Aurangabad Airport (IATA: IXU, ICAO: VAAU), is a public airport located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, India. It is located about 5.5 km east of the city centre, and 11 km from Aurangabad Railway Station, along the Aurangabad-Nagpur State Highway. The airport is owned and operated by the Airports Authority of India, with one passenger terminal with 190,000 square-feet floor area.

Aurangabad Airport
IATA: IXU ICAO: VAAU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Location	Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Elevation AMSL	1,917 ft / 582 m
Coordinates	19°51′46″N 75°23′53″E
Map
IXU Location of airport in India Show map of Maharashtra IXU IXU (India) Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 9,300 2,835 Concrete/asphalt
Statistics (April 2020 - March 2021)
Passenger movements 145,561(58.1%) Aircraft movements 1,872 (58.6%) Cargo tonnage 776 (20.9%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

The Maharashtra Government approved renaming the airport after Sambhaji, second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, on 5 March 2020 and said that the cabinet decision would be sent to the Union civil aviation ministry for approval.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

• On 26 April 1993, Indian Airlines Flight 491 (IC 491), a Boeing 737-2A8 (registered VT-ECQ) was on its connecting route from Delhi to Mumbai with en route stops at Jaipur, Udaipur and Aurangabad. The heavily laden aircraft started its takeoff from Aurangabad's runway 09 in hot and humid temperatures. After lifting off almost at the end of the runway, it impacted heavily with a lorry on a highway at the end of the runway. The left main landing gear, left engine bottom cowling and thrust reverser impacted the left side of the truck at a height of nearly seven feet from the level of the road. Thereafter the aircraft hit high tension power lines nearly 3 km northeast of the runway and hit the ground. The aircraft was carrying 112 passengers and six crew members. 63 persons including the pilot, the co-pilot and two other members of the crew survived. 53 passengers and two members of the crew died.

References

External links

• Aurangabad Airport at the Airports Authority of India
• ww.jica.go.jp (Ajanta–Ellora Conservation and Tourism Development Project.)

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