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{{Short description|International airport in Bihar, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
| IATA = PAT
| ICAO = VEPT
| pushpin_map = India Patna#Bihar#India#Asia
| pushpin_label = '''PAT'''
| type = Public
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| location = 
| metric-elev = yes
| elevation-f = 170
| elevation-m = 52
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|35|37|N|085|05|31|E|region:IN_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 07/25
| r1-length-m = 2072
| r1-length-f = 6798
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 2,710,000 ({{decrease}} 40.1%)
| stat-year = April 2020 - March 2021
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 21,572 ({{decrease}} 30.3%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 11,859 ({{decrease}} 3.2%)
| 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>
}}

'''Jay Prakash Narayan Airport''' {{airport codes|PAT|VEPT}} is a [[customs airport]] located in [[Patna]], the state capital of [[Bihar]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160506/jsp/bihar/story_84042.jsp#.VzGfq_l97IU |title=Airport takes big leap... |date=6 May 2016 |website=The Telegraph |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006111941/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160506/jsp/bihar/story_84042.jsp#.VzGfq_l97IU |archive-date=6 October 2017 }}</ref> It is named after independence activist [[Jayaprakash Narayan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://customspatnazone.bih.nic.in/Jurisdiction.html |title=Official WebSite of Central Excise and Service Tax, Patna Zone |website=customspatnazone.bih.nic.in |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012933/http://customspatnazone.bih.nic.in/Jurisdiction.html |archive-date=26 January 2018 }}</ref> Patna is classified as a restricted international airport due to its short runway.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/issued-in-public-interest-fly-to-patna-at-your-own-risk |title=Issued in Public Interest, Fly to Patna at Your Own Risk! |website=The Quint |language=en |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070733/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/issued-in-public-interest-fly-to-patna-at-your-own-risk |archive-date=26 January 2018 |date=18 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20121210-politics-and-commercial-considerations-override-safety-concerns-for-dgca-760905-1999-11-30 |title=Politics and commercial considerations override safety concerns for DGCA |date=30 November 1999 |website=India Today |language=en-US |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012555/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20121210-politics-and-commercial-considerations-override-safety-concerns-for-dgca-760905-1999-11-30 |archive-date=26 January 2018 }}</ref> It is the [[List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic|9th busiest airport in India]], and the annual passenger traffic increased by (-7) per cent in the year 2020-21.<ref name="traffic_stats1">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Jan2k20Annex3.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-III|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=1 May 2019|access-date=1 May 2019|page=3}}</ref><ref name="TTG">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160408/jsp/bihar/story_78931.jsp#.Vwi0KGOqR8O | work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] | title=Bihta gets bigger wings | date=8 April 2016 | access-date=9 April 2016 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411032943/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160408/jsp/bihar/story_78931.jsp#.Vwi0KGOqR8O | archive-date=11 April 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> To meet demand, the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) is working to expand and modernise airport infrastructure. The airport is currently undergoing ambitious expansion project that is due to be completed in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170820/jsp/bihar/story_168111.jsp |title=Swanky terminal to replace old airport |website=The Telegraph |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070903/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170820/jsp/bihar/story_168111.jsp |archive-date=26 January 2018 }}</ref> In addition to this, the AAI has proposed to develop a [[civil enclave]] at [[Bihta Air Force Station]] to serve as the second airport for Patna.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/press_release_news/Press-Release-on-Development-measures-at-Patna-Airport.pdf |title=PR 52 : Development and Interim Relief Measures at Patna Airport |date=5 December 2017 |website=aai.aero |access-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126184952/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/press_release_news/Press-Release-on-Development-measures-at-Patna-Airport.pdf |archive-date=26 January 2018 }}</ref>

==Expansion==
The runway length at Patna airport is 7,000 feet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/state-govt-unable-to-give-more-land-for-bihta-airbase-runway/articleshow/65506559.cms|title=Bihta airbase runway: Bihar government unable to give more land for Bihta airbase runway | Patna News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref> Patna airport is sandwiched between the [[Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan]] and [[Phulwari Sharif railway station]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/why-patna-airport-is-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen/71986/|title=Why Patna airport is a disaster waiting to happen|first=Ratnadeep|last=Choudhary|date=19 June 2018|access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref> The runway length is 1,938 metres for landing from the east and 1,677 metres for landing from the west. The area of terminal building will be increased from the existing 7,200 square metres to 57,000 square metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/patna-airport-set-for-a-makeover-in-3-years/articleshow/61649029.cms|title=Patna airport set for a makeover in 3 years|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115211052/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/patna-airport-set-for-a-makeover-in-3-years/articleshow/61649029.cms|archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> The new terminal building of Patna Airport will be a two-storey structure, equipped with six aerobridges and an apron area to park 14 aircraft at any given time. At present, the airport has the capacity to park only six aircraft. Several existing buildings in and around Patna airport premises, including the Airport Colony and IAS Bhavan, will be demolished for the expansion work. Besides, several utility buildings, including the meteorological centre and Bihar Flying Club, will be shifted and a new ATC tower will be constructed adjacent to [[Birla Institute of Technology, Patna]] campus.

