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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport in Gujarat, India}}<br />
{{primary sources|date=January 2018}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}<br />
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{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Bhavnagar Airport<br />
| nativename =<br />
|image =Bhavnagar Airport airside.jpg<br />
|caption =Bhavnagar Airport airside<br />
|image-width = 150px<br />
|image2 = Bhavnagar Airport cityside.jpg<br />
|caption2 = Bhavnagar Airport cityside<br />
|image2-width = 150px<br />
| IATA = BHU<br />
| ICAO = VABV<br />
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India<br />
| pushpin_label = '''BHU'''<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner = <br />
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| owner-oper = <br />
| city-served = [[Bhavnagar]]<br />
| location = <br />
| elevation-f = 43<br />
| elevation-m = <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|21|45|08|N|072|11|07|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website = <br />
| metric-elev = <br />
| metric-rwy = 09<br />
| r1-number = 07/25<br />
| r1-length-f = 6,300<br />
| r1-length-m = 1,920<br />
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]<br />
| stat-year = 2013–2014<br />
| stat1-header = Aircraft movements<br />
| stat1-data = 936<br />
| stat2-header = Passengers<br />
| stat2-data = 66,989<br />
| footnotes = Source: Airports Authority of India<ref name="aai">[http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/bhavnagar.jsp "Bhavnagar Airport"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415011233/http://aai.aero/allAirports/bhavnagar.jsp |date=15 April 2017 }}. ''Airports Authority of India''. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.</ref><br />
}}<br />
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'''Bhavnagar Aerodrome''' {{Airport codes|BHU|VABV}} is an [[airport]] located 4 kilometres (2&nbsp;mi) southeast of [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It covers {{convert|295|acres}} at an elevation of {{convert|6|m}}.<ref name="aai"/> It is near [[Bhavnagar Harbar]].<br />
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==Facilities==<br />
[[file:Jet Airways at Bhavnagar.jpg|thumb|Aircraft at Bhavnagar Airport]]<br />
;Runway <br />
The airport has one runway, oriented 07/25, with dimensions {{convert|1920|x|45|m}}. It is equipped with an [[Instrument Landing System|ILS]] for approaches in the 25 direction.<ref name="aai"/><br />
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; Terminal <br />
Bhavnagar Aerodrome has a single terminal building, which covers {{convert|1617|m2}} and has a capacity for 110 passengers.<ref>{{cite journal |date=April 2011 |title=AAI in the West |url=http://www.aai.aero/misc/ch8.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127012605/http://www.aai.aero/misc/ch8.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-27 |journal=Cruising Heights |publisher=Newsline Publications Pvt. Ltd. |pages=34–36 |access-date=27 February 2016 }}</ref> It contains three [[airport check-in|check-in]] counters and a VIP lounge.<ref name="aai"/><br />
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;Parking bays<br />
The airport has two parking bays: one for Code C aircraft like the [[Airbus A320]] and [[Boeing 737]], and another for smaller, turboprop aircraft like the [[ATR 72]] and [[Bombardier Dash 8#Series 400|Q400]].<ref name="aai"/><br />
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== Airlines and destinations ==<br />
{{Airport-dest-list<br />
|[[Air Deccan]]|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://airdeccan.co.in/eng/flight-schedule.aspx|title=Air Deccan flight schedule|work=Air Deccan|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229112046/https://airdeccan.co.in/eng/flight-schedule.aspx|archive-date=29 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] | [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alliance Air Schedule|url=https://www.airindia.in/where-we-fly.htm|website=www.airindia.in|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Statistics ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" width="400"<br />
|+ Annual aircraft movements at Bhavnagar Aerodrome<ref name="aai"/><br />
! Year<br />
! Aircraft movements<br />
! Percent change<br />
|-<br />
|2010–2011||1,490||<br />
|-<br />
|2011–2012||2,658||{{increase}} 78.4<br />
|-<br />
|2012–2013||2,221||{{decrease}} 16.4<br />
|-<br />
|2013–2014||936||{{decrease}} 57.9<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist|30em}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.suratairport.info/ Surat Airport Flight Information]<br />
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{{Airports in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Airports in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Bhavnagar]]<br />
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]</div>
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