https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bellary_AirportBellary Airport - Revision history2026-07-31T19:03:25ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Bellary_Airport&diff=170974&oldid=previmported>PQR01 at 07:56, 23 May 20212021-05-23T07:56:43Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport in Bellary, Karnataka, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Bellary Airport<br />
| image = <br />
| image-width = 250<br />
| IATA = BEP<br />
| ICAO = VOBI<br />
| type = Public<br />
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| city-served = [[Bellary]]<br />
| location = Bellary, [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| elevation-f = 1542<br />
| elevation-m = 470<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|15|09|46|N|76|52|54|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India<br />
| pushpin_label = '''BEP'''<br />
| r1-number = 12/30<br />
| r1-length-f = 3,630<br />
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]<br />
| footnotes = Source: [[DAFIF]]<ref name="wad">{{WAD|VOBI}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Bellary Airport''' {{airport codes|BEP|VOBI}} is an airport serving [[Bellary]], a city in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. It was once served by [[Tata Airlines]] and [[Vayudoot]]. Bellary was a part of the first commercial flight of india which was from Karachi to Madras, flown by J.R.D Tata on 15 October 1932. This is the first airport of Karnataka built as early as 1932. However, as of May 2018, the airport is without commercial air service. [[Jindal Vijaynagar Airport]], located about {{convert|36|km}} west of the city, is used instead for this purpose. A [[New Bellary Airport|new airport for Bellary]] is being planned as well.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Bellary Airport existed as early as 1932, when it figured in an airmail service operated by [[Tata Airlines]] (now Air India). The service operated [[Karachi]]–[[Ahmedabad]]–[[Mumbai]]–[[Bellary]]–[[Chennai|Madras]]. The [[British Raj|British]] selected Bellary because of its strategic location and the presence of many troops in the city.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaggere |first=Niranjan |date=3 March 2015 |title=Mining through Bellary's aviation history |url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/news/state/Mining-through-Bellarys-aviation-history/articleshow/46432611.cms |work=[[Bangalore Mirror]] |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> Afterward, regional carrier [[Vayudoot]] operated flights to Bellary.<ref name="postpone">{{cite news |date=28 September 2004 |title=Bangalore-Bellary flights postponed |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/29/stories/2004092904650300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=21 June 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
<br />
In 2004, the [[Government of Karnataka]] decided to permit commercial flights from an airstrip owned by [[JSW Steel Ltd|Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Ltd]] (JVSL) in [[Toranagallu]], {{convert|30|km}} from Bellary. The airstrip would serve Bellary as well as nearby [[Hampi]] and [[Hospet]]. This decision resulted in protest from some citizens, who felt the airstrip would only benefit JVSL workers and who wanted Bellary Airport to be upgraded instead. The State Government responded by saying there was no space to extend and widen the runway to make it capable of receiving larger aircraft.<ref name="postpone" /> Between December 2006 and 2009, the JVSL airstrip received flights from [[Bangalore]] and [[Goa]] by [[Air Deccan]] and later [[Kingfisher Red]]. There are now plans to build a [[New Bellary Airport|new airport for Bellary]].<br />
<br />
In January 2006, the [[Airports Authority of India]] announced it would establish a [[radar]] station for [[air traffic control]] at Bellary Airport.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kamila |first=Raviprasad |date=18 January 2006 |title=AAI to set up radar station in Bellary |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/aai-to-set-up-radar-station-in-bellary/article3241175.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> Construction was carried out by the company [[Indra Sistemas]] and was completed by September 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indracompany.com/es/noticia/indra-completa-implantacion-primeras-estaciones-radar-india|access-date=2020-08-22|website=www.indracompany.com}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Airfield==<br />
Bellary Airport has one runway, 12/30,{{efn|See [[Runway#Naming]] for the naming convention for runways.}} which measures {{convert|1106|x|15|m}} and is connected to a single taxiway at its southern end.<ref name="wad" /><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* {{portal-inline|Aviation}}<br />
* <br />
* [[Jindal Vijaynagar Airport]]<br />
* [[New Bellary Airport]]<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Airports in India}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Airports in Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Bellary]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bellary district]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Bellary district]]<br />
[[Category:Airports established in 1932]]<br />
[[Category:1932 establishments in India]]</div>imported>PQR01