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Jayprakash Narayan Airport (IATA: PAT, ICAO: VEPT) is an international airport located in Patna, the state capital of Bihar in India.[4] It is named after the independence activist and political leader, Jayprakash Narayan.[5] It is the 14th busiest airport in India, in April 2021 - March 2022.[6][7] To meet demand, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is working to expand and modernise airport infrastructure. The airport is currently undergoing an ambitious expansion project that includes a new two-level passenger terminal, which will be completed by December 2023.[8][9]

Jayprakash Narayan Airport
IATA: PAT ICAO: VEPT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Airports Authority of India
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Patna, Bihar, India
Elevation AMSL	52 m / 170 ft
Coordinates	25°35′37″N 085°05′31″E
Map
PAT Show map of Patna PAT Show map of Bihar PAT Show map of India PAT Show map of Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 2,072 6,798 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2021 - March 2022)
Passengers 2,967,681 ( 9.5%) Aircraft movements 25,501 ( 18.2%) Cargo tonnage 12,409 ( 4.6%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Structure

The airport currently has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,072 by 45 metres (6,798 ft × 148 ft).[10][11] The current runway of the airport is only around 6,800 feet long which makes it not possible for large aircraft to land there. The terminal building at the airport is spread across an area of 12,000 square meters and can handle around 2.5 million passengers annually. The waiting areas, as well as departure and arrival areas of the terminal building, have also been expanded recently due to the rising amounts of passengers flying to the airport. Due to the surge in passenger demand, a new terminal is under construction which will relieve the pressure on the existing terminal.[12]

Future expansion

The runway length at Patna Airport is 6,798 feet.[13] It is sandwiched between the Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan and Phulwari Sharif railway station.[14] The area of the terminal building will be increased from the existing 7,200 square metres to 57,000 square metres.[15] The new terminal building of Patna Airport will be a two-storey structure, equipped with six aerobridges and an apron area to park 14 aircraft at any given time. At present, the airport has the capacity to park only six aircraft. Several existing buildings in and around Patna Airport premises, including the Airport Colony and IAS Bhavan, will be demolished for the expansion work. Besides, several utility buildings, including the meteorological centre and Bihar Flying Club, will be shifted and a new ATC tower will be constructed adjacent to Birla Institute of Technology, Patna campus.[16]

13.1 acres of land near the Patna Airport will be used for construction of a world-class two-storey terminal building, and in lieu of that 11.35 acre of land in Anisabad, Patna will be transferred to Bihar Government by Airports Authority of India.[17] The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has proposed to extend the terminal for sustaining air operations at least till 2035 and handle 6 million passengers per annum. A new terminal building would be constructed and connected to the existing building via skybridge. In addition, the AAI has planned to develop a civil enclave at Bihta Air Force Station, 20 kilometres away from Patna, to cater to larger aircraft.[7] In October 2016, Bihar cabinet approved the Patna master plan which envisages development of a new airport at Bihta. Bihar government is acquiring 126 acres of land for construction of Bihta Airport.[18]

In September 2018, Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved ₹12.17 billion (US$152 million) for the terminal expansion that will be designed by Singapore firm Meinhardt and will be able to handle 4.5 million passengers a year, compared to present 0.7 million in transit. Once the new terminal is operational, the full passenger handling capacity of the airport will be at 10 million passengers annually. The new terminal will have an area of 65,155 square metres, including a basement area of 18,650 square metres. Hyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited has been selected to execute the design.[19] The new terminal building of Patna Airport will be complete by 2023, as construction already started in October–November 2018, and faced delays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air India	Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
FlyBig	Guwahati[20]
Go First	Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai
IndiGo	Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Ranchi
SpiceJet	Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Varanasi
Vistara	Delhi

Statistics

As of 2019-2020 data, Patna Airport handled more than 4 million passengers which was the highest ever recorded at the airport before the COVID-19 pandemic.[21] Aircraft movements are currently at 25,501 which also has increased by 18.2% since previous years.[22] Between 2021-22 the Patna Airport also handled 12,409 metric tonnes of cargo which also increased by 4.6% from the previous years.[23] Patna Airport is currently the 14th busiest airport in India in terms of passengers catered by the airport.

