Kandla Airport is located north of

Kandla Kandla, now officially Deendayal Port Authority, is a seaport and town in Kutch district of Gujarat state in Western India, near the city of Gandhidham. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of India's major ports on the west coast. It is ab ...

and Varsamedi Village Anjar in the Kutch District of the state of

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, India.

History

The airport was built in the late 1950s.

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commenced passenger operations by deploying DC-3 Dakota aircraft and later in 1960 using their F-27 Fokker Friendship aircraft & by HS748 Avro aircraft and was followed by Vayudoot. Gujarat Airways also used to operate flights to Mumbai until 1999. After a gap of seven years, commercial services resumed again in October 2006 with Air Deccan operating daily services between Mumbai and Kandla using ATR aircraft until the airline ceased operations in 2012. Spicejet commenced service again in July 2017 using Bombardier Q400 aircraft.

Structure

The airport is spread over an area of 268.2 acres and has a terminal building capable of handling 100 passengers at a time. Its

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measuring 90 m x 60 m has two parking bays for ATR aircraft. The airport has navigational facilities and landing aids like NDB and PAPI.

Airlines and destinations

References

External links

Kandla Airport at the Airports Authority of India
{{Airports in India Airports in Gujarat Transport in Kutch district Gandhidham Airports established in 1960 1960 establishments in East Punjab