Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport is a

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serving the city of

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. The airport is located in the village of Jhiurheri, Mohali, Punjab. The airport caters to six domestic airlines and connects Chandigarh to 17 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations. The airport was awarded as the 'Best Airport by Hygiene Measures' in

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in 2021, by

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History

Chandigarh Airport operated all its civil and commercial operations from the civil enclave of the Indian Air Force Station.

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started operating flights from Chandigarh to

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in the 1970s. A new airport building was constructed in the civil enclave and was opened on 14 April 2011. This air terminal was declared a

on 19 August 2011, making it eligible for a limited number of international flights, but no international flight ever operated from this terminal. In 2008, the Government of Punjab acquired 304.04 acres of land on the south side of the existing runway in Jhiurheri village at a cost of to build the new international terminal, which was completed in 2015 at a cost of . The Government of Punjab through GMADA and the

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through HUDA each have a 24.5% stake and the

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holds the rest, a 51% stake in CHIAL the operator of the airport. On 24 December 2015 the Mohali Industries Association filed a

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(PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for non-operation of international flights after spending on the airport. After numerous hearings at

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and a long wait,

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and

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commenced flights to Dubai and Sharjah respectively in September 2016. The new terminal is located from Chandigarh city centre in Sector 17.

Facilities

Terminal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the new civil air terminal at Chandigarh airport

The new terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 September 2015. This new eco-friendly terminal is one of its kind in India and was built by Larsen and Toubro. The interior of the airport has plants, for a feeling of a botanical garden. It is located at the village of Jhiurheri in

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and became operational on 19 October 2015. Construction of the new terminal included two link

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s to the terminal and cargo complex. A 900m taxiway was added in April 2022 increasing the capacity to 20 aircraft per hour. The terminal has five aerobridges apron for parking five in contact and eight remote parking stands for aircraft. The departures are on the first floor and arrivals on the ground floor. The first phase of the terminal covering 53,000 sq metres has a capacity of 1,600 passengers at a time and a parking space for 150 vehicles. This is not a greenfield airport but uses the runway of the present Indian air force base. There is one ATM located in the parking area, WiFi inside the terminal, and one

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in the departures area. The airport facilities are operated by CHIAL (Chandigarh International Airport Limited).

Runway

The airport has single runway 11/29. From 2017 to 2019, the runway went through a major upgrade and repair that was completed on 9 April 2019. The expanded runway with approach lighting is long with effective take-off length of runway . , the airport is available for 24 hour operations. Additional runway approach lighting in the touchdown zone was installed in 2021 to assist in landing during foggy weather. As of 2022, runway is 10,400 ft Code 4E and equipped with 900 AFLS, 02 ILS, CAT I ILS at Rwy 11 and CAT-II at Rwy 29 making IXC capable to handle wide-bodied aircraft.

Cargo terminal

An integrated common use cargo terminal to handle domestic, international including perishable goods is planned. The cargo terminal will include five buildings of each, with one building designated for perishable goods.

Airlines and destinations

Boarding area of the airport

Statistics

References

External links

Chandigarh Airport - Airport Authority of India
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