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{{Short description|Airport in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Dhanbad Airport
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| IATA = DBD
| ICAO = VEDB
| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in India
| pushpin_label = '''DBD'''
| type = Public
| owner = Airports Authority of India
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| city-served = [[Dhanbad]]
| location = [[Barwaada]], [[Jharkhand]]
| elevation-f = 847
| elevation-m = 258
| coordinates = {{Coord|23|50|02|N|086|25|31|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
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| metric-elev = y
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 07/25
| r1-length-f = 3,728
| r1-length-m = 1,136
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
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'''Dhanbad Airport''' {{Airport codes|DBD|VEDB}} is a public airport located at [[Dhanbad]], in the state of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]. It is situated alongside the [[Grand Trunk Road]] at [[Barwaada]]. There are no scheduled flights into this airport.

The airport last saw scheduled commercial operations in the 1980s, when [[Vayudoot]] operated services to [[Patna]], [[Kolkata]] and [[Ranchi]] until 1987. Since then, the airport is only used by small aircraft and helicopters. The then chief minister of Jharkhand [[Shibu Soren]] inaugurated a new passenger waiting hall in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Airport plan takes wing |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120106/jsp/jharkhand/story_14962521.jsp#.Ur_VFHnoWaA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129125339/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120106/jsp/jharkhand/story_14962521.jsp#.Ur_VFHnoWaA |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2012 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date= 6 January 2012 |access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref>

The State's Civil Aviation department invited proposals in July 2011 for operation of the airport based on [[Public-private partnership]] (PPP) model wherein the infrastructure would be provided by the State Government while the private company would be allowed to start chartered flights in addition to taking responsibility of day-to-day maintenance of the airport for a tenure of ten years. The private entity would be expected to construct administrative buildings, air traffic control and hangars.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dhanbad, Dumka on chartered flight path |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110814/jsp/frontpage/story_14377165.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235804/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110814/jsp/frontpage/story_14377165.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2013 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date= 14 August 2011 |access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref>

Acting on the instruction of state civil aviation department, the local administration is preparing a proposal to develop a commercial airport at Baliapur block, 25 km from the district headquarters.<ref>{{cite news |title=New airport on Dhanbad radar |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140924/jsp/jharkhand/story_18864035.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913180406/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140924/jsp/jharkhand/story_18864035.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2015 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date= 24 September 2024 |access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Defunct airports in India]]
[[Category:Airports in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Transport in Dhanbad]]
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]
[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

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Abdul kadar at 11:11, 31 January 2026