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{{Short description|International Airport in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India}}
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{{Infobox airport
| focus_city = * [[IndiGo]]
* [[Go First (airline)|Go First]]
| metric-elev = yes
| elevation-m = 315
| pushpin_label = '''NAG'''
| name = Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
| image = File:NagpurAirport.JPG
| image-width = 270px
| IATA = NAG
| ICAO = VANP
| type = Public
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| operator = [[GMR Group]] & [[MIHAN|Mihan India Private Limited (MIPL)]]
| city-served = [[Nagpur]]
| location = [[Sonegaon (Nipani)|Sonegaon]], [[Maharashtra]]
| elevation-f = 1,033
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India
| coordinates = {{coord|21|05|32|N|79|02|50|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| metric-rwy = yes
| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-f = 10,498
| r1-length-m = 3,200
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = April 2021 - March 2022
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 1,605,433 ({{increase}} 69.3%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movement
| stat2-data = 14,135 ({{increase}} 52.3%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 7,686 ({{increase}} 14.3%)
| 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/Mar2k22Annex3.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k22Annex2.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k22Annex4.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>
}}
'''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport''' {{Airport codes|NAG|VANP}} is an [[international airport]] serving the city of [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The airport is located at [[Sonegaon (Nipani)|Sonegaon]], 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Nagpur. The airport covers an area of 1,355 acres (548 hectares). In 2005, it was named after [[B. R. Ambedkar]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nagpur Airport being renamed |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/15/stories/2005101517631500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228030717/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/15/stories/2005101517631500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 December 2005 |date= 15 October 2005|work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref> the chief architect of the [[Constitution of India]] and one of the founding fathers of the [[Republic Of India|Republic of India]]. The airport handles around 8,500 passengers per day and caters to five domestic airlines and two international airlines connecting Nagpur to [[Sharjah International Airport|Sharjah]], [[Hamad International Airport|Doha]] and 11 domestic destinations. The airport spread over 1,460-acres is also home to Nagpur Air Force Station of the [[Indian Air Force]]. Growth in passenger traffic is fuelled by passengers traveling to and from the state capital [[Mumbai]], located over 700 km (378 mi) away. The airport has one terminal and has two aerobridges.

==History==
The airport was commissioned during the First World War in 1917-18 for the RFC/RAF. The old buildings were renovated during the Second World War, when it was used as a staging airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was transferred to the Indian Government when the British left. Due to brisk traffic, new terminal buildings featuring facilities of refreshment, retiring rooms, restrooms, book stalls and visitor's galleries were constructed in 1953.<ref>{{cite web |title= Nagpur District Gazetteer - 1966 |url= http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1966/final_gazettee/comm1.html |access-date= 3 March 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090410104748/http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1966/FINAL_GAZETTEE/comm1.html |archive-date= 10 April 2009 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

Sonegaon Airport was the hub of the unique "Night Air Mail Service" wherein four planes left from Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras every night with a mail load from their region and returned to their home base in the early morning, after exchanging the mail at Nagpur. The service was operated from January 1949 until October 1973.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Postal History 1947-1997|url=http://stampsofindia.com/readroom/b016.htm|access-date=3 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216162145/http://www.stampsofindia.com/readroom/b016.htm|archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> Over the years its major traffic was civilian aircraft till the formation of 44 Wing and the transfer of the [[Il-76]] military transport aircraft of the IAF in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Warbirds of India — Nagpur|url=http://warbirds.in/oldhtml/wbnagpur.html|access-date=20 February 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043425/http://warbirds.in/oldhtml/wbnagpur.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 2010s, the airport was in danger of losing its operating license due to danger at the airport. A former [[Atlanta Skylarks]] [[Boeing 720]] owned by Continental Aviation Limited, which had been abandoned at the airport since 1991, was sitting 90 meters from the runway, when the rules state that any object should be situated at least 150 meters from the runway. In 2015–2016, the aircraft, which by then had been standing there for nearly 30 years, was moved to the northeast end of the airport, 600 meters away from the runway.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Shishir|last=Arya|date=30 September 2015|title=Abandoned plane gets a new resting place|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/abandoned-plane-gets-a-new-resting-place/articleshow/49159971.cms|access-date=2021-03-16|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Story Of A Guy's Dad's Junkyard Airplane Abandoned At An Indian Airport Is Fascinating|url=https://jalopnik.com/the-story-of-a-guys-dads-junkyard-airplane-abandoned-at-1847856338|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Jalopnik|language=en-us}}</ref>

===Expansion===
It is slated to be the [[Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur|Multimodal International Hub Airport]] and development work started in 2005. The plan involves construction of a second runway, a new terminal building and a cargo complex through a build-operate-transfer basis. The Maharashtra government offered 400 hectares of land to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in exchange of 278 hectares of land occupied by Air Force Station, Nagpur.<ref>{{cite web|title=Transfer of Land to Mihan Project, Nagpur |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=74961 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |date= 24 August 2011|access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref name = "The Hindu Business Line">{{cite news |title=Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur Airport projects to take off |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/navi-mumbai-pune-nagpur-airport-projects-to-take-off/article5347259.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu Business Line]] |date=13 November 2013 |access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref>

