Khajuraho Airport | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Khajuraho,Chhatarpur | ||||||||||
| Location | Khajuraho,Madhya Pradesh,India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1978; 47 years ago (1978)[1] | ||||||||||
| Time zone | Indian Standard Time (+5:30) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 222 m / 728 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°49′02″N079°55′07″E / 24.81722°N 79.91861°E /24.81722; 79.91861 | ||||||||||
| Website | Khajuraho Airport | ||||||||||
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| Source:AAI[2][3][4] | |||||||||||
Khajuraho Airport (IATA:HJR,ICAO:VKAJ) is adomestic airport that serves the cities ofKhajuraho andChhatarpur inMadhya Pradesh,India. The airport is 3 km south of Khajuraho, 4 km fromKhajuraho railway station, 40 km fromChhatarpur and 50 km from Panna. It covers an area of 590 acres.[5]
The airport opened in 1978, facilitating tourism to the nearbyUNESCO world heritage sitetemple complex.[6]
In August 2013, the central government announced that the Khajuraho Airport would receive a new terminal.[7] Built at a cost of about₹90 crore (US$11 million), the building was inaugurated on 23 January 2016 with officials from the state and union governments in attendance.[8][9]
The airport has one asphaltrunway, 01/19, with dimensions 2,274 by 45 metres (7,461 ft × 148 ft),[10] one passenger terminal with twoaerobridges and an apron capable of parking fourATR-72 type aircraft and threeAirbus A320 andBoeing 737 type aircraft.
| Airlines | Destinations | Refs. |
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| FlyBig | Bhopal,Rewa,Datia | [11] |
| IndiGo | Delhi,Varanasi | [12] |
| SpiceJet | Delhi,Varanasi[13] | [14] |
