Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Amritsar, Punjab, India | ||||||||||
| Location | Rajasansi, Amritsar, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 230 m / 756 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°42′28″N 074°47′57″E / 31.70778°N 74.79917°E / 31.70778; 74.79917Coordinates: 31°42′28″N 074°47′57″E / 31.70778°N 74.79917°E / 31.70778; 74.79917 | ||||||||||
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  ATQ Show map of Punjab  ATQ Show map of India | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (April 2017 - March 2018) | |||||||||||
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48.1%)Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport (IATA: ATQ, ICAO: VIAR) named after Guru Ram Das Ji, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar city, is an international airport about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. Beside this, the airport serves the neighbouring Western districts of Himachal Pradesh and Southern districts of Jammu and Kashmir.Amritsar Airport is the busiest airport in the Indian state of Punjab and 21st busiest airport in India in terms of daily sheduled operations.The airport was the fastest growing airport in India in terms of growth in Passenger traffic during the fiscal year 2017-18.[4]
Contents
1 Facilities
1.1 Terminal
2 Runway
3 Airlines and destinations
4 References
5 External links
Facilities
Terminal
Terminal interior
The arrivals section of the old terminal was inaugurated in September 2005, and the departures section was made operational in March 2006. A new integrated terminal building, built in glass and steel and equipped with modern facilities like an inline X-ray baggage inspection and conveyor system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), and CCTV for surveillance among others, was inaugurated on 25 February 2009, with an area of approximately 40,175 square metres (432,440 sq ft) marking an improvement over the earlier 12,770 square metres (137,500 sq ft) facility. The new terminal building is a blend of modern and Indian designs, constructed in glass and steel with Indian style arches and colours. For the quarter ending 30 June 2016, the airport registered a 59.6% growth of international passenger traffic.[5]
The integrated terminal building has four aerobridges (including new recently fitted ones at bay no. 2 and bay no. 4), an annual capacity of 1.46 million passengers with a peak hour capacity of 1,200 passengers. The building has 30 check-in counters, 4 X-ray scanners (for baggage), 26 immigration Counters, 10 custom counters, 12 security check booths, and 4 conveyor belts for arrivals. The apron has been extended to cater for parking of a total of 25 aircraft (8 Category 'E’, 3 Category 'D’ and 13 Category 'C’ types of aircraft & 1 category 'E' for cargo) from the earlier capacity of 15 aircraft and strengthened for parking of Category 'C’ type of aircraft. The departure and arrival halls operate duty-free shops. The departure hall also accommodates foreign currency exchange service, a book store, restaurants and other shops for the convenience of departing passengers.[6] The airport registered India's highest passenger growth of over 48% for the year 2017-2018.[7]
Runway
CAT II ILS became operational on 23 December 2011 and reduced the visibility requirement for an aircraft landing at Amritsar Airport on Runway 34 from the existing 650 metres to 350 metres benefiting airlines in terms of increased safety and avoiding diversions to other airports resulting in better operational and environmental efficiency.[8][9] During 2016-17 runway upgrade, the flexible portion runway was strengthed and inset lighting installed for ILS CAT III at a cost of 150 crores.[10] On 12 Oct 2017, the Airports Authority of India issued CAT III-B low visibility procedures (LVP) for Amritsar Airport allowing landing at 50 m visual range.[11]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Refs. |
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| AirAsia India | Bengaluru(ends 15 January 2019) | [12] |
| AirAsia X | Kuala Lumpur–International | [12] |
| Air India | Birmingham, Delhi, Mumbai, Nanded | [13] |
| Air India Express | Dubai–International | |
| IndiGo | Bengaluru, Delhi, Dubai–International, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata (begins 1 February 2019), Mumbai, Srinagar | [14][15][16] |
| Jet Airways | Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune | |
| Malindo Air | Kuala Lumpur–International | |
| Qatar Airways | Doha | |
| Scoot | Singapore | |
| SpiceJet | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Dubai–International, Goa | [17] |
| Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashgabat | |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent | |
| Vistara | Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai | [18] |
References
^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ https://www.theasianindependent.co.uk/amritsar-beats-all-international-airports-in-india-with-83-5-growth-in-domestic-traffic/
^ Khare, Harish (2016-08-30). "59.6% increase in passenger footfall at Amritsar airport". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
^ Press Release By PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=47938
^ "Amritsar airport tops country in terms of passenger growth | punjab | amritsar | Hindustan Times". M.hindustantimes.com. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ "Amritsar Airport ushers in CAT II Instrument Landing System" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-12.
^ "Airports Authority of India". www.aai.aero. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
^ "Amritsar airport set for night flights after runway revamp". Tribuneindia.com. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Web.archive.org. 2017-12-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ ab "AirAsia flight schedule". airasia.com. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
^ "Air India and Alliance Air schedule list". airindia.in. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
^ "IndiGo flight schedules". goindigo.in. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
^ https://www.goindigo.in/information/new-flights.html?linkNav=new-flights_footer
^ "Amritsar-Dubai Indigo flight from October 28". 19 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "SpiceJet New - Flights". 4 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Vistara flight schedules". airvistara.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
External links
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