The new Integrated Terminal Building was inaugurated on 14 April 2008. The [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) modified and upgraded the existing building at the cost of {{INRConvert|790|m}}. It covers an area of 17,500 square metres and has the capacity to handle 550 arriving and departing passengers during peak hours. The new terminal building has 20 check-in counters and 20 immigration counters. The Integrated Terminal Building is equipped with facilities such as passenger bridges with visual docking guidance system and baggage conveyor system. A car park to accommodate 600 cars at a time has been built. Eight new parking bays were added to take the number of bays to 18. For improving city-side connectivity, a new approach road to connect the terminal building with the main highway has been constructed. To improve the navigation facilities at Nagpur Airport, AAI plans to construct a new control tower and technical block with all modern CNS ATM facilities.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Terminal building of Nagpur Airport to be Inaugurated on 14th April, 2008|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=37339 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |date= 11 April 2008|access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref>

===Air India maintenance-repair-overhaul===
A maintenance-repair-overhaul facility, built by the American aircraft manufacturer [[Boeing]], occupies 50 acres of land at the airport. Construction began in January 2011.<ref name = "FLIGHT">{{cite news|title=Boeing's Nagpur MRO facility to start operations in Q2 2013|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeings-nagpur-mro-facility-to-start-operations-in-q2-2013-380048/ |publisher=[[FlightGlobal]] |date= 11 December 2012|access-date=17 February 2013}}</ref> Air India's maintenance-repair-overhaul unit, called Air India Engineering Services, which was hived into a separate company in 2013, will start operating the maintenance-repair-overhaul facility by June 2015.<ref name = "TFE">{{cite news |title=Boeing: Nagpur MRO unit to be operational by April-June 2015 |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/companies/boeing-nagpur-mro-unit-to-be-operational-by-april-june-2015/21833/ |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=22 December 2014 |access-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229004824/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/companies/boeing-nagpur-mro-unit-to-be-operational-by-april-june-2015/21833/ |archive-date=29 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{update inline|date=March 2020}} The $100 million project is part of a deal between Air India and Boeing and has two 100 x 100-metre hangars, constructed by [[Larsen & Toubro]], to accommodate wide-body aircraft like Boeing 777 and 787-8 and another 24,000 sq metres area for allied work. Nagpur was chosen for the project because of its central location and its high temperatures, favourable for aircraft manufacturing, as they are away from corrosion and sea water contamination. The greenfield project is Boeing's second in the world after Shanghai in China.<ref name = "DNA">{{cite news|title=Boeing MRO facility work at Nagpur airport to end by 2012 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_boeing-mro-facility-work-at-nagpur-airport-to-end-by-2012_1547401 |publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date= 25 May 2011|access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref>

=== International Flights from Nagpur ===
Being the biggest city of central India, the airport serves the need of a vast travellers from not only of [[Vidarbha|Vidharb]] region of [[Maharashtra]], but also of southern [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Chhattisgarh|Chattisgh]]. Nagpur is connected with only 2 International Destinations i.e. [[Sharjah]] by [[Air Arabia]] & [[Doha]] by [[Qatar Airways|Qatar Airways.]]

=== Metro Access from Airport ===
With the addition of Nagpur Metro, the commute from city center to airport has be improved a lot, still the Aiport Station of Nagpur Metro is around 850 meters away from the Airport Terminal. Private transport in form of Taxi and Autos are rarely available for such short distance.

== Statistics ==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=NAG}}

==Airlines and destinations==

{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Air Arabia]]| [[Sharjah International Airport|Sharjah]]
|[[Air India]]| [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]
|[[Go First (airline)|Go First]]| [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goair.in/plan-my-trip/flight-schedule|title=GoAir schedule|access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
|[[IndiGo]]| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dabolim Airport|Goa–Dabolim]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|Lucknow]],<ref>https://www.goindigo.in/information/new-flights.html</ref> [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]]
|[[Qatar Airways]]| [[Hamad International Airport|Doha]]
|[[Star Air (India)|Star Air]]| [[Belgaum Airport|Belgaum]]<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Star Air|user=OfficialStarAir|number=1505172161585381377|title=Star Air is excited to launch its newest flight destination|date=19 March 2022|access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* [[Transport in Nagpur]]
* [[Airports in India]]
* [[List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mihanindia.in/ Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport] official Website
* {{ASN|NAG|NAG: Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport}}

{{Airports in India}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

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[[Category:Transport in Nagpur]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Nagpur]]
[[Category:Vidarbha]]
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]
[[Category:1917 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1917]]

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