Hosur Aerodrome is an airport located at Belagondapalli 10 Kilometres southwest of

Hosur Hosur is an industrial city located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Hosur is one of the municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu. It is located on the bank of the river River Ponnaiyar, southeast of Bengaluru and west of Chennai, the state ...

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. The airfield is owned by Taneja aerospace and aviation Limited (TAAL), established in 1994 as the first private sector company to manufacture

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aircraft in India. TAAL uses the airfield for its Aircraft Manufacturing, Sales and MRO businesses. This aerodrome is approved and licensed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation under private use category. The aerodrome complex also houses MRO facilities of Air Works India and widebody aircraft painting facilities of Air Livery. Many Indian carriers notably

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and

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send their aircraft to Hosur for 'C' checks pand 1200 hours inspections by Air Works Ltd., and for painting done by Air Livery.

Structure

Hosur Aerodrome has one asphalt runway, oriented 09/27, 7012 feet long and 150 feet wide, capable of accepting

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and

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aircraft and has night landing facilities which are pending approval. At the moment, the airfield is purely VFR lying in the local flying area of

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; approach control to aircraft is provided by HAL ATC and terminal advisory control is provided by Hosur Tower. Navigational aids at Hosur include PAPI lights and an

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. It has

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measuring 110 × 90 and 110 × 80 metres for jet aircraft and another one measuring 40 × 19 metres for

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and light aircraft.

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Article in Deccan Herald

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