha
- Transport in Rourkela