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{{Short description|International airport in Madhya Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport
| image = File:Indore Airport Terminal 16 5 2018.jpg
| image-width = 250px
| IATA = IDR
| ICAO = VAID
| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India
| pushpin_label = '''IDR'''
| type = Public
| owner = Airport Authority of India
| hub =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Indore]]
| location = [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 1,850
| elevation-m = 528
| coordinates = {{coord|22|43|18|N|75|48|03|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|www.aai.aero/en/airports/indore}}
| r1-number = 07/25
| r1-length-f = 9035
| r1-length-m = 2,754
| r1-surface = [[Composite material|Composite]]
| stat-year = April 2020 - March 2021
| stat1-header = Passenger movements
| stat1-data = 896,304({{decrease}}69.3%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 9,966 ({{decrease}}56.5%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 8,054({{decrease}}25.2%)
| footnotes = Source: [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III - Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex3.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex2.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex4.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 10
}}

'''Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport''' {{Airport codes|IDR|VAID}} is an international airport that principally serves [[Indore]] and adjacent regions in the Indian State of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. It is the busiest airport in [[Central India]] and is located 8 km west of Indore.
According to the statistics released by the [[Airports Authority of India]], the agency responsible for the maintenance and management of the airport, it was the [[List of busiest airports in India#Passenger traffic|18th busiest airport in India by passenger traffic in the year 2018-19]]. The airport is named after [[Ahilyabai Holkar|Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar]] of Indore, belonging to the [[Holkar]] dynasty of the [[Maratha Empire]].

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, Indore was adjudged as the best airport in under 2 million annual passenger footfall category in Asia Pacific region in the Airports Council International (ACI)'s airport service quality (ASQ) rankings for the year 2017. The World Book of Records, UK bestowed Worlds Standardization Certification to Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport, Indore for the achievement of ACI Award 2017 on 9 April 2018.

Since 24 March 2018 it has started operations 24*7 with night landing facilities.

==History==
The [[Holkar]] State Administration, after consulting [[Nevill Vintcent]] of [[Tata Airlines|Messrs Tata and Sons (Aviation Department)]], selected the Bijasan site for the construction of the airport in 1935. Air services from Indore to Gwalior, Delhi and Mumbai began in July 1948. The airport was handed over to the Government of India in April 1950 under the Central Financial Integration Scheme. A new runway measuring 5600 feet in length was completed by March 1966 at a cost of {{INR}} 1.5 million to accommodate larger aircraft. Night landing facilities were also provided.<ref>{{cite book |title=Madhya Pradesh district gazetteers, Volume 17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqE8AAAAIAAJ&q=Air%20Transport%20Indore&pg=PA341 |access-date=10 July 2012 |last1 = (India)|first1 = Madhya Pradesh|year = 1827}}</ref> The [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]] has given its approval to the airport for operating international flights making it the first airport in Madhya Pradesh to do so.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aviation: Indore airport gets nod to operate international flights |url=https://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-aviation-indore-airport-gets-nod-to-operate-international-flights-61156 |access-date=5 March 2021 |work=Zee Business |date=27 August 2018}}</ref>

==Structure==
Indore Airport measures 729 acres and the current terminal building is spread over 18,000 m<sup>2</sup>. The main apron has space for 1-B737, 4-B737/A321, 4-ATR72 and 1 Q-400 aircraft simultaneously. MPFC Flying Club is at the south end of the runway; its apron has space for 4- C172 aircraft simultaneously.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/indore_technicalinfo.jsp |title=Airports Authority of India |publisher=Aai.aero |date=20 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043612/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/indore_technicalinfo.jsp |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Indore's sole runway 07/25 is 2750 metres long and 45 metres wide.

The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities and a CAT- 1 Instrument Landing System (ILS) (on Runway 25 only) as well as navigational facilities like DVOR/DME and an NDB. The runway is being extended as a part of the expansion plan for the airport.

== Terminals ==

[[File:Indore Airport Terminal.png|thumb|Terminal View from Aircraft]]

[[File:Indore Airport terminal in march 2021.png|thumb|Interior of Devi Ahilya Bai Airport Terminal]]

Indore's new expandable [[integrated design|integrated]] terminal building was inaugurated on 14 February 2012. It was built by AAI at a cost of Rs 1.35 billion and is capable of handling 700 passengers per hour.<ref>{{cite news |title=New terminal of Devi Ahilya Bai airport inaugurated |url=http://daily11.bhaskar.com/article/MP-IND-new-terminal-of-devi-ahilya-bai-airport-inaugurated-3115834.html?PRVNX= |work=[[Daily Bhaskar]] |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=12 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118044450/http://daily11.bhaskar.com/article/MP-IND-new-terminal-of-devi-ahilya-bai-airport-inaugurated-3115834.html?PRVNX= |archive-date=18 January 2013 }}</ref>
The new terminal has modern escalators and a high-tech [[baggage handling system]]. It caters to the movement of 96 flights every day. In preparation towards the proposed international operations, it will have 16 check-in counters, 16 immigration counters (four for departure and 12 for arrivals) and four counters for customs, apart from 569 CCTVs and X-ray machines for security. There are three aerobridges serving the airport. The terminal has one lift and one escalator conveyor belt for baggage. As per the international standards, it has two ATMs (01 SBI and 01 Union Bank of India), shopping stalls and a food court.<ref>{{cite news |title=International flights from Indore by mid-2012 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/indore/31045531_1_International-flights-indore-airport-new-terminal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420010159/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/indore/31045531_1_international-flights-indore-airport-new-terminal |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2013 |date=10 February 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 June 2012 }}</ref> The airport is under an expansion stage. A new terminal adjoining the current terminal, along with an airport hotel and a convention center, are planned at the airport site. Also, the land area of the airport will be expanded.

== Airlines and destinations ==
{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Air India]]|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]


|[[FlyBig]]|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Swami Vivekananda Airport|Raipur]]<ref>{{cite news |title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry {{!}} CAPA |url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/flybig-commences-indore-raipur-service-1047439 |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=centreforaviation.com |date=14 January 2021}}</ref>

|[[IndiGo]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chandigarh Airport|Chandigarh]],<ref name="IndiGo2">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/direct-flights-to-dehradun-indore-jodhpur-and-jammu-from-march-28-101612359472565.html|title=Chandigarh to have direct flights to Dehradun, Indore, Jodhpur, Jammu|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dabolim Airport|Goa]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport|Nagpur]], [[Pune International Airport|Pune]], [[Swami Vivekananda Airport|Raipur]]

| [[Star Air (India)|Star Air]]| [[Kishangarh Airport|Ajmer]], [[Belgaum Airport|Belgaum]]

| [[Vistara]]| [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]
}}

==See also==
* [[Raja Bhoj Airport|Raja Bhoj Airport, Bhopal]]
* [[Jabalpur Airport]]
* [[Gwalior Airport]]
* [[List of airports in India]]
* [[List of the busiest airports in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/indore Indore Airport - AAI website]

{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Indore]]
[[Category:Transport in Indore]]
[[Category:Airports in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1948]]
[[Category:1948 establishments in India]]

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