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Veer Savarkar International Airport (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB), also known as Port Blair Airport, is an international airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Port Blair and is the main airport of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Originally known as "Port Blair Airport", it was renamed in 2002 after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who had been detained in the Cellular Jail in the city for 10 years.[4] It operates as a civil enclave, sharing airside facilities with INS Utkrosh of the Indian Navy.[5]

Veer Savarkar International Airport वीर सावरकर अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र
IATA: IXZ ICAO: VOPB
Summary
Airport type	Civil enclave
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Opened	20 January 2005
Elevation AMSL	4 m / 14 ft
Coordinates	11°38′28″N 092°43′47″E
Map
IXZ Show map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands IXZ Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 3,290 10,795 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2021 - March 2022)
Passengers 7,61,610 ( 90.2%) Aircraft movement 7,364 ( 53.4%) Cargo tonnage 5,837 ( 42.6%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Overview

The airport has a single runway of 3,290 m (10,794 ft) in length, accommodating most narrow-body aircraft, that includes Airbus A320, Airbus A321, and Boeing 737. Except for the civilian terminal operated by the Airports Authority of India, all other air traffic operations over Port Blair are undertaken by the Indian Navy.[6]

Terminal

The passenger terminal has a capacity of 400 passengers. It covers an area of 6,100 square metres.[7] There is only one terminal, with two gates and no aerobridges. Buses are used to provide transportation from the terminal to the aircraft parked on the apron.

New terminal

Due to increasing traffic, a new 40,837 sq.m. passenger terminal at a cost of ₹ 707 crore is under construction since 2019. It will have three floors–one for arrivals, second for departures and third for waiting. Inside the terminal, there will be 28 check-in counters and four conveyor belts. Initially, it was planned that it will have three aerobridges, but recently, it has increased to four. It will be able to handle 1,200 passengers (600 domestic and 600 international) at peak hours, and will be able to serve 5 million passengers per annum.[8]

As of 2022, the new terminal is under construction, and it is about 83% completed. It is expected to be completed by October 2022.[9]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Refs.
Air India	Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam
Go First	Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata
IndiGo	Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata
SpiceJet	Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata Seasonal: Bangalore	[10]
Vistara	Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata	[11]

Statistics

References

External links

7 Media related to Veer Savarkar International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Vir Savarkar Airport (official Airports Authority of India web site)

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Port Blair

Der Vir Savarkar Airport (auch Port Blair Airport) ist der zivile Bereich eines Militärflugplatzes der Indischen Marine in Port Blair auf South Andaman Island.

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- [en] Veer Savarkar International Airport

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[fr] Aéroport de Port Blair

L'aéroport Veer Savarkar, également connu comme Aéroport de Port Blair (code IATA : IXZ • code OACI : VOPB), est un aéroport situé à 2 km au sud de Port Blair et est le principal aéroport des Îles Andaman-et-Nicobar, en Inde. [1]

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[ru] Международный аэропорт имени Саваркар Винаяк Дамодар

Международный аэропорт имени Саваркар Винаяк Дамодар (англ. Veer Savarkar International Airport) (ИАТА: IXZ, ИКАО: VOPB) — главный аэропорт Андаманских и Никобарских островов, расположенный в 2 километрах к югу от города Порт-Блэр. Аэропорт назван в честь индийского борца за свободу Винаяка Дамодар Саваркара. Аэропорт также эксплуатирует ВМС Индии.

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