CoralRaphael599 at 16:44, 31 January 2026

2026-01-31T16:44:05Z

New page

{{Short description|Airport of Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Ludhiana Airport
| nativename-a =
| nativename-r =
| image =
| image-width = 300
| caption =
| IATA = LUH
| ICAO = VILD
| pushpin_map = India Punjab #India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Punjab
| pushpin_label = '''LUH'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Public
| owner = [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]]
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner-oper =
| city-served = [[Ludhiana]]
| location = [[Sahnewal]], [[Ludhiana district]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]
| metric-rwy = y
| metric-elev = y
| elevation-f = 834
| elevation-m = 254
| coordinates = {{coord|30|51|17|N|075|57|09|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://aai.aero/en/airports/ludhiana Ludhiana Airport]
| r1-number = 12/30
| r1-length-f = 4,800
| r1-length-m = 1,463
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 2,003 ({{increase}} 67.9%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 404 ({{increase}} 88.8%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = —
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''Ludhiana Airport''' {{Airport codes|LUH|VILD}} is a [[domestic airport]] serving the city of [[Ludhiana]] in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]. It is located near the town of [[Sahnewal]], {{convert|12|km||abbr=on}} south-east of Ludhiana on the [[Grand Trunk Road]]. There is a flight training club based in the airport.

==Development==
The airport was mainly used for government flights, air force exercises and training flights. The only commercial airline the airport had was [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]], which connected it to [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]] with regular flights until April 2021, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Since then, the airport remained closed, until when in September 2023, the low-cost regional carrier, [[FlyBig]], restarted flight operations to [[Dehradun]] with a stopover at [[Hindon Airport|Ghaziabad]] on 6 September 2023, as part of the [[Government of India|government's]] [[UDAN|UDAN Scheme]].<ref name="FlyBig">{{cite news|last=Jain|first=Nitin|title=Ludhiana gets Dehradun, Delhi air link from this week|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/ludhiana-gets-dehradun-delhi-air-link-from-this-week-541310|work=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]|date=4 September 2023|access-date=6 September 2023|language=en}}</ref>

As the airport is too small to accommodate future traffic and demands, and due to zero scopes available to expand the airport because of urban growth around it, in 2019, the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]] decided to build a passenger terminal at the existing [[Ludhiana International Airport|Indian Air Force's base]] at [[Halwara]], located {{cvt|34|km}} south-west of Ludhiana. After its supposed time of completion in the end of 2023, the Sahnewal airport was to be closed for commercial operations.<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=24 May 2020 |title= Ludhiana international airport halwara: GLADA takes possession of land at Halwara for construction of international civil terminal |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/international-airport-glada-takes-possession-of-land-at-halwara-for-construction-of-international-civil-terminal-6425112/ |work=[[Indian Express Limited]] |location=[[Ludhiana]] |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jain|first=Nitin|title=Flights from upcoming Halwara international airport soon: Centre|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/flights-from-upcoming-halwara-international-airport-soon-centre-536174|work=[[The Tribune]]|date=19 August 2023|access-date=1 September 2023|language=en}}</ref>

However, due to multiple delays that hindered the opening of the new airport, as of April 2025, Sahnewal still continues to operate with the help of regular flights operated by FlyBig to [[Hindon Airport|Ghaziabad]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|last=Majeed|first=Shariq|title=Empty seats soar as hopes for Halwara International Airport take off in Ludhiana|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/empty-seats-soar-as-hopes-for-halwara-international-airport-take-off-in-ludhiana/articleshow/120674497.cms|work=The Times of India|date=28 April 2025|access-date=30 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> The new airport is currently slated to be opened on 15 May 2025.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ludhiana Airport Misses Deadline, Aims for May 15|url=https://www.constructionworld.in/transport-infrastructure/aviation-and-airport-infra/ludhiana-airport-misses-deadline-aims-for-may-15/53547|work=Construction World|date=5 April 2025|access-date=30 April 2025|language=en}}</ref>

== Airlines and destinations ==

No destinations as of now

== See also ==
* [[List of airports in Punjab, India|List of airports in Punjab]]
* [[Ludhiana International Airport]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://aai.aero/en/airports/ludhiana Official site at the Airports Authority of India]

{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Transport in Ludhiana]]
[[Category:Airports in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Ludhiana]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ludhiana]]
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]
[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

Ludhiana Airport - Revision history

CoralRaphael599 at 16:44, 31 January 2026