13.1 acres of land near the Patna airport will be used for construction of a world-class two-storey terminal building, and in lieu of that 11.35 acre of land in Anisabad, Patna will be transferred to Bihar Government by Airports Authority of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/centre-oks-land-transfer-for-airport-building-expansion/articleshow/56766317.cms|title=Centre OKs land transfer for airport building expansion|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208073346/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/centre-oks-land-transfer-for-airport-building-expansion/articleshow/56766317.cms|archive-date=8 February 2017}}</ref> The [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) has proposed to extend the terminal for sustaining air operations at least till 2035 and handle 6 million passengers per annum. A new terminal building would be constructed and connected to the existing building via skybridge. In addition, the AAI has planned to develop a [[civil enclave]] at [[Bihta Air Force Station]], 20 kilometres away from Patna, to cater to larger aircraft.<ref name="TTG"/> In October 2016, Bihar cabinet approved the Patna master plan which envisages development of a new airport at [[Bihta]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Share on FacebookShare on Twitter |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Cabinet-OKs-Patna-master-plan-paves-way-for-big-bulidings-new-airport/articleshow/55100844.cms |title=Cabinet OKs Patna master plan, paves way for big bulidings [sic], new airport - Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=5 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807182141/http://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/residential/home-still-a-dream-sans-nod-to-map-in-patna/47294944 |archive-date=7 August 2016 }}</ref> Bihar government is acquiring 126 acres of land for construction of [[Bihta Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Land-identified-to-make-Bihta-airport-operational-for-flyers/articleshow/54513137.cms|title=Land identified to make Bihta airport operational for flyers|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929205528/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Land-identified-to-make-Bihta-airport-operational-for-flyers/articleshow/54513137.cms|archive-date=29 September 2016}}</ref>
In September 2018, Government of India under Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] approved {{INRConvert|12.17|b|0}} for a new terminal building that will be designed by Singapore firm [[Meinhardt]] and will be able to handle 4.5 million passengers a year, compared to present 0.7 million in transit. The new terminal will have an area of 65,155 square metres, including a basement area of 18,650 square metres. Hyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited has been selected to execute the design.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raj |first1=Dev |title=Centre clears Rs 1217-cr project for Patna airport |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/centre-clears-rs-1217-project-for-patna-airport/cid/1670320 |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |date=27 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The new terminal building of Patna airport will be complete by October 2022, construction already started in October-November 2018.

As of February 2020, two floors of the multi-level parking garage were complete. 45% of work on the cargo complex, technical block, fire block and air traffic control tower have been completed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rumi |first1=Faryal |title=Patna Airport News: Work on new Patna airport terminal gathers pace {{!}} Patna News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/work-on-new-airport-terminal-gathers-pace/articleshow/74323931.cms |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=27 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Structure==
It has one [[runway]] designated 07/25 with an [[asphalt]] surface measuring {{convert|1954|x|45|m|0}}.<ref name="AAI">{{cite web | url = http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/patna_techinfo.jsp | title = Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport: Technical Information | publisher = [[Airports Authority of India]] | access-date = 31 March 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120119174921/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/patna_techinfo.jsp | archive-date = 19 January 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="WAD">[http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VEPT Airport information for VEPT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806070236/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VEPT |date=6 August 2011 }} from [[DAFIF]] (effective October 2006)</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==


