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{{Short description|Domestic airport in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Bareilly Airport
| image = Terminal Front view.png
| image-width = 250
| IATA = BEK
| ICAO = VIBY
| type = Military/Public
| owner = [[Indian Air Force]]
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| area-served = [[Bareilly]]
| location = Izzatnagar, Bareilly, [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 578
| elevation-m =
| coordinates = {{coord|28|25|20|N|079|27|03|E|type:airport_region:IN-UP|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label = '''BEK'''
| r1-number = 11/29
| r1-length-f = 10400
| r1-length-m =
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/ [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| metric-rwy =
| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 121,746 ({{decrease}} 5.3%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 828 ({{decrease}} 33.8%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = —
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=28 April 2025}}</ref>
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| caption =
| opened = {{start date and age|2021|03|08|df=y|p=n|br=n}}<ref>{{cite news |date=March 5, 2021 |first=Maria |last=Khan |title=Inaugural flight at UP's Bareilly airport on March 8 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/inaugural-flight-at-ups-bareilly-airport-on-march-8/articleshow/81334871.cms |access-date=5 September 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref>
}}

'''Bareilly Airport''' {{airport codes|BEK|VIBY}} is a [[domestic airport]] serving [[Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] at [[Indian Air Force]]'s '''Trishul Air Base''' in Izzatnagar, located {{convert|6|km}} north from the city centre.

==History==
The [[Airports Authority of India]] approved construction of a passenger terminal at the Trishul Air Force Base.<ref name="HT1">{{cite news|title= UP: Bareilly likely to get airport by 2017 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/up-bareilly-likely-to-get-airport-by-2017/story-YnlIjAyIGGqhpU79ogN2jP.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date= 6 April 2016| access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> The [[Bareilly district|district administration]] bought {{convert|10|ha|acre}} of land from local farmers for the project.<ref>{{cite news|title= Civil airport project pending awaiting state govt order |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Civil-airport-project-pending-awaiting-state-govt-order/articleshow/37585241.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 1 July 2014|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Bareilly airport |url=https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/newairports/bareilly-airport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110224926/https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/newairports/bareilly-airport |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2017 |work=CAPA. Centre for Aviation | access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref> However, the IAF requested changes in the layout of the [[taxiway]] connecting the terminal to the runway.<ref>{{cite news|title= Civilian flights from city may be delayed as IAF seeks changes in taxiway plan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/-civilian-flights-from-city-may-be-delayed-as-iaf-seeks-changes-in-taxiway-plan/articleshow/61536334.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 7 November 2017| access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> After the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] approved the taxiway, passenger service was hoped to begin by February 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title= Taxiway gets nod, flights to start before Holi: DM |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/taxiway-gets-nod-flights-to-start-before-holi-dm/articleshow/67382442.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 4 January 2019| access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> 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, India|Gujarat]].

==Terminals==

===Terminal 1===
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 [[Airport ramp|apron]], measuring 95×100 metres, provides parking space for two [[ATR 72|ATR-72]] type aircraft at a time, as per IMG norms, and has a parking facility for, 250 cars.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/filefield_paths/Uttar-Pradesh%E2%80%99s-Bareilly-Airport-191120.pdf|website=aai.aero|date=29 September 2020|access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>

===Terminal 2===

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.{{efn|Both the terminals have new apron for parking
three Airbus A321 type aircraft.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/filefield_paths/Uttar-Pradesh%E2%80%99s-Bareilly-Airport-191120.pdf|website=aai.aero|date=29 September 2020|access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>}} The total cost of these works is around ₹ 70 crore.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/filefield_paths/Uttar-Pradesh%E2%80%99s-Bareilly-Airport-191120.pdf|website=aai.aero|date=29 September 2020|access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>

==Trishul Air Force Base, Bareilly==

'''Trishul Air Force Base, Bareilly''', one of the [[Indian Air Force]]'s largest, is a part of the [[Central Air Command (India)|Central Air Command]]. The base has a squadron of [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] [[Fighter aircraft|fighters]] and a helicopter squadron of [[HAL Dhruv]]. It had [[Foxbat]] spyplanes capable of flying up to {{convert|80000|ft}}.<ref name=br_bareilly>{{cite web|title=The MIGnificient Flying Machines |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Aircraft/Foxbat.html |publisher=[[Bharat Rakshak]] |access-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426100225/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Aircraft/Foxbat.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Records of the Geological Survey of India|volume=128, Part 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-9812568281 |url=http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/981256828x/page-1/ |title=The Evolving Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific |access-date=9 July 2013 |last1=Prabhakar |first1=Lawrence W. |last2=Ho |first2=Joshua |last3=Bateman |first3=Walter Samuel Grono |date=9 May 2024 |publisher=World Scientific }}</ref> Its [[underground hangar]] is considered one of Asia's largest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bareilly Air Force Station–Quick Facts|url=https://www.indiamapped.com/air-force-station-in-india/bareilly-air-force-station/|website=www.indiamapped.com|access-date=1 May 2023|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522123416/http://www.indiamapped.com/air-force-station-in-india/bareilly-air-force-station/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==
[[file:Check in counters.png|thumb|Check in counters]]

{{Airport-dest-list

|{{nowrap|[[IndiGo]]}}|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230307-6edom|title=INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23|work=Aeroroutes|accessdate=7 March 2023}}</ref> [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]
}}

== Statistics ==
{{Bar chart
| title = Annual passengers
| label_type = Year
| data_type = Passengers
| bar_width = 50
| width_units = em
| label1 = 2021-22
| data1 = 1,03,667
| label2 = 2022-23
| data2 = 1,42,102
| label3 = 2023-24
| data3 = 1,28,566
| label4 = 2024-25
| data4 = 121,746
}}

== See also ==
*[[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport]]
*[[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport]]
*[[Kanpur Airport]]
*[[Kushinagar International Airport]]
*[[Airports in India]]
*[[List of the busiest airports in India]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Bareilly Airport}}{{Airports in India}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force bases]]
[[Category:Airports in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Transport in Bareilly]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bareilly]]
[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

Bareilly Airport - Revision history

OmerRobson4867 at 17:07, 31 January 2026