Allahabad Airport , officially known as Deendayal Upadhyay Airport, is a military

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and public airport serving the city of

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

, in the state of

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. It is located in Bamrauli Prayagraj, from Prayagraj city and serves domestic flights. It is one of the oldest airports in

. The airport is jointly operated by the

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and

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. It is 3rd largest airport in Uttar Pradesh after

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and

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Bamrauli Air Force Station

It is located in

Bamrauli Allahabad Airport , officially known as Deendayal Upadhyay Airport, is a military airbase and public airport serving the city of Allahabad, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located in Bamrauli Prayagraj, from Prayagraj city and s ...

area of Prayagraj and it is headquarters of

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. It's one of the bases of

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which operates under

History

On 18th February, 1911, the domestic commercial aviation took birth in India where Henri Piquet flew a Humber bi-plane carrying mail from a polo field at Allahabad to Naini, which is approximately six miles away. The construction of airport at Allahabad with dedicated airfield was started in 1924. In 1931, the aerodrome at Allahabad was set up and the foundation for Air Traffic control services was laid with the appointment of an Indian Aerodrome Officer, specially trained at the airport in the UK. It was among the first four international airports of the country. It catered to international flights with direct services to London till 1932. In July 1933,

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commenced the operation of its flight on the Karachi-Jodhpur-Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Kolkata route, which ran until June 1940. The airfield at Bamrauli was also used as one of the five compulsory stops of the

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which took place in October 1934. From 1941 to the early 2000s, the airport did not cater to any regular commercial flight services. In early months of 2003,

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became the first carrier to re-introduce services at the airport with connectivity to cities like Delhi and Kolkata. However, the services soon became defunct following economic crisis. In 2005, Alliance Air (a regional connectivity subsidiary under

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) started its Allahabad-Delhi flight service on the ATR-72 fleet, which continues to be operational to this date, with minor non-operational periods in between. In 2013, SpiceJet introduced its operation in the Delhi-Allahabad sector, along with Alliance Air commencing its Allahabad-Mumbai flight, both of which were closed down due to non-availability of ILS and Night Landing facility at the airport after running for a few months. Seeking limited operational and structural facilities, construction of a new civilian terminal and installation of ILS system on existing runway began in January 2018. The newly constructed terminal was opened to public in January 2019 and since then is serving regular flight operations at Allahabad.

Structure

Runway

The airport is served by a single runway 12/30, which is long and wide.

Landing amenities

The airport has ILS CAT-I compliant for landing during the night, bad weather and foggy conditions. The

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was installed during 2018–2019 expansion phase, along with construction of the new terminal. Other than enhancing safety for landing of flights in visibility as low as 550 meters, the installation of ILS finally allowed the airport to operate flights at night.

New terminal

Construction of the new terminal began in January 2018 and was completed in December 2018. It was inaugurated by

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. The terminal was constructed for . A total of was allocated for the construction of this terminal. The terminal is 6700 square meter; has a peak hour capacity of 300 passengers and four aircraft parking bays for

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and

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. The building has an electric operated trolley gate on the link taxi track to segregate the operational area of

and

. There has been use of

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bricks; double insulated door and the building is equipped with

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and has a

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of its own.

Phase 2 extension

In February 2021, it was reported that there are plans for complete makeover of the civil enclave of Prayagraj in Bamrauli in terms of size and the facilities. The AAI proposed an increase in the airport area twice its current size, with the present building of the airport being expanded on both sides, keeping the terminal same. It will also include increasing the size of lounge, the number of aprons and the possibility to add two more aero-bridges.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

References

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