Harihar Airport (ICAO: VO52) is the small private airport serving harihar, a city in the Karnataka state of India. The airport served as an air strip for private charter service.[1][2]
Harihar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | Grasim Industries Ltd.(Harihar Polyfibers and Grasiline Division) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Harihar | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 533 m / 1,750 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°32′06″N 75°47′13″E / 14.535°N 75.787°E | ||||||||||
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Accidents and incidents edit
- On 12 May 2005, then Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, the Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, the Revenue Minister, M.P. Prakash, escape from a possible accident while landing at the Harihar polyfibres airstrip. Pilot of the private aircraft told the senior executives of Harihar Polifibres that there was a ditch in the runway and the aircraft bumped owing to uneven surface.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Harihar Airport Jet Charter Service - VO52 Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Charter Jets
- ^ Harihar Airport Our Airports - Megginson Technologies Ltd.
- ^ A miraculous escape for Dharam Singh? The Hindu, India's National Newspaper