Kota Airport

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{{Short description|Airport of Rajasthan, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
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| name = Kota Airport
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| IATA = KTU
| ICAO = VIKO
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| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]]
| location = Kota, India
| elevation-f = 896
| elevation-m = 273
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|09|36.39|N|075|50|44.27|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
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| r1-number = 08/26
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| r1-length-m = 1200
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'''Kota Airport''' {{Airport codes|KTU|VIKO}} is a domestic airport in [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]] in the state of [[Rajasthan]], India.

==History==
Spread over 152 [[acres]], Kota Airport was originally built by the Royal family of the princely state of [[Hadoti|Kota]] and was taken over by the government in 1951. This Airport Also Known As Rajputana Airport. Originally serviced by [[Indian Airlines]] [[Douglas DC-3|Dakota]] aircraft and later by [[Vayudoot]] and [[Jagson Airlines]], shutdown of major industries and Kota becoming a major railway junction effected decreased demand for air transport and the withdrawal of the airlines.<ref name=ie05>{{cite news|title=Indian Air Farce|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/62777/|access-date=4 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=16 January 2005}}</ref>

==Current status==
Since 1997, there have been no scheduled operations at this airport,<ref name=toi11>{{cite news|title=Airports fail to lure airlines|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/-Airports-fail-to-lure-airlines/articleshow/10285523.cms?|access-date=4 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 October 2011}}</ref> though there has been talk of [[Air India]] starting flights to [[Mumbai]] and [[Delhi]].<ref name=toi08>{{cite news|title=Coaching classes may spur flights to Kota|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-08/mumbai/27746125_1_bansal-classes-kota-coaching-class|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203230326/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-08/mumbai/27746125_1_bansal-classes-kota-coaching-class|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2014|access-date=4 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 May 2008}}</ref> The last airline to fly to Kota was [[Vayudoot]]. In 2005, it was reported that [[Airports Authority of India]], which maintains the airport spends [[Indian Rupee|Rs.]] 6.3 million annually on maintenance, whereas the income is Rs. 600,000, while six acres of the airports property has been encroached upon by slums.<ref name=ie05/>

Development of Greenfield airport at Kota: The representative of Rajasthan
Government intimated that runway length of Existing Kota Airport is only 4000 ft., which
restricts flight operations under RCS. A new Greenfield Airport is to be constructed in Kota.
State Government has earmarked required land for this purpose. State Government has
provided Meteorological Information of past 10 years and AAI has carried out pre-
feasibility survey & provided its report to the State Government. Further, AAI has been
requested twice to carry out Site and OLS Survey and to provide further course of action to
be taken by the State Government, which is awaited. Directions need to be issued to AAI
for early completion of the same. For development of Greenfield airport at Kota, 1250
Acres of land has to be acquired by the State Government and handed over to AAI for
development of New Greenfield Airport.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN95474 Kota on Worldaerodata.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130620100034/http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportParking.do?airportCode=KTU Kota on Flightstats.com]

{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Airports in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kota, Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Transport in Kota, Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]

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