{{Airport-dest-list
| [[Air India]] | [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport|Amritsar]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]
|[[Go First (airline)|Go First]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Budget airline GoAir rebrands as Go First|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget-airline-goair-rebrands-as-go-first/article34552775.ece}}</ref>| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Birsa Munda Airport|Ranchi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flygofirst.com/plan-my-trip/flight-schedule/|title=Flight Schedule|publisher=[[Go First]]|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>
| [[IndiGo]] | [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Bagdogra_Airport|Bagdogra]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Biju Patnaik Airport|Bhubaneswar]],<ref>{{cite web|title=New Flights|url= https://www.goindigo.in/information/new-flights.html?linkNav=new-flights_footer}} </ref> [[Chandigarh Airport|Chandigarh]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]], [[Cochin International Airport|Kochi]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Indigo to operate 22 new domestic flights from 28 March|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indigo-to-operate-22-new-domestic-flights-from-28-march-11613050923466.html|website=www.livemint.com|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport|Lucknow]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]], [[Birsa Munda Airport|Ranchi]]
| [[SpiceJet]] | [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport|Amritsar]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Jharsuguda Airport|Jharsuguda]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]], [[Surat Airport|Surat]]<ref>{{cite web|title=SpiceJet Schedule|url=https://www.spicejet.com/Schedules.aspx|website=www.spicejet.com|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref>
| [[Vistara]] | [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Vistara Flight Schedule|url=https://www.airvistara.com/lk/en/flightschedule|website=www.airvistara.com|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>}}

== Statistics ==

As from 2019-2020 data, Patna Airport handled more than 4 million passengers, which was a 12.9% increase from 2018-2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Passenger Traffic News 2019-2020|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k20Annex3.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> Aircraft movements were at 30,959 which also increased by 10.2%.<ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Aircraft Movements Data 2019-2020|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k20Annex2.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> Between 2019-2020 the Patna Airport also handled 12,249 metric tonnes of cargo which also increased by 7.1% from the previous years.<ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Cargo News 2019-2020|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k20Annex4.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
Patna airport is currently the 14th busiest airport in India in terms of passengers catered by the airport.

{{Airport-Statistics|iata=PAT}}

'''Passenger, Aircraft Movement, and Cargo at Patna Airport (2011-2020)'''
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%" width= align=
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year || Passengers || Change || Aircraft Movement || Change || Cargo (MT) || Change || Ref
|-
|2020–21
|2,710,000
|{{decrease}} 40.1%
|21,572
|{{decrease}} 30.3%
|11,859
|{{decrease}} 3.2%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2020-2021|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2019–20
|4,525,765
|{{increase}} 11.4%
|30,959
|{{increase}} 10.2%
|12,249
|{{increase}} 7.1%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2019-2020|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2018–19
|4,061,900
|{{increase}} 30.6%
|28,087
|{{increase}} 28.2%
|11,435
|{{increase}} 66.2%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2018-2019|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2017–18
|3,111,273
|{{increase}} 47.3%
| 21,916
| {{increase}} 41.3%
|6,879
| {{increase}} 4.4%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2017-2018|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2016–17
| 2,112,150
| {{increase}} 33.3%
| 15,508
| {{increase}} 11.2%
| 6,591
| {{increase}} 49.3%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2016-2017|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2015–16
| 1,584,013
| {{increase}} 32.4%
| 13,947
| {{increase}} 26.1%
| 4,414
| {{decrease}} 15.1%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2015-2016|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2014–15
| 1,196,540
| {{increase}} 14.5%
| 11,060
| {{increase}} 11.5%
| 5,198
| {{increase}} 7.2%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2014-2015|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2013–14
| 1,044,127
| {{increase}} 4.1%
| 9,902
| {{decrease}} 0.7%
| 4,849
| {{increase}} 115.4%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2013-2014|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2012–13
| 1,003,169
| {{decrease}} 1.8%
| 9,972
| {{decrease}} 3.8%
| 2,251
| {{decrease}} 34.3%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2012-2013|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2011–12
| 1,021,544
| {{increase}} 21.8%
| 10,369
| {{increase}} 8.6%
| 3,425
| {{increase}} 4.5%
| <ref>{{cite web|title=AAI Traffic News 2011-2012|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/business-opportunities/aai-traffic-news|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Incidents==
* On 17 July 2000, [[Alliance Air Flight 7412]] crashed near the airport, killing 60 people.<ref>{{ASN|id=20000717-0}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bihta Air Force Station]]
* [[Darbhanga Airport]]
* [[Gaya Airport]]
* [[List of airports in India]]
* [[List of the busiest airports in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720144156/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Patna_airpo_gi.jsp Patna Airport webpage] at official Airports Authority of India web site.
* {{WAD|VEPT}}

{{Patna}}
{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Airports in Bihar]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Patna]]
[[Category:Transport in Patna]]
[[Category:Memorials to Jayaprakash Narayan]]
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]

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