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Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport

चौधरी चरण सिंह अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा

Chaudhrī Charaṇ Siṇha Aṅtarrāṣhṭrīya Havāī Aḍḍā
Partial image of CCS International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesLucknow, Sitapur, Unnao, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Fatehpur, Orai, Hamirpur, Banda, Jhansi, Mahoba, Farrukhabad, Faizabad, Akbarpur, Amethi, Rae Bareli, Shahjehanpur, Barabanki, Hardoi, Gonda and Balrampur, Kanpur
LocationLucknow, India
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL123 m / 404 ft
Websitewww.aai.aero
Map
LKO is located in Uttar Pradesh
LKO
LKO
LKO is located in India
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,800 9,186 Concrete/asphalt
Statistics (2014-15)
Passenger movements2,541,241(Increase9.9%)
Aircraft movements19,749(Increase0.3%)
Cargo tonnage4,860(Increase14.3%)
Sources: AIP from AAI[1]
Statistics from AAI[2][3][4]

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (IATA: LKO, ICAO: VILK) is an airport serving Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh in India. It is situated in Amausi in the city of Lucknow, India and is named after Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th prime minister of India. It is the 12th busiest airport in India and is also the second busiest and largest in North and Central India after IGI airport Delhi.

History

The airport was constructed in 1986 to facilitate corporate and government officials. With an increasing number of passengers, AAI decided to upgrade the airport. On 17 July 2008, the Government of India officially renamed it Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport. It was granted international status in May 2012.[5]

Lucknow Airport, previously called Amausi International Airport is now renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. It was constructed with the purpose of facilitating VVIPs, it was only in 2005 when the AAI took decision to upgrade the Airport owing to increased number of passengers and also because of introduction of private operators in the sector.[6]

A new terminal, equipped with latest technology, at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport is operative since June 2, 2012. It is being used both for arrivals and departures of domestic and international flights. The new terminal is a three-tier building which can accommodate around 650 passengers at a time.[6]

Structure

The airport consists of two terminals: domestic and international.

Runway

The airport has a single runway that is 2,800m long.

Landing Amenities

CCS International Airport has ILS CAT-II compliant for landing in bad weather and foggy conditions.[7][8]

Visitor's lobby overlooking Departure Hall, inside view of the new terminal building

Terminals

The airport has two terminals.

Terminal 1

The original terminal, built to complement Charbagh Railway Station's architecture, is now used for international flights after the opening of Terminal 2.[9] It has two arrival and three departing gates as well as two immigration counters.

Terminal 2

The terminal was inaugurated by civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on 19 May 2012 before opening on 2 June 2012.[10] With five boarding gates, Terminal 2 is used for domestic flights.[11]

Terminal-2, CCS International Airport
CCS International Airport airside
Terminal 3(Proposed)

Work on the third terminal (T3) at the Chaudhary Charan Singh airport in Lucknow will begin soon.The procedure of tendering has been set for the Rs.878.25 crore terminal which will be constructed with a vision and needs for the next 20 years.[12]

The terminal will have aerobridges, escalators, lifts, integrated entry and exit systems, security access system and 24x7 network of CCTV cameras.The designing will be such that the airport is lit up with natural light more and will have a large number of baggage handlings systems, laser scanners for luggage, tourist visa counters, duty-free shops, premium lounge and shops as well as eateries. The construction is estimated to take about 57 months while survey, designing and approval survey, Project Investment Board clearance are likely to take another nine months.[13]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Air India Delhi, Mumbai 2
Air India ExpressDubai-International 1
flydubaiDubai-International 1
GoAir Delhi, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata (begins 22 December 2016) 2
IndiGo Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati (begins 15 November 2016), Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Vadodara, Varanasi (begins 31 October 2016 2
Jet Airways Delhi, Mumbai 2
Jet AirwaysAbu Dhabi 1
Oman AirMuscat 1
Saudia Jeddah, Riyadh 1
Thai Smile Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi (begins 1 December 2016) 1
TigerairSingapore 1
Vistara Delhi, Mumbai 2

Connectivity

The nearest major railway station is Lucknow Charbagh railway station which is roughly 10 km from the airport campus.[14]

CCS International Airport will be connected through Lucknow Metro by a terminal station on the North-South Corridor Line.

Awards

  • The airport was awarded AAI's "Best Airport" award in July 2013 along with Jodhpur Airport.[15]
  • Lucknow airport was rated second best in the category of small airports catering to 2-5 million passengers per annum by Airports Council International, a global non-profit organisation of airport operators.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ LUCKNOW/DOMESTIC
  2. ^ Traffic Statistics - International Passengers Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Traffic Statistics - International Aircraft Movements Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Traffic Statistics - International Freight Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "The Times Of India". Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Lucknow Airport- Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow - Lucknow Travel Guide".
  7. ^ "Fog cancellations, delays here to stay". http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sunday-special/perspective/fog-cancellations-delays-here-to-stay/28469.html. Retrieved 28 December 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  8. ^ http://www.aai.aero/misc/AIPS_2013_32.pdf
  9. ^ "Swanky Amausi readyfor take-off after a month". Times of India. 17 December 2011.
  10. ^ "New Terminal At Lucknow Airport". Airport International. 31 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Airports Authority of India".
  12. ^ IANS (2 March 2016). "Lucknow airport to have third terminal | Free Press Journal". Freepressjournal.in. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  13. ^ IANS. "Lucknow airport to have third terminal".
  14. ^ "Distance Between Charbagh Railway Station Amousi Airport". distancesbetween.com.
  15. ^ http://www.aai.aero/misc/best_airport_08012014.pdf
  16. ^ "Lucknow airport judged second best in small airport category - Times of India".
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