Porbandar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Porbandar | ||||||||||
| Location | Porbandar,Gujarat,India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°38′55″N069°39′26″E / 21.64861°N 69.65722°E /21.64861; 69.65722 | ||||||||||
| Website | Porbandar Airport | ||||||||||
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| Source:AAI[1][2][3] | |||||||||||
Porbandar Airport (IATA:PBD,ICAO:VAPR) is adomestic airport and anIndian Navy base serving the city ofPorbandar in the state ofGujarat,India. The airport had direct flights toAhmedabad,Delhi andMumbai since the 1980s, all of which were discontinued in 2020. After a brief period of inactivity, the airport restarted operations in March 2025 with daily direct flights to Mumbai operated bySpiceJet, which was operated before until 2019 and 2021.[4] Apart from civilian operations, it has a military presence in the form ofINAS 343 of the Indian Navy and CGAE Porbandar of theIndian Coast Guard. A new terminal building was opened in April 2008.[5]
The airfield is spread over 278.32 acres (1.1263 km2), has a 4,500 feet (1,400 m) long runway and an apron that can accommodate 2ATR 72 aircraft. The new 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport has been built at a cost of₹13.50 crore (US$1.6 million). The building has six Check-in Counters and two Conveyor Belts in the Arrivals hall and can handle 100 arriving and 100 departing passengers at a time.[5]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| SpiceJet | Mumbai |
Coast Guard Air Enclave, Porbandar, was commissioned on 12 June 2008.[9] It provides logistical and administrative support to the Dornier Flight and 850 Sqn (ICG) which operates theAdvanced Light Helicopter (ALH).[10]