Passenger, Aircraft Movement, and Cargo at Patna Airport (2011-2022)

Year	Passengers	Change	Aircraft Movement	Change	Cargo (MT)	Change	Ref
2021–22	2,967,681	9.5%	25,501	18.2%	12,409	4.6%	[24]
2020–21	2,710,000	40.1%	21,572	30.3%	11,859	3.2%	[25]
2019–20	4,525,765	11.4%	30,959	10.2%	12,249	7.1%	[26]
2018–19	4,061,900	30.6%	28,087	28.2%	11,435	66.2%	[27]
2017–18	3,111,273	47.3%	21,916	41.3%	6,879	4.4%	[28]
2016–17	2,112,150	33.3%	15,508	11.2%	6,591	49.3%	[29]
2015–16	1,584,013	32.4%	13,947	26.1%	4,414	15.1%	[30]
2014–15	1,196,540	14.5%	11,060	11.5%	5,198	7.2%	[31]
2013–14	1,044,127	4.1%	9,902	0.7%	4,849	115.4%	[32]
2012–13	1,003,169	1.8%	9,972	3.8%	2,251	34.3%	[33]
2011–12	1,021,544	21.8%	10,369	8.6%	3,425	4.5%	[34]

Incidents

• On 17 July 2000, Alliance Air Flight 7412 crashed near the airport, killing 60 people.[35]
• On 19 June 2022, SpiceJet Boeing 737 flight SG723 with 185 passengers on-board made an emergency landing at Patna Airport after one of the engines caught fire in a suspected bird hit.[36]

See also

• Bihta Air Force Station
• Darbhanga Airport
• Gaya Airport
• List of airports in India
• List of the busiest airports in India

References

External links

• Patna Airport webpage at official Airports Authority of India web site.

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Patna

Der Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Narayan Airport (IATA-Code: PAT; ICAO-Code: VEPT), auch Flughafen Patna, ist ein Verkehrsflughafen 5 km südwestlich von Patna, der Landeshauptstadt von Bihar in Indien. Er ist nach dem Unabhängigkeitsaktivisten Jayaprakash Narayan benannt. Er liegt auf Platz 16 der größten Flughäfen in Indien, und der jährliche Passagierverkehr stieg von 2018 bis 2019 um 30,6 Prozent auf über 4 Millionen Fluggäste. Um die Nachfrage zu befriedigen, arbeitet die Airports Authority of India (AAI) derzeit am Ausbau und der Modernisierung der Flughafeninfrastruktur.

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- [en] Jay Prakash Narayan Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Jayaprakash Narayan

El Aeropuerto Jayaprakash Narayan es un aeropuerto que atiende a Patna, la capital del estado indio de Bihar. Se encuentra a cinco kilómetros al suroeste de la ciudad.[3] Dispone de una pista y una terminal capaz de servir a 700.000 personas cada año. La abertura de una nueva terminal más amplia está prevista para el 2022. A mayo de 2019 se ofrecen vuelos a diferentes ciudades del país; aún no llega ningún vuelo internacional a Patna.

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[fr] Aéroport de Patna

L'aéroport Jay Prakash Narayan (code IATA : PAT • code OACI : VEPT) est situé à 5 km au sud-ouest de Patna, la capitale de l'État du Bihar en Inde[1]. C'est le 18e aéroport le plus achalandé en Inde, et le rapport annuel du trafic de passagers a augmenté de 32% en 2015-16[2]. 13 acres de terre près de l'aéroport de Patna sera utilisé pour la construction d'un monde-classe de deux étages bâtiment du terminal, et au lieu de 11.35 acre de terre en Aneesabad, Patna, seront transférés à Bihar Gouvernement par l'Autorité des Aéroports de l'Inde[3]. L'Autorité aéroportuaire de l'Inde (AAI) a proposé d'étendre le terminal pour le maintien des opérations aériennes au moins jusqu'en 2035 et de gérer 30 lakh de passagers par an. Un nouveau terminal bâtiment serait construit et relié au bâtiment existant par une passerelle. En outre, l'AAI a prévu de développer un civil enclave à Bihta Air Force Station, 20 km de Patna, pour accueillir de plus gros avions. En octobre 2016, Bihar, le cabinet a approuvé le Patna master plan qui prévoit le développement d'un nouvel aéroport à Bihta[4]. le Bihar gouvernement est l'acquisition de 126 hectares de terres pour la construction du nouvel aéroport[5]. à l'Encontre de la longueur de la piste de 2,286 m, à 1 954 m reste disponible pour les vols de décollages en raison de contraintes de localisation.

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[ru] Международный аэропорт имени Джей Пракаш Нараян

Международный аэропорт имени Джей Пракаш Нараян (англ. Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport) (ИАТА: PAT, ИКАО: VEPT) — аэропорт в Индии, расположен в штате Бихар, в 5 километрах от Патны. Аэропорт назван в честь политического деятеля Нараяна Джаяпракаша.

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