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Rourkela Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Rourkela Steel Plant | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rourkela | ||||||||||
| Location | Chhend Colony, Rourkela,Odisha,India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 7 January 2023; 2 years ago (2023-01-07)[1] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 201 m / 659 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°15′23″N84°48′52″E / 22.25639°N 84.81444°E /22.25639; 84.81444 | ||||||||||
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  RRK Location of the airport in Odisha Show map of Odisha RRK RRK (India) Show map of India | |||||||||||
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| Source:AAI[3][4][5] | |||||||||||
Rourkela Airport (IATA:RRK,ICAO:VERK)[6] is adomestic airport servingRourkela,Odisha,India. It is located nearChhend Colony, 6 km (3.7 mi) west of the city centre. The airport is capable of handlingATR-72 type aircraft, an apron for parking of two aircraft at a time and ageneral aviation terminal. The license for commercial usage of the airport was issued in January 2019.[7]The airport upgradation project was taken up by theAirports Authority of India (AAI) at a cost of ₹ 64.24 crore. It involved expansion of the runway from 1,765 m to 1,930 m to handle larger aircraft, like theATR-72 andDe Havilland 8-400 aircraft, construction of a new apron, a parallel taxiway to the runway, a new passenger terminal building and a perimeter wall.[8]TheDirectorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted licence to Rourkela Airport for public use on 19 December 2022. The airport was upgraded from 2B to 2C category type.Commercial operations to Rourkela began from 7 January 2023, with direct flights provided byAlliance Air toBhubaneswar[9] and toKolkata from 1 September 2023.[10]
Inaugurated in January 2023, the passenger terminal is built over an area of 5,785 sq.ft, with modular design for handling 50 arriving and 50 departing passengers at a time, with a scope for future expansion. The interiors of the terminal building depict local handicraft, culture, artwork and tourist destinations ofOdisha.[11]
Media related toRourkela Airport at Wikimedia Commons22°15′23″N84°48′58″E / 22.2565°N 84.8160°E /22.2565; 84.8160
