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Revision as of 21:06, 17 October 2016

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

লোকপ্ৰিয় গোপীনাথ বৰদলৈ আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ
LGB International Airport, Guwahati
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Assam
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesGuwahati
LocationBorjhar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Elevation AMSL162 ft / 49 m
Coordinates26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583
Websitewww.aai.aero/guwahati
Map
GAU is located in Assam
GAU
GAU
GAU is located in India
GAU
GAU
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 10,200 3,110 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passenger movements3071010(Increase27.97%)
Aircraft movements32443(Increase8.9%)
Cargo tonnage11238.38(Increase58.8%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]
Air Traffic Control Tower at LGB Airport, Guwahati, India.

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT), also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as Borjhar Airport, is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India, situated at Borjhar in Guwahati, Assam, named after Gopinath Bordoloi, who was a freedom fighter and also the first Chief Minister of Assam after independence. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand the airport with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was also constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft.The new terminal will be around 77,500 sq m and ready by 2019.

Airport specifications

Specifications
  • Code #: 4
  • Code Letter: D
  • Elevation: 162 ft (49 m)
  • Terminal capacity
    • Domestic: 500
    • International: 125
  • Boarding Gates
    • International: 1
    • Domestic: 6
  • Terminal area: 15,864 m2 (170,760 sq ft)
  • Check-in Counters: 6
  • Immigration counters: 2
  • Security check: 14
  • Lounge: Runway Lounge and Multicuisine Restaurant and Bar operated by Hotel Prag Continental; VIP Lounge operated by AAI

Guwahati airport is a hub for domestic flights to North-East India. It also provides international flight services to Bangkok and Paro. Helicopter services are operated from Guwahati to Shillong, Tura, Naharlagun (Itanagar), Tawang by Pawan Hans.

Interior view of Guwahati Airport

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia IndiaBangalore, Delhi, Imphal
Air IndiaBagdogra, Delhi, Imphal, Kolkata
Air India Regional Kolkata, Lilabari, Silchar
Druk AirBangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Paro
GoAirAhmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IndiGoAgartala, Ahmedabad, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Goa, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kolkata, Lucknow (begins 15 November 2016), Mumbai
Jet AirwaysAhmedabad, Aizawl, Bangalore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Imphal (ends 29 October 2016),[4] Jorhat, Kolkata, Silchar
SpiceJetAgartala, Aizawl, Bangalore, Chennai (begins 15 November 2016), Delhi, Goa, Kolkata, Mumbai, Silchar
Pawan HansItanagar, Shillong, Tawang, Tura
Vistara Bagdogra (resumes 26 March 2017), Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k15annex3.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k15annex2.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k15annex4.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.jetairways.com/en/in/planyourtravel/flight-schedules.aspx
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