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Kanpur Civil Aerodrome (ICAO: VIKA)[1] is an aerodrome located inside Kanpur Cantonment and is 5 kilometres east of Kanpur city. It is used by small aircraft of the flying club of Kanpur, the DGCA, the local flying school[2] and the NCC Air Wing.

Not to be confused with Kanpur Airport.

Kanpur Civil Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typeClosed
ServesKanpur
LocationKanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Elevation AMSL411 ft / 125 m
Coordinates26.441238°N 80.363209°E / 26.441238; 80.363209
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,700 1,128 Concrete

Incident and accidents


On the morning of 18 May 1996, a 19-seater Archana Airways L-410 aircraft operating on the Delhi - Kanpur sector touched down late and could not be stopped within the available runway length, ending up beyond the runway. The aircraft hit the boundary wall of the airport and came to a halt. The aircraft sustained major damages, but there was no fire and no injury to persons on board the aircraft.[3]


References


  1. "Kanpur Civil Airport, Airport Authority of India" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. "Garg Aviations Limited uses Kanpur Civil Aerodrome". www.gargaviation.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. "Civil Aviation Aircraft Accident Summary for the year 1996" (PDF). DGCA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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