Airport in Manipur, India
Imphal Airport[a] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), officially renamed as Bir Tikendrajit International Airport,[b][4][5] and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport,[c] is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. The airport replaced the former Koirengei Airfield in 1959.[6]
Development
In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$410 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$86 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[7] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$72 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[8]
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[9]
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Busiest flights
Accidents and incidents
Gallery
See also
Notes
- ^ "Imphal International Airport" is the most common name but not the official name of the airport. It is called so because it is located in the Imphal city of Manipur.
- ^ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport" is named after Bir Tikendrajit (Meitei name: Athouba Koirengsana), a Meitei prince of the Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur Kingdom.
- ^ "Tulihal International Airport" is named after "Ebudhou Tulihal", a Meitei guardian deity of the area where the airport is located.
References
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- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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- ^ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Opposition raised against new name". The Sangai Express. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Retd Lt Col M Ranjit Singh. "Koirengei Airfield: From airfield to a historical site or a parking space?". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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- ^ "Alliance Air Schedule". Alliance Air. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Alliance Air Flags Off Silchar–Imphal Flight Service: 30 Passengers To Reach Destination In 35 Mins". Barak Bulletin. 25 November 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
External links
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