Imphal Airport[a] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), officially renamed as Bir Tikendrajit International Airport,[b][4][5] and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport,[c] is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. The airport replaced the former Koirengei Airfield in 1959.[6]
Imphal Airport (Meitei: Imphal Malang Hithangpham) | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Manipur | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Imphal | ||||||||||
Location | Tulihal, Imphal, Manipur, India | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 774 m / 2,540 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E | ||||||||||
Website | Imphal Airport | ||||||||||
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Development
editIn June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$410 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$86 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[7] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$72 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[8]
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[9]
Airlines and destinations
editAirlines | Destinations |
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Air India | Delhi, Dibrugarh,[10] Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata |
Air India Express[11] | Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata |
Alliance Air | Aizawl,[12] Dimapur, Guwahati,[13] Kolkata, Silchar[14] |
IndiGo | Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi,[15] Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong[16] |
Mingalar Aviation Services | Charter: Mandalay |
Statistics
editBusiest flights
editRank | Destinations | Frequency (weekly) |
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1 | Guwahati | 38 |
2 | Kolkata | 35 |
3 | Agartala | 7 |
4 | Aizawl | 7 |
5 | Delhi | 7 |
6 | Dibrugarh | 7 |
7 | Silchar | 7 |
8 | Dimapur | 4 |
9 | Shillong | 3 |
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.[18]
Gallery
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A trilingual signboard in the airport displaying in Meitei (officially called Manipuri), Hindi and English
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A Child Care Room in the Imphal International Airport with a signboard in Meitei, Hindi and English languages, showing official multilingualism in India
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Imphal International Airport" is the most common name but not the official name of the airport. It is called so because it is located in the Imphal city of Manipur.
- ^ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport" is named after Bir Tikendrajit (Meitei name: Athouba Koirengsana), a Meitei prince of the Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur Kingdom.
- ^ "Tulihal International Airport" is named after "Ebudhou Tulihal", a Meitei guardian deity of the area where the airport is located.
References
edit- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Renaming of Imphal Int'l Airport evokes reactions; orgs. demand revocation of resolution - Eastern Mirror". Eastern Mirror Nagaland. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Opposition raised against new name". The Sangai Express. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Retd Lt Col M Ranjit Singh. "Koirengei Airfield: From airfield to a historical site or a parking space?". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "4 Bidders for Imphal Airport's New Terminal Contract". The Metro Rail Guy. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Air India domestic service increases from August 2022". Aeroroutes. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Air India Express Flight Schedule". Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule". Times Now. 30 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Alliance Air Schedule". Alliance Air. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Alliance Air Flags Off Silchar–Imphal Flight Service: 30 Passengers To Reach Destination In 35 Mins". Barak Bulletin. 25 November 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Shillong Airport new flights schedule". Twitter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map".
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
External links
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