Kandla Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kandla,Gandhidham | ||||||||||
| Location | Anjar, Gandhidham,Gujarat,India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 96 ft / 29 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°06′46″N070°06′01″E / 23.11278°N 70.10028°E /23.11278; 70.10028 | ||||||||||
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Kandla Airport (IATA:IXY,ICAO:VAKE) is adomestic airport serving the cities ofKandla andGandhidham inGujarat,India. It is located in Anjar, 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Kandla and 7.5 km (4.7 mi) northwest of Gandhidham.
The airport was built in the late 1950s.Indian Airlines commenced passenger operations by deployingDouglas DC-3 aircraft, and later in 1960 using theirFokker F-27 Friendship aircraft and byHawker Siddeley HS 748 aircraft, and was also followed byVayudoot.Gujarat Airways also used to operate flights toMumbai until the airline ceased operations in 1999.[4] After a gap of seven years, commercial services resumed in October 2006 withAir Deccan operating daily services to Mumbai, using anATR-72 aircraft, until the airline ceased operations in 2012.[5] After five years,SpiceJet commenced service again in July 2017 using theBombardier Q400 aircraft to Mumbai, and toDelhi from 2018.[6]
The airport is spread over an area of 268.2 acres, and has a terminal building capable of handling 100 passengers at a time. Itsapron measuring 90 m x 60 m has two parking bays forATR-72 type aircraft. The airport has navigational facilities and landing aids likeNDB andPAPI.
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| SpiceJet | Mumbai |
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