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Hadapsar Gliding Centre
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Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)
Operator	Gliding Centre
Location	Pune,India
Elevation AMSL	1,885 ft / 574.5 m
Coordinates	18°29′33″N073°56′27″E / 18.49250°N 73.94083°E /18.49250; 73.94083
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 3,568 1,087 Un-Paved
Frequency 136.0, flight plan zzzz Radial 165 PPN 5NM. Contact Pune ATS for further details.

Hadapsar Gliding Centre, also known asGliding Centre Pune,^[1] is a gliderdrome^[2] situated atHadapsar inPune,Maharashtra. It is owned by theDirectorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)^[3] and used by the Gliding Centre of the DGCA.The gliderdrome is spread over 230 acres^[4]It consists of a one-km-long unpaved airstrip, a couple of hangars housing thegliders used for daily flying exercises and an administrative block.^[3]

In 2011, Government-owned helicopter service companyPawan Hans (PHL) was assigned the task to develop a Helicopter Training Academy cumheliport at Hadapsar. The project was approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the DGCA released Rs.10 crore for the purpose. Amemorandum of understanding (MoU) was also signed with the DGCA for the utilisation of land and other infrastructural facilities. However, in 2017, theGovernment of India approved the privatization of Pawan Hans^[5] following which PHL formally backed out of the project in 2019, stating that it does not want to continue any business association with respect to such facility.^[6]

The Gliding Centre was a brainchild of former Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru^[4] to train youngsters for glider pilot licenses. It is the country's only operational facility of its kind under the DGCA.^[3]The centre carries out about 3,000 flights a year, the majority of them on Sundays when the club is open to enthusiasts from the city.^[4]The Gliding Centre operates a fleet ofLET L-23 Super BlanikSailplanes. The flying season starts from October and continues up to May or early June. The airfield is not operational during the monsoon.^[7]

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