Maharana Pratap Airport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Udaipur | ||||||||||
Location | Dabok, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 513 m / 1,684 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°37′03.2″N 73°53′40″E / 24.617556°N 73.89444°E | ||||||||||
Website | Udaipur Airport | ||||||||||
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Maharana Pratap Airport (IATA: UDR, ICAO: VAUD) is a domestic airport serving Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated at Dabok, located 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur.[5] The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India.
The airstrip was used for the first time when a 4-seater Piper Super Cub landed in the airport on 16 November 1957.[6][7] The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008.[8]
Structure
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The airport is spread over 504 acres.[9] It has one 2,743 metre long runway.[10] Its 250 by 150-metre apron provides parking space for five Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 type aircraft at a time.[11] A new apron is also constructed on the left side of the existing apron for executive and private aircraft.[11] The new terminal building, measuring 12,000 sq.m., was constructed at a cost of ₹80 crore.[8][4] The terminal has two aerobridges, 4 check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours.[11] The airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids like Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), DVOR, and Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) and is equipped with a CAT-I Instrument Landing System (ILS).[4]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]Airlines | Destinations | Refs. |
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Air India | Delhi, Mumbai | [12][13] |
Alliance Air | Ahmedabad, Delhi | [14] |
IndiGo | Bangalore, Bhopal,[citation needed] Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore,[15] Jaipur, Mumbai, Surat[16] | [17] |
Vistara | Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai | [18] |
Statistics
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Airport website, Tech info". Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Udaipur Airport Domestic Terminal". Udaipur Airport. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Udaipur's first pilot". The Times of India. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "For the first time, a plane passing through Jaipur had reached Udaipur's Dabok airport, Tiwari had a dialogue with everyone from Rajiv Gandhi to Narendra Modi". Bhaskar (in Hindi). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Udaipur airport readied in time for Praful's daughter's wedding". The Times of India. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Airport website". Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Udaipur airport set to handle international flights soon". The Times of India. 20 November 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "उदयपुर एयरपोर्ट को नए एप्रन की मिली सौगात, वर्चुअल तरीके से हुआ उदघाटन | New Apron Inaugurates At Maharana Pratap Airport, Dabok, Udaipur". Patrika News (in Hindi). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Timetable" (PDF). Air India. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Air India to commence Udaipur-Aurangabad service in Oct-2019". CAPA. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Alliance Air from Udaipur to Ahmedabad". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "INDIGO 2H23 DOMESTIC NETWORK ADDITIONS". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Vistara to launch Jodhpur and Udaipur flights". Vistara. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
External links
[edit] Media related to Maharana Pratap Airport at Wikimedia Commons