https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Karad_AirportKarad Airport - Revision history2026-07-31T18:39:51ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Karad_Airport&diff=126437&oldid=prev>AndyFielding at 08:16, 7 June 20212021-06-07T08:16:27Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport in Maharashtra, India}}<br />
{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Karad Airport<br />
| image = Karad Airport Signboard.jpg<br />
| IATA = none<br />
| ICAO = VA1M<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner = M.A.D.C.<br />
| operator = M.A.D.C.<br />
| city-served = [[Karad]]<br />
| location = [[Karad]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}<br />
| elevation-f = 1890<br />
| elevation-m = 576<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|17|17|09|N|074|09|29|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website = <br />
| pushpin_map= Maharashtra<br />
| pushpin_mark=Red_pog.svg<br />
| pushpin_mapsize=250<br />
| r1-number = 10/28<br />
| r1-length-f = 4,200<br />
| r1-length-m = 1,280<br />
| r1-surface = Paved<br />
| footnotes = [http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN82734&sch=karad World Aero Data]<br />
}}<br />
'''Karad Airport''' {{Airport codes||VA1M}} is in the [[Satara district]] of [[Maharashtra]] state in [[India]]. <br />
Its airstrip was built in 1955 by the Public Works Department<ref>{{cite web |title=Airstrips in Maharashtra |url=http://www.mahapwd.com/statistics/airstrips.htm |publisher= Maharashtra Public Works Department |access-date=1 April 2012 }}</ref> to facilitate the [[Koyna dam]] project.<ref name = "DNA1">{{cite news|title=Farmers oppose acquisition of land in Prithviraj Chavan’s den |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_farmers-oppose-acquisition-of-land-in-prithviraj-chavans-den_1563684 |publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date= 8 July 2011 |access-date= 1 March 2012}}</ref><br />
The airport is currently used for general aviation and piloting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aptech Aviation |url=http://www.avalonacademy.in/courses/aviation/pilot_training.html |access-date=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206073521/http://www.avalonacademy.in/courses/aviation/pilot_training.html |archive-date=6 February 2012 }}</ref><br />
<br />
It currently covers 65 acres; the acquisition of more than 100 acres has been proposed.<ref name = "DNA1"/><br />
Runway 10/28 is 1280 metres long and 30 metres wide with a 60-by-60-metre apron.<br />
No navigational aids or night landing facilities are available on the airstrip.<br />
<br />
==Future Plans==<br />
The State run [[Maharashtra Airport Development Company]] (MADC) plans to extend the 1,250 metres airstrip by another 1,500m and widen it by 150m.<ref name = "DNA2">{{cite news|title=Prithviraj Chavan plan to extend hometown airstrip faces farmers’ resistance |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_prithviraj-chavan-plan-to-extend-hometown-airstrip-faces-farmers-resistance_1608598 |publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date= 7 November 2011 |access-date= 1 March 2012}}</ref> <br />
The [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) has submitted its technical feasibility report to the MADC for examination which in turn has handed it over to the Maharashtra Government for final approval.<ref name = "DNA3">{{cite news|title=Karad airstrip may get a runway soon |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_karad-airstrip-may-get-a-runway-soon_1622863 |publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date= 8 December 2011 |access-date= 1 March 2012}}</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Satara district topics}}<br />
{{Airports in India}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Airports in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Satara district]]<br />
[[Category:Karad]]<br />
[[Category:1955 establishments in Bombay State]]<br />
[[Category:Airports established in 1955]]</div>>AndyFielding