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Bir Tikendrajit International Airport

Coordinates:24°45′36″N093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E /24.76000; 93.89667
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Airport in Manipur, India

Bir Tikendrajit International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Manipur
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesImphal
LocationTulihal, Imphal,Manipur,India
Elevation AMSL774 m / 2,540 ft
Coordinates24°45′36″N093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E /24.76000; 93.89667
WebsiteImphal Airport
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IMF is located in Manipur
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IMF is located in India
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Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
mft
04/222,7469,009Asphalt
Statistics (April 2024 - March 2025)
Passengers1,406,227 (Increase 10.3%)
Aircraft movements12,385 (Decrease 3.7%)
Cargo tonnage6,199 (Increase 38.5%)
Source:AAI[1][2][3]

Bir Tikendrajit International Airport[a][4][5] (IATA:IMF,ICAO:VEIM), also known asImphal Airport,[b] and formerly known asTulihal International Airport,[c] is aninternational airport servingImphal, the capital ofManipur,India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second-largest and the third-busiest airport inNortheast India afterLokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport inGuwahati andMaharaja Bir Bikram Airport inAgartala. The airport had functioned as an all-weather Royal Air Force (RAF) base during World War II. It replaced civilian operations fromKoirengei Airfield in 1959.[6]

Development

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In June 2019,Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented₹3,400 crore (US$400 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region.₹720 crore (US$85 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[7] The project includes a₹600 crore (US$71 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a newAir Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[8]

The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with fouraerobridges and eight parking bays forAirbus A321 type aircraft, two link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[9]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Air India Express[10]Delhi,Guwahati,Siliguri
Alliance AirAizawl,[11]Dimapur,Guwahati,[12]Kolkata,Silchar,[13]Tezu[14]
IndiGoAgartala,Bangalore,Delhi,[15]Guwahati,Kolkata,Shillong[16]
Mingalar Aviation ServicesCharter:Mandalay[citation needed]

Statistics

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Busiest flights

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Busiest flights out of Imphal per weekly, as of 20 May 2025.[17]
RankDestinationsFrequency (weekly)
1Guwahati37
2Kolkata36
3Delhi11
4Dibrugarh7
5Agartala4
6Aizawl4
7Shillong3
8Dimapur2
9Silchar2

Accidents and incidents

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Gallery

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^"Bir Tikendrajit International Airport" is named afterBir Tikendrajit (Meitei name:Athouba Koirengsana), aMeitei prince of theNingthouja dynasty ofManipur Kingdom
  2. ^"Imphal International Airport" is the most common name but not the official name of the airport. It is called so because it is located in theImphal city ofManipur.
  3. ^"Tulihal International Airport" is named after "Ebudhou Tulihal", aMeitei guardian deity of the area where the airport is located.

References

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  1. ^"Annexure III – Passenger Data"(PDF).aai.aero. Retrieved26 April 2025.
  2. ^"Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data"(PDF).aai.aero. Retrieved26 April 2025.
  3. ^"Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data"(PDF).aai.aero. Retrieved26 April 2025.
  4. ^"Renaming of Imphal Int'l Airport evokes reactions; orgs. demand revocation of resolution - Eastern Mirror".Eastern Mirror Nagaland. 30 August 2019.Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved29 August 2022.
  5. ^"Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Opposition raised against new name".The Sangai Express. 29 August 2019.Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved29 August 2022.
  6. ^Retd Lt Col M Ranjit Singh."Koirengei Airfield: From airfield to a historical site or a parking space?".e-pao.net. Retrieved2 September 2024.
  7. ^"Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast".Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved20 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^"Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport".The Hindu. 19 March 2019.Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved11 November 2019.
  9. ^"4 Bidders for Imphal Airport's New Terminal Contract".The Metro Rail Guy. 22 April 2022.Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved23 April 2022.
  10. ^"Air India Express Flight Schedule".Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved22 May 2023.
  11. ^"Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule".Times Now. 30 October 2022.Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved30 October 2022.
  12. ^"Alliance Air Schedule".Alliance Air.Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved2 April 2021.
  13. ^"Alliance Air Flags Off Silchar–Imphal Flight Service: 30 Passengers To Reach Destination In 35 Mins".Barak Bulletin. 25 November 2022.Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved26 November 2022.
  14. ^"Alliance Air inaugurates Tezu-Imphal-Tezu route under the RCS UDAN Scheme on 18th Oct'24".Twitter. Retrieved19 October 2024.
  15. ^"New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo".www.goindigo.in.Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved4 March 2020.
  16. ^"Shillong Airport new flights schedule".Twitter.Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved31 March 2021.
  17. ^"Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map".
  18. ^Ranter, Harro."ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)".aviation-safety.net.Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved19 July 2019.

Public Domain This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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