Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindhia Gwalior Airport is a
domestic airport and an
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 ...
base serving the city of
Gwalior,
Madhya Pradesh,
India. It is located in Maharajpur, 10 km (6 mi) north-east of the city premises. It is one of the six airports in Madhya Pradesh. The airport is spread over an area of . The civil enclave is built on 29 acres of area.
IndiGo and
SpiceJet airlines operate scheduled flight services to and from the airport.
Structure
The airport is spread over and the terminal can handle 350 passengers per hour. The apron can handle two
Airbus A320 and one small aircraft simultaneously. The Gwalior Air Base is the only operational air force base with two operational parallel runways. The second runway was built in February 2009 and became operational in October 2010.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Expansion
The airport will get a new Terminal Building, ancillary buildings and car parking for ₹ 446 crore, under the airport's expansion project. The
Airports Authority of India
The Airports Authority of India, or AAI, is a public sector enterprise under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastruct ...
(AAI) has taken up the work for expansion of the airport. It includes the construction of the New Terminal Building of an area of 20,000 sq.m. to handle 1,400 peak hour passengers, ancillary buildings, car parking, city side development & other associated works at the airport. There will be some modern technologies, such as rainwater harvesting and solar energy will be used in the development of the new terminal building, by the commissioning of a new 2.5 GW solar power plant.
The project is expected to be completed by July 2023. The construction of the new apron and the taxiways including associated works for parking of 13 aircraft at the airport will be built at an estimated cost of ₹ 38.51 crore, will be completed by June 2023.
Accidents and incidents
*On May 6, 2021, a
Beechcraft 250
The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropped in 1996. ...
belonging to the state of
Madhya Pradesh crashed while landing at the airport. The three crew were hospitalized with minor injuries. The aircraft was carrying
Remdesivir injections, which were undamaged.
References
[ "Gwalior new terminal" https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/economy/gwalior-airport-to-get-new-terminal-ancillary-buildings-with-enhanced-capacity-at-the-cost-of-rs-446-crore-article-90423684]
External links
{{Indian Air Force
Airports in Madhya Pradesh
Transport in Gwalior
World War II sites in India
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