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official name as per

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or Ziro Airport is located at

Ziro Ziro is a town and the district headquarters of the Lower Subansiri district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is included the Tentative List for UNESCO's World Heritage Site for the '' Apatani cultural landscape''. The part of the ...

in the

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Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

, India. In the past,

Vayudoot Vayudoot ( hi, वायुदूत, Vāyudūt, messenger who rides on the wind) was a regional airline in India established on 20 January 1981 as a joint-venture between the two state-owned carriers, Indian Airlines and Air India. The airline ...

and Air India operated daily flights to the airport. Now, Alliance Air operates flights to and from the airport.

History

A pre-feasibility study was conducted by the

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for improving the airport to enable

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class aircraft in 2008. The study found it unfeasible to extend the 1,220 metre runway to accommodate a 50-seat aircraft, due to unauthorized constructions along the boundary wall. It was proposed that a new runway measuring 2010 metres be built on land adjacent to the current runway and all airport structures like air traffic control tower, fire station and terminal building be relocated. Commercial flight services were provided by

, Air India and sometimes by the

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, but that did not last for long and were indefinitely stopped. In October 2022, Alliance Air resumed passenger services from the airport to

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and

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, both in

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Airlines and destinations

References

External links

* * Airports in Arunachal Pradesh Airports with year of establishment missing {{ArunachalPradesh-stub