Vir Savarkar Airport
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| Vir Savarkar Airport Port Blair Airport |
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| IATA: IXZ – ICAO: VOPB | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||
| Serves | Vadodara | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 ft / 4 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 04/22 | 10,795 | 3,290 | Asphalt |
Vir Savarkar International Airport or Port Blair Airport (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Port Blair, on the Andaman Islands of India. It is named after the Indian freedom fighter Vir Savarkar.
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[edit] Overview
The airport has a single runway of 3,290 m (10,794 ft) in length, accommodating most wide-body aircraft in international service, although the most recent reports indicate no airliners larger than Airbus 320 types regularly serve Vir Savakar airport. An ILS (precision instrument landing system) is available for low visibility operations, but pilots are responsible to check with local authorities to verify the system is operational, prior to flight. There is a road that crosses the runway; traffic must be stopped for aircraft to take off, similar to the Gibraltar Airport.
With such a small terminal, the isolation of the islands, and relatively high prices of flights, there are a limited number airlines and destinations that serve the airport.
Terminal 1, has only 2 gates and does not use airbridges. They use buses to provide transportation from the terminal to the flights in the apron.
Heavy rain flooded the airport during May 2008 [1] and halted traffic.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Deccan (Chennai, Kolkata)
- Indian Airlines (Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata)
- Jet Lite (Kolkota)
- Jet Airways (Chennai)
- SpiceJet (Chennai, Kolkata)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Vir Savarkar Airport (official Airports Authority of India web site)
- Destinations from Port Blair
- Airport information for VOPB at World Aero Data
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