Maharana Pratap Airport | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Udaipur | ||||||||||
| Location | Dabok,Udaipur district,Rajasthan,India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 513 m / 1,684 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°37′03.2″N73°53′40″E / 24.617556°N 73.89444°E /24.617556; 73.89444 | ||||||||||
| Website | Udaipur Airport | ||||||||||
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| Source:AAI[1][2][3][4] | |||||||||||
Maharana Pratap Airport (IATA:UDR,ICAO:VAUD) is adomestic airport servingUdaipur,Rajasthan,India. It is situated at Dabok, located 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur.[5] The airport is named afterMaharana Pratap, who was a prominentMaharana (ruler) of the princely state ofMewar, in north-western India.
The airstrip was used for the first time when a 4-seaterPiper Super Cub landed in the airport on 16 November 1957.[6][7] The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008.[8]
Beside the existing terminal, a new, larger terminal is being constructed to meet the rapidly rising traffic and demands. Itsfoundation stone was laid byPrime MinisterNarendra Modi in October 2023, and construction began in the same month.[9] Once completed by the end of 2025, the airport will begin operations to foreign destinations to become aninternational airport.[10][11]
The airport is spread over 504 acres.[12] It has one 2,743 metre long runway.[13] Its 250 by 150-metreapron provides parking space for fiveBoeing 737 andAirbus A320 type aircraft at a time.[14] A new apron is also constructed on the left side of the existing apron for executive and private aircraft.[14] The new terminal building, measuring 12,000 sq.m., was constructed at a cost of ₹80 crore.[8][4] The terminal has twoaerobridges, 4 check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours.[14] The airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids likeDistance Measuring Equipment (DME),DVOR, andNon-Directional Beacon (NDB) and is equipped with a CAT-IInstrument Landing System (ILS).[4]
| Airlines | Destinations | Refs. |
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| Air India | Mumbai | [15][16] |
| Air India Express | Bengaluru | [17] |
| IndiGo | Bengaluru,Bhopal,[citation needed]Delhi,Hyderabad,Indore,[18]Jaipur,Mumbai,Surat[19] | [20] |
| SpiceJet | Kolkata |
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