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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
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| Location | Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh,India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 8 March 2021; 4 years ago (2021-03-08)[1] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 578 ft / 176 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°25′20″N079°27′03″E / 28.42222°N 79.45083°E /28.42222; 79.45083 | ||||||||||
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Bareilly Airport (IATA:BEK,ICAO:VIBY) is adomestic airport servingBareilly,Uttar Pradesh,India atIndian Air Force'sTrishul Air Base in Izzatnagar, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north from the city centre.
TheAirports Authority of India approved construction of a passenger terminal at the Trishul Air Force Base.[5] Thedistrict administration bought 10 hectares (25 acres) of land from local farmers for the project.[6] The AAI began the tender process to award construction contracts for the airport in September 2017, and expected the civil enclave to be ready by March 2018, pending the approval from theGovernment of Uttar Pradesh.[7] However, the IAF requested changes in the layout of thetaxiway connecting the terminal to the runway.[8] After theMinistry of Defence approved the taxiway, passenger service was hoped to begin by February 2019.[9] The job of developing the civil enclave was awarded to M/s SCC Infrastructure Pvt.Ltd. a construction company based atAhmedabad, and the turn key engineering and design of the proposed structures was entrusted to M/s Solcon Consultants a design and engineering firm based atVadodara,Gujarat.
The airport's first passenger terminal to begin commercial operations was inaugurated by the state civil aviation minister,Nand Gopal Nandi, and Union Minister,Santosh Gangwar, on 10 March 2019, at the air force base.
The terminal building covers an area of 2,500 square meters, and can handle 150 passengers (75 arrival, 75 departure) during peak hours. Its new apron, measuring 95×100 metres, provides parking space for twoATR-72 type aircraft at a time, as per IMG norms, and has a parking facility for, 250 cars.[10]
A new terminal building, next to the first terminal towards north, was inaugurated on 8 March 2021, as part of the airport expansion project. It is spread over 3,020 square metres and has a capacity to accommodate over 300 passengers. It has two baggage conveyor belts and six check-in counters.The dimension of Link Taxiway will be 835 m x 18 m. The new apron for parking of three Airbus A321 type aircraft.[a] The total cost of these works is around ₹ 70 crore.[12]
Trishul Air Force Base, Bareilly, one of theIndian Air Force's largest, is a part of theCentral Air Command. The base has a squadron ofSukhoi Su-30MKIfighters and a helicopter squadron ofHAL Dhruv. It hadFoxbat spyplanes capable of flying up to 80,000 feet (24,000 m).[13][14][15] Itsunderground hangar is considered one of Asia's largest.[16]
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| IndiGo | Bengaluru,[17]Mumbai |
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| 2021-22 | 103,667 |
| 2022-23 | 142,102 |
| 2023-24 | 128,566 |
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