Bhiwani Aerodrome , also called Bhiwani Air Strip, is a public civil aerodrome adjacent to Gujrani village in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

History

In 1948, first airstrip was built in Haryana when

Ambala Air Force Station Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-area ...

was established. On 31July, 2013, the

Chief Minister of Haryana The Chief Minister of Haryana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Haryana. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elect ...

announced that the

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had applied for an expansion of the civilian airports namely

Hisar Airport Hisar Airport , officially known as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport existing as domestic airport presently under upgrade by 30 March 2024 , is a DGCA-licensed public airport serving Hisar in Haryana state of India. It is located north ...

Karnal Airport Karnal Aerodrome is being operated as a pilot training institute owned and operated by Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation (HICA) under guidance of Civil Aviation Department, Government of Haryana. The flying school is spread over an area of 1 ...

, Bhiwani Airport, Pinjore Airport and Narnaul Airport. Approval was granted by the central government for plans of the Hisar Domestic Airport and Karnal Domestic Airport. Discussions with the central government also considered setting up an additional cargo airport in the state. In July 2014, a

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(RTI) request revealed that the

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(DGCA) had never received a formal proposal from the Congress

and there were no plans to upgrade the airport.

Flights

Currently, the airport has no scheduled commercial flight operations. The Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation (HICA) does not offer flying training nor preparation courses.

Infrastructure

As of 2018, airport has one hangar, a VIP lounge, day landing facilities and no night landing facility.EOI for HICA
Haryana Civil Aviation Department, accessed 15 August 2021.

Future development

Captain Abhimanyu Captain Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu (born 18 December 1967) is an Indian politician. He was cabinet minister with independent charge of eight departments in the Government of Haryana state in India in the first-ever government led by the Bharatiya ...

, Finance Minister of Haryana, while presenting the

2018-19 budget in March 2018 announced that the funds have been allocated to extend the existing 3000 feet runway to 5000 feet and parking hangar for the spillover aircraft from IGI Delhi airport will be constructed.haryana budgest 2018-19

Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, t ...

, 9 March 2018. As of January 2019, extension of runway is underway. The night landing facilities and hangar will also be built as airlines have approached the Haryana government to park their spillover "Non-scheduled Air Operations" (NSOP) aircraft from the congested IGI airport at Delhi to Bhiwani and Narnaul airport. Consequently, all five existing government airports in Haryana will be developed to have runway of at least 5000 feet, night landing and parking hangars.All five airports in state to be developed expanded
The Tribune 8 January 2019.

References

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History

Flights

Infrastructure

Future development

See also

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