Ahmedabad Airport

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
IATA: AMD ICAO: VAAH Location of airport in Gujarat
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Ahmedabad Gandhinagar
Location	Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Hub for	Blue Dart Aviation
Elevation AMSL	189 ft / 58 m
Coordinates	23°04′38″N 072°38′05″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 11,811 3,599 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (Apr '13 – Mar '14)
Passenger movements 4,564,225 Aircraft movements 42,229 Cargo tonnage 51,637
Source: AAI

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (IATA: AMD, ICAO: VAAH) is an international airport serving the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, India. The airport is located in Hansol, 9 km (5.6 mi) north of central Ahmedabad. It is named after India's first Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It is the eighth busiest airport in overall passenger traffic in India and a focus city for Air India, Blue Dart Aviation, IndiGo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet.

About

The new international terminal during the construction phase. Terminal 1 and 3 can be seen on the far left.

The airport currently consists of four terminals: domestic, international, an additional terminal for secondary traffic and a cargo terminal as well. The airport has 45 parking bays and both the international and domestic terminals have four aero-bridges each. The new terminal has been modelled based on Singapore Changi Airport.

The new terminal has a half kilometre long moving walkway, which connects the two terminals. Airports Authority of India (AAI) will construct a new technical block which will enhance the flight handling capacity and provide better control of flights.

Terminals

Terminal 1 – Domestic

Baggage Claim area at Terminal 1

Terminal 1 has 30 check-in counters and has an area of 45,000 m² (480,000 sq ft).

Terminal 2 – International

The newly constructed International (Terminal 2) terminal at Ahmedabad Airport

Terminal 2 from inside

T2 was inaugurated on 4 July 2010 and opened for use on 15 September 2010. The terminal has four aerobridges and 32 check-in counters. With the total floor area of approximately 41,000 sq. meters, this terminal will be able to accommodate around 1,600 passengers at any given time. The new 51,975 sq m apron area can cater for the parking of 9 A-321 and 4 ATR-72 type of aircraft.

Cargo Terminal

Cargo Terminal handles all cargo operations. Of all the cargo handled at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, about 56% is international.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Domestic Destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Air Costa	Bangalore, Chennai	1
Air India	Delhi, Mumbai	1
Air India	Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai,	2
GoAir	Bagdogra, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Patna, Ranchi	1
IndiGo	Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune	1
Jet Airways	Kolkata, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam	1
JetKonnect	Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Raipur	1
SpiceJet	Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Port Blair, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune	1

International Destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Air Arabia	Sharjah	2
Air India	Kuwait, Muscat, Newark	2
Emirates	Dubai	2
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	2
flydubai	Dubai	2
Qatar Airways	Doha	2
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	2
SpiceJet	Dubai, Muscat	2

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Blue Dart Aviation	Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai

Ground transport

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is located 8 km from Ahmedabad Railway station and Central Bus Stand. For the convenience of travellers, there is a prepaid taxi booth at the airport premises itself. The city centre is 15 km south-west of the airport. Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) also runs a local bus service to the Airport. There are also plans to extend the Ahmedabad BRTS bus routes to cover the Airport. A direct metro rail linking the airport with the city centre is also being considered.

Incidents and accidents

• Indian Airlines Flight 113 operating from Mumbai to Ahmedabad crashed on its final approach to the airport on 19 October 1988, killing 130 people (including all 6 crew members). The flight was cleared for a visual approach into a foggy Ahmedabad, when it struck trees and a high-tension pylon at a distance of 5 km from Runway 23, before crashing into a field and bursting into flames.

• Jet Airways Flight 2510, coming in from Indore, collapsed on the runway while landing at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on 22 July 2010. There were 57 passengers and four crew members on board the ATR flight. Some passengers were feared to have received minor injuries but Jet Airways officials declined the speculations. The nose wheel reportedly collapsed due to a tyre burst.

See also

• Airports in India
• List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic

Proposed new airport

Further information: Fedara International Airport

External links

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at Airports Authority of India web site
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