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{{Short description|Airport of Haryana, India}}
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| website = {{URL|http://www.haraviation.gov.in}}
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'''''Karnal Airport''''', {{Airport codes||VI40}}, the home of "'''[[Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation|Karnal Aviation Club]]'''" ("'''Karnal Flying Club'''"), is an [[airstrip]] situated about 3 km east of [[Karnal]] in the state of [[Haryana]], [[India]]. It is being used for General Aviation and Pilot Training. There are no scheduled commercial flight operations. To upgrade this airport to domestic airport under [[UDAN]] scheme, provision of INR20 crore each was made in 2017-18 and 2018-19.<ref name=railnew1>[http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/Haryana%20Samvad%20October%202018.pdf Haryana Samvad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129225259/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/Haryana%20Samvad%20October%202018.pdf |date=29 November 2018 }}, Oct 2018.</ref>

==History==
{{see also | List_of_airports_in_India#Haryana | label 1 = Airports in Haryana | History_of_Haryana#Aviation | label 2 = Aviation history of Haryana | Civil_aviation_in_India#History | label 3 = Civil Aviation History of India | Aviation_History | label 4 = World Aviation History | Aviation_in_India | label 5 = Aviation in India }}

In 1948, first airstrip was built in Haryana when [[Ambala Air Force Station]] was established. In 1967, Karnal Air Strip was set up.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.karnal.gov.in/dept_aviation.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523172711/http://www.karnal.gov.in/dept_aviation.asp |archive-date=23 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The Karnal Flying Club has been running at this airfield since 1967 year .<ref name = "TOI">{{cite news|title= Three airports ready to take off in Haryana |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-29/india/33475403_1_cargo-airport-aerodrome-runway |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103105003/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-29/india/33475403_1_cargo-airport-aerodrome-runway |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |date= 29 August 2012 |work= [[The Times of India]] |access-date=6 September 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, The [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|(DGCA)]] approved the Haryana state government's plans to develop the Airport to operate Domestic Passenger Services in August 2013. Karnal Aerodrome small runway, just 3,000-feet-long and 150-feet-wide, will be extended to 4,500 feet in the first phase and then up to 6,000 feet to accommodate [[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]] Turboprops and jets. Installation of Runway lighting was taken up by the State Public Works Department after the DGCA gave approval for night flying in July 2012.<ref name = "TOI"/>

In 2014 July, a [[Right to Information]] (RTI) revealed that [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)]] (DGCA) never received any formal proposal from then Congress [[Government of Haryana]] and there are no current formal projects to upgrade this airport.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/RTI-query-nails-Haryanas-claims-about-airports-at-Karnal-Hisar/articleshow/36843481.cms RTI query nails Haryana's claims about airports at Karnal, Hisar - by Ajay Sura, Time of India News Service, Published on: 20 June 2014]</ref>

== Infrastructure ==

As of 2021, airport has an administration block, class room and library, one hangar, a VIP lounge, hostel and 2 residential quarters for the officers. As of 2018, it had one four-seater [[Cessna 172|Cessna-172 R]] and one two-seater [[Cessna 152|Cessna 152 FA]] aircraft.<ref name=hubs3>[http://haraviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/EOI_Haryana_Civil%20Aviation%20Department_final%2028.06.2018.pdf EOI for HICA], Haryana Civil Aviation Department, accessed 15 August 2021.</ref> HICA at Karnal also has two [[flight simulator]], one IPT-ATC 710 single engine and another Elite S712 single- & multi-engine Simulator. The airport has day and [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|DGCA]]-approved night-landing facilities.

== Karnal Aviation Club ==
[[Government of Haryana]]'s ''Karnal Aviation Club'' of [[Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation]] offers flying training and preparation courses to the [[Student pilot certificate|Student pilot license]], [[Glider pilot license]]. [[private pilot licence]] (PPL), [[commercial pilot licence]] (CPL), [[General radiotelephone operator license|FLight radiotelephone operator license]], [[Flight instructor]] [[Pilot licensing and certification#Instrument rating|Instrument rating]] and apprentice internship for all [[Bachelor of Engineering|BE]]/[[Bachelor of Technology|BTech]]. The CPL costs INR 22,00,000 requiring a minimum of 200 hours' flying experience. The Government of Haryana provides training subsidies to natives [[Haryana]], who must apply for it using a [[Domicile (law)|Haryana Domicile Certificate]].<ref name=cd4>[http://haraviation.gov.in/docs/prospectus.pdf Student Prospectus and Application Form] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928160629/http://haraviation.gov.in/docs/prospectus.pdf |date=28 September 2014 }}, [[Haryana Institute of Aviation]].</ref><ref name=trib2>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sunday-special/kaleidoscope/haryana-flies-mostly-on-paper/260323.html Haryana flies mostly on paper], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 3 July 2016.</ref>

==Future development==
[[Captain Abhimanyu]], Finance Minister of Haryana, while presenting the [[Government of Haryana]] 2018-19 budget in March 2018 announced that the funds have been allocated to extend the existing 3000 feet runway to 5000 feet and parking hangar for the spillover aircraft from [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|IGI Delhi airport]] will be constructed.<ref name=abhify19>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/live-updates-haryana-budget-2018/articleshow/63228377.cms haryana budgest 2018-19], [[Times of India]], 9 March 2018.</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of airports in India]]
** [[Airports Authority of India]]
** [[List of busiest airports in India]]
** [[List of Indian Air Force bases]]

* [[List of highways in Haryana]]
* [[Railway in Haryana]]

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== References ==
{{reflist|27em}}
{{Airports in India}}
{{Asia in topic|List of airports in}}
{{Transport in India}}
{{Haryana}}
{{Tourism in India}}

[[Category:Karnal]]
[[Category:Airports in Haryana]]
[[Category:Flying clubs]]
[[Category:Aviation schools in Haryana]]
[[Category:Government of Haryana]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Haryana]]

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