Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport
Borjhar-Airport 9763-.jpg
LGB International Airport, Guwahati
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Assam
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Guwahati
Location Borjhar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 49 m / 162 ft
Coordinates 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583Coordinates: 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583
Website www.aai.aero/guwahati/index.jsp
Map
GAU is located in Assam
GAU
GAU
GAU is located in India
GAU
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 3,110 10,200 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2016 - March 2017)
Passengers 3,789,656(Increase36.1%)
Aircraft movements 37,873(Increase28.7%)
Cargo tonnage 17,286(Increase10.6%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT), also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as 'Borjhar Airport', is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India. It is in Borjhar, 26 km from Guwahati, Assam and is named after Gopinath Bordoloi, a freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Assam after independence of India. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand it with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft. The new terminal will be around 77,500 sq m and ready by 2020. The airport covers an area of 656 acres.

Airport specifications[edit]

  • Code #: 4
  • Code Letter: D
  • Elevation: 162 ft (49 m)
  • Terminal capacity
    • Domestic: 500 each for arrival and departure
    • International: 125 each for arrival and departure
  • Boarding Gates
    • International: 1
    • Domestic: 6
  • Terminal area: 18,864 m2 (203,050 sq ft)
  • Check-in Counters: 14
  • Immigration counters: 4 (2 for departure and arrival each)
  • Security check: 4
  • 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.

Interior view of Guwahati Airport

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

Airlines Destinations
AirAsia India Bangalore, Delhi, Imphal
Air India Delhi, Imphal, Kolkata
Alliance Air Kolkata, Lilabari, Tezpur
Druk Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Paro
Fly Hornbill Aizawl, Imphal, Lilabari, Tezpur,Silchar, Kolkata
GoAir Bagdogra, Delhi, Kolkata
IndiGo Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kochi (Begins 22 December 2017), Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai
Jet Airways Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bangalore, Delhi, Jorhat, Kolkata, Pune, Silchar
Luwang Airline Imphal
SpiceJet Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Silchar
Vistara Bagdogra, Delhi

Cargo[edit]

Airlines Destinations
Blue Dart Aviation Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2017: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 27 April 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2017. 
  2. ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2017: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 27 April 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2017. 
  3. ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2017: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 27 April 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2017. 

External links[edit]

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