Burnpur Airport is located at
Burnpur
Burnpur is a captive township of SAIL, the area covered by IISCO Steel Plant and its surroundings in Asansol of Paschim Bardhaman district, in the heart of the mining-industrial belt in the western periphery of the state of West Bengal, India. It ...
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Asansol
Asansol is a (Tier-II) metropolitan city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest and most populated city of West Bengal and the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Ba ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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IISCO Steel Plant
IISCO Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited is an integrated steel plant located at Burnpur, a neighbourhood in Asansol city, in the Asansol subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India.
Overview
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Steel Authority of India and can handle small aircraft.
Facilities
The airport is located at an elevation of 310 feet (94 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,003 by 75 feet (1,220 × 23 m) with non-precision approach markings.
Airlines and destinations
No airline currently operates from this airport. Operations are all set to start after the congestion of the
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport , is a domestic airport serving the cities of Durgapur and Asansol. It is located at Andal, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It is named after Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The airport is roughly from Durgapur ...
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Andal, Paschim Bardhaman
Andal is a census town in the Andal CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Andal is located at . It has an average elevation of 76 metres (249 ...
See also
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List of Airports by ICAO code
The following are lists of airports by IATA code
IATA codes are abbreviations that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) publishes to facilitate air travel. They are typically 1, 2, 3, or 4 character combinations (referred to as uni ...
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List of Airports in India
This list of airports in India includes existing and former commercial & private airports, flying schools, certain defence airstrips, etc. As per AAI data from November 2016, the following are being targeted for the scheduled commercial flight ...
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120421185243/http://airportguide.com/airport/India/Burnpur-VE23/
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Airports in West Bengal
Transport in Asansol
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