Chinyalisaur Airport, also known as Maa Ganga Airport and Dharasu Airport or Bharkot Airport, is located in
Chinyalisaur
Nagar palika Chinyalisaur is a small town and tehsil headquarters in the Uttarkashi district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Geography
Chinyalisaur is a semi-urban settlement. It is named after a nearby village called Chinyali. 'Saur' is ...
of
Uttarkashi district in the
Indian state of
Uttarakhand. The airport is situated 35 kilometres away from
Uttarkashi and 85 kilometers from
New Tehri
New Tehri is a city and a Municipality, municipal board in Tehri Garhwal District in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of Tehri Garhwal District. This urban municipality area ...
on the banks of the
Bhagirathi River.
Civil aviation usage
The airport was initially constructed to cater to the needs of tourist and pilgrim traffic to the region, but lay unused as air charter companies did not start operations to the area.
Military usage as ALG
The
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial w ...
also uses the airport as an
Advanced Landing Ground
Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) were temporary advance airfields constructed by the Allies during World War II during the liberation of Europe. They were built in the UK prior to the invasion and thereafter in northwest Europe from 6 June 19 ...
(ALG).
See also
; Military bases
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List of ALGs
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List of Indian Air Force stations
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India-China military deployment on LAC
; Borders
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Line of Actual Control (LAC)
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Borders of China
China shares international land borders with 14 sovereign states. In addition, there is a internal border with the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was a British dependency before 1997, and a internal border with Macau, a Portu ...
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Borders of India
; Other related topics
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India-China Border Roads
India-China Border Roads (ICBRs, ICB Roads) is a Government of India project for developing infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border by constructing strategic roads, including bridges and tunnels. The ICBR project is largely in response to C ...
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List of extreme points of India
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Defence Institute of High Altitude Research
References
External links
IAF's ALG* Air Marshal K. K. Nohwar
Pace of Infrastructure Development in Border Areas: Adequate? Centre for Air Power Studies, 13 March 2018
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Airports in Uttarakhand
Proposed airports in Uttarakhand
Uttarkashi district
Airports with year of establishment missing