Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport লোকপ্ৰিয় গোপীনাথ বৰদলৈ আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ | |||||||||||
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LGB International Airport, Guwahati | |||||||||||
IATA: GAU – ICAO: VEGT | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Assam | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Guwahati | ||||||||||
Location |
Borjhar, Guwahati, Assam, India | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 162 ft / 49 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E | ||||||||||
Website | www.aai.aero/guwahati | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
GAU Location in Assam | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2015-16) | |||||||||||
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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT), also known as Guwāhāti International Airport and formerly as Borjhar Airport, is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India, situated at Borjhar in Guwahati, Assam, named after Gopinath Bordoloi, who was a freedom fighter and also the first Chief Minister of Assam after independence. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand the airport with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was also constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft.
Airport specifications
- Specifications
- Code #: 4
- Code Letter: D
- Elevation: 162 ft (49 m)
- Terminal capacity
- Domestic: 500
- International: 125
- Boarding Gates
- International: 1
- Domestic: 6
- Terminal area: 15,864 m2 (170,760 sq ft)
- Check-in Counters: 6
- Immigration counters: 2
- Security check: 14
- Lounge: Runway Lounge and Multicuisine Restaurant and Bar operated by Hotel Prag Continental; VIP Lounge operated by AAI
Guwahati airport is a hub for domestic flights to North-East India. It also provides international flight services to Bangkok and Paro. Helicopter services are operated from Guwahati to Shillong, Tura, Naharlagun (Itanagar), Tawang by Pawan Hans.
Airlines and destinations
- Passenger
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k15annex3.pdf
- ↑ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k15annex2.pdf
- ↑ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k15annex4.pdf
- ↑ "AirAsia Delhi-Guwahati flight takes off". AirAsia India. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ↑ "SpiceJet flight schedule". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport. |
- Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Airports Authority of India website.
- Airport information for VEGT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Accident history for GAU at Aviation Safety Network
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