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{{Short description|Airport serving Udaipur, Rajasthan, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Maharana Pratap Airport
| image = Udaipur airport.jpg
| image-width =
| caption =
| IATA = UDR
| ICAO = VAUD
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India
| pushpin_label = '''UDR'''
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Rajasthan
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner-oper =
| city-served = [[Udaipur, Rajasthan|Udaipur]]
| location = Dabok, [[Udaipur district]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 1,684
| elevation-m = 513
| coordinates = {{coord|24|37|03.2|N|73|53|40|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/udaipur Udaipur Airport]
| metric-elev = y
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 08/26
| r1-length-f = 9000
| r1-length-m = 2743
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 1,650,607 ({{increase}} 10.9%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 13,821 ({{increase}} 2.2%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 344 ({{increase}} 9.8%)
| 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=4 May 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=4 May 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=4 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="udaipur_technicalinfo"/>
}}

'''Maharana Pratap Airport''' {{Airport codes|UDR|VAUD}} is a [[domestic airport]] serving [[Udaipur, Rajasthan|Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. It is situated at Dabok, located 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Udaipur Airport Domestic Terminal |url=https://www.udaipurairport.com/terminal.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116202859/https://www.udaipurairport.com/terminal.php |archive-date=2019-11-16 |access-date= |website=Udaipur Airport}}</ref> The airport is named after [[Maharana Pratap]], who was a prominent [[Maharana]] (ruler) of the princely state of [[Mewar]], in north-western India.

The airstrip was used for the first time when a 4-seater [[Piper Super Cub]] landed in the airport on 16 November 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 July 2021|title=Udaipur's first pilot|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/udaipur/udaipurs-first-pilot-passes-away/articleshow/84907238.cms|access-date=31 July 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=29 July 2021|title=For the first time, a plane passing through Jaipur had reached Udaipur's Dabok airport, Tiwari had a dialogue with everyone from Rajiv Gandhi to Narendra Modi|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/udaipur/news/for-the-first-time-a-plane-passing-through-jaipur-had-reached-udaipurs-dabok-airport-tiwari-had-a-dialogue-with-everyone-from-rajiv-gandhi-to-narendra-modi-128755200.html|access-date=31 July 2021|website=Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref> The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008.<ref name = "TOI">{{cite news|title=Udaipur airport readied in time for Praful's daughter's wedding |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Udaipur-airport-readied-in-time-for-Prafuls-daughters-wedding/articleshow/2793747.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724172026/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-19/india/27752317_1_new-terminal-udaipur-aai-chairman-k-ramalingam |url-status=live |archive-date=24 July 2012 |date= 19 February 2008 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref>

Beside the existing terminal, a new, larger terminal is being constructed to meet the rapidly rising traffic and demands. Its [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] was laid by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] in October 2023, and construction began in the same month.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Modi lays foundation stone for new terminal buildings in Udaipur and Jodhpur Airport|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/pm-modi-lays-foundation-stone-for-new-terminal-buildings-in-udaipur-and-jodhpur-airport20231006131240/|work=ANI News|date=6 October 2023|access-date=4 May 2025|language=en}}</ref> Once completed by the end of 2025,{{Update inline|date=February 2026}} the airport will begin operations to foreign destinations to become an [[international airport]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Chaturvedi|first=Rishabh|title=Maharana Pratap Airport New Terminal: अंतरराष्ट्रीय उड़ानों के लिए तैयार है उदयपुर का एयरपोर्ट, सालों से चल रहा था काम|url=https://www.rajasthanone.com/travel-and-tourism/news/work-of-the-new-terminal-of-udaipur-maharana-pratap-airport-will-be-completed-by-next-year-there-will-be-many-benefits-2877|work=Rajasthan One|date=23 March 2025|access-date=4 May 2025|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Moiwala|first=Heena|title=Udaipur Airport's New Terminal to be Completed by 2025|url=https://udaipurtimes.com/travel-and-tourism/udaipur-airports-new-terminal/cid16133635.htm|work=Udaipur Times|date=29 January 2025|access-date=4 May 2025|language=en}}</ref>

