Bareilly Airport

Bareilly Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OwnerIndian Air Force
OperatorAirports Authority of India
Serves
LocationBareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Opened8 March 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-08)[1]
Elevation AMSL578 ft / 176 m
Coordinates28°25′20″N 079°27′03″E / 28.42222°N 79.45083°E / 28.42222; 79.45083
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BEK is located in Uttar Pradesh
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BEK is located in India
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 10,400 3,170 Concrete/ Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers128,566 (Decrease 9.5%)
Aircraft movements1,251 (Decrease 15.1%)
Cargo tonnage—
Source: AAI[2][3][4]

Bareilly Airport (IATA: BEK, ICAO: VIBY) is a domestic airport serving Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India at Indian Air Force's Trishul Air Base in Izzatnagar, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north from the city centre.

History

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The Airports Authority of India approved construction of a passenger terminal at the Trishul Air Force Base.[5] The district administration bought 10 hectares (25 acres) of land from local farmers for the project.[6] The AAI began the tender process to award construction contracts for the airport in September 2017, and expected the civil enclave to be ready by March 2018, pending the approval from the Government of Uttar Pradesh.[7] However, the IAF requested changes in the layout of the taxiway connecting the terminal to the runway.[8] After the Ministry of Defence approved the taxiway, passenger service was hoped to begin by February 2019.[9] The job of developing the civil enclave was awarded to M/s SCC Infrastructure Pvt.Ltd. a construction company based at Ahmedabad, and the turn key engineering and design of the proposed structures was entrusted to M/s Solcon Consultants a design and engineering firm based at Vadodara, Gujarat.

Terminals

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Terminal 1

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The airport's first passenger terminal to begin commercial operations was inaugurated by the state civil aviation minister, Nand Gopal Nandi, and Union Minister, Santosh Gangwar, on 10 March 2019, at the air force base.

The terminal building covers an area of 2,500 square meters, and can handle 150 passengers (75 arrival, 75 departure) during peak hours. Its new apron, measuring 95×100 metres, provides parking space for two ATR-72 type aircraft at a time, as per IMG norms, and has a parking facility for ,250 cars.[10]

Terminal 2

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A new terminal building, next to the first terminal towards north, was inaugurated on 8 March 2021, as part of the airport expansion project. It is spread over 3,020 square metres and has a capacity to accommodate over 300 passengers. It has two baggage conveyor belts and six check-in counters.The dimension of Link Taxiway will be 835 m x 18 m . The new apron for parking of three Airbus A321 type aircraft.[a] The total cost of these works is around ₹ 70 crore.[12]

Trishul Air Force Base, Bareilly

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Trishul Air Force Base, Bareilly, one of the Indian Air Force's largest, is a part of the Central Air Command. The base has a squadron of Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters and a helicopter squadron of HAL Dhruv. It had Foxbat spyplanes capable of flying up to 80,000 feet (24,000 m).[13][14][15] Its underground hangar is considered one of Asia's largest.[16]

Airlines and destinations

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Check in counters
AirlinesDestinations
IndiGoBangalore,[17] Mumbai

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at BEK airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Both the terminals have new apron for parking three Airbus A321 type aircraft.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Khan, Maria (5 March 2021). "Inaugural flight at UP's Bareilly airport on March 8". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  5. ^ "UP: Bareilly likely to get airport by 2017". Hindustan Times. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Civil airport project pending awaiting state govt order". The Times of India. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Bareilly airport". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Civilian flights from city may be delayed as IAF seeks changes in taxiway plan". The Times of India. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Taxiway gets nod, flights to start before Holi: DM". The Times of India. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme" (PDF). aai.aero (Press release). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme" (PDF). aai.aero (Press release). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme" (PDF). aai.aero (Press release). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  13. ^ "The MIGnificient Flying Machines". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  14. ^ Records of the Geological Survey of India. Vol. 128, Part 2.
  15. ^ Prabhakar, Lawrence W.; Ho, Joshua; Bateman, Walter Samuel Grono (9 May 2024). The Evolving Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific. World Scientific. ISBN 978-9812568281. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Bareilly Air Force Station–Quick Facts". www.indiamapped.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  17. ^ "INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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