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Adampur Airport , Jalandhar (IATA: AIP, ICAO: VIAX) is the primary airport serving the cities of Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur in Punjab, India. It is located at Adampur Town of Jalandhar district in Northern India, on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main highway 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab, India. The airport was much needed by the Doaba Region of Punjab as the two other main airports Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport and Chandigarh International Airport are 100 and 145 km distant respectively.

Adampur Airport , Jalandhar Jalandhar Airport
Adampur Airport New Terminal
IATA: AIP ICAO: VIAX
Summary
Airport type	Military/ Public
Owner	Ministry of Civil Aviation
Operator	Airports Authority Of India , Indian Air Force
Serves	Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur
Location	Adampur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Elevation AMSL	776 ft / 236 m
Coordinates	31°25′59″N 075°45′38″E
Website	www.aai.aero/en/airports/adampur
Map
AIP Location of the airport in Punjab Show map of Punjab AIP AIP (India) Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 2,755 9,039 Asphalt

History

The Adampur Airport's foundation stone was laid by India's Ex Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on December 16, 2016 after taking in account its viability reports drafted by government agencies.[1]

Infrastructure

The Airports Authority of India has built a passenger terminal at a cost of ₹ 18 crore[2] at Kandola village of Jalandhar district adjoining the airbase to facilitate commercial civil aviation. The Central Government had cleared the techno-feasibility report for setting up the Adampur Airport, Jalandhar in July 2015 after AAI had inspected the proposed site of 50 acres of land after receiving No Objection Certificate from Indian Air Force.[3][4][5][6] Commercial flights started on 1 May 2018 when SpiceJet began operations under the UDAN Regional Connectivity Service (RCS) of the Government of India.The new Terminal is being built up in an area of 75,000 sq.ft ( 42 acres ). The contract of the new Terminal has been given to edifice consultants.

Statistics

The airport is mainly used to travel to Delhi with a very high passenger turn out rate of 97% per flight.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
SpiceJet	Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai

Connectivity

Adampur Airport, Jalandhar is located at Adampur Town of Jalandhar district in Northern India, on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main highway 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

Adampur AirForce Station

Adampur Air Force Station, Jalandhar is also situated here. It is the second largest military airbase of India. It lies within 100 km (62 mi) of the Indo-Pak Border and is home to No. 47 Squadron IAF and No. 223 Squadron IAF.

Jalandhar Airport is a very old base station. The base played a crucial role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. On 6 September 1965, the PAF attacked Indian airfields at Pathankot AFS, Halwara AFS & Adampur AFS, Jalandhar. The attacks on Halwara and Adampur were failures. The Strike group turned back before even reaching Adampur.

On 7 September 1965, the PAF parachuted 135 Special Services Group (SSG) para commandos[7] at three Indian airfields (Halwara, Pathankot and Adampur).[8] The daring attempt proved to be an "unmitigated disaster". Only ten commandos were able to return to Pakistan,[8] the rest were taken as prisoners of war (including one of the Commanders of the operations, Major Khalid Butt). At Adampur these troops landed in residential areas where the villagers caught and handed them over to police.[8]

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 on western front started with Operation Chengiz Khan on 3 December 1971. Pathankot Air Force Station was hit and runway heavily damaged. Pathankot was covered by interceptors from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar following this first strike during the time it took the ground crew to repair its runway.[9]

During 1999 Kargil Conflict flying from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar, Mirages of No. 7 Squadron IAF struck Tigerhill, Muntho Dhalo and Tololing.

Jalandhar Air Force Station operates MiG-29UPG variant after recently completed overhauls to the older B/UB fleet.

See also

References

External Links

• https://www.jagran.com/punjab/jalandhar-city-100-kld-capacity-sewerage-treatment-plant-to-be-set-up-at-adampur-airport-22643130.html

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