==Structure==
[[File:Dabok Airstrip.webp|thumb|right|The 4-seater Piper aircraft landed first time at Maharana Pratap Airport on 16 November 1957]]
[[file:Udaipur airport.jpg|thumb|right|View of the terminal from the apron]]
The airport is spread over 504 acres.<ref name=a>{{cite web |title=Airport website |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/udaipur_airpo_gi.jsp |access-date=29 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418201638/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/udaipur_airpo_gi.jsp |archive-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has one 2,743 metre long runway.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-11-20 |title=Udaipur airport set to handle international flights soon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/udaipur-airport-set-to-handle-international-flights-soon/articleshow/17288970.cms |access-date=2024-06-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Its 250 by 150-metre [[Airport ramp|apron]] provides parking space for five [[Boeing 737]] and [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]] type aircraft at a time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-05 |title=उदयपुर एयरपोर्ट को नए एप्रन की म‍ि‍ली सौगात, वर्चुअल तरीके से हुआ उदघाटन {{!}} New Apron Inaugurates At Maharana Pratap Airport, Dabok, Udaipur |url=https://www.patrika.com/udaipur-news/new-apron-inaugurates-at-maharana-pratap-airport-dabok-udaipur-6504141 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref> A new apron is also constructed on the left side of the existing apron for executive and private aircraft.<ref name=":0" /> The new terminal building, measuring 12,000 sq.m., was constructed at a cost of ₹80 crore.<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="udaipur_technicalinfo"/> The terminal has two [[Jet bridge|aerobridges]], 4 check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours.<ref name=":0" /> The airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids like [[Distance Measuring Equipment]] (DME), [[VHF omnidirectional range#DVOR|DVOR]], and [[Non-Directional Beacon]] (NDB) and is equipped with a CAT-I [[Instrument Landing System]] (ILS).<ref name="udaipur_technicalinfo">{{cite web |title=Airport website, Tech info |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/udaipur_technicalinfo.jsp |access-date=29 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607022226/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/udaipur_technicalinfo.jsp |archive-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Airlines and destinations ==

{{Airport destination list|3rdcoltitle={{Abbr|Refs.|References}}|3rdcolunsortable=yes
|[[Air India]]| [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]|<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.airindia.com/Images/pdf/TimeTable.pdf#page=10 | title=Timetable | work=[[Air India]] | date=1 January 2017 | access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Air India to commence Udaipur-Aurangabad service in Oct-2019|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/air-india-to-commence-udaipur-aurangabad-service-in-oct-2019-940271|work=CAPA|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>
|{{nowrap|[[Air India Express]]}}| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]]|<ref>{{cite web |title=Air India Express Sep – Nov 2025 Bangalore Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250929-ix2h25blr |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref>
|[[IndiGo]]|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Raja Bhoj Airport|Bhopal]],{{cn|date=June 2024}} [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]],<ref name="IndiGo Domestic Expansion">{{cite news|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230307-6edom|title=INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23|work=Aeroroutes|accessdate=7 March 2023}}</ref> [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Surat International Airport|Surat]]<ref name="IndiGo Domestic Network Expansion">{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230817-6e2h23in|title=INDIGO 2H23 DOMESTIC NETWORK ADDITIONS|work=Aeroroutes|accessdate=17 August 2023}}</ref>|<ref name="Indigo1">{{cite web|url=https://www.goindigo.in/information/flight-schedule.html|title=Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights |website=IndiGo |access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref>
|[[SpiceJet]]|[[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]]|}}

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

== See also ==
* [[Airports in India]]
* [[Udaipur]]
* [[Udaipur City Bus Depot]]
* [[Udaipur City railway station]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Maharana Pratap Airport}}
* [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/udaipur Maharana Pratap Airport] at [[Airports Authority of India]]
{{Airports in India}}
{{Udaipur}}

[[Category:Airports in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Udaipur]]
[[Category:Transport in Udaipur]]
[[Category:Memorials to Maharana Pratap]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1957]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]
[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

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PranayMeesala at 16:17, 15 February 2026