Bir Tikendrajit International AirportTemplate:Efn[1][2] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), also known as Imphal Airport,Template:Efn and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport,Template:Efn is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second-largest and the third-busiest airport in Northeast India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. The airport had functioned as an all-weather Royal Air Force (RAF) base during World War II. It replaced civilian operations from Koirengei Airfield in 1959.[3]
Development
In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented Template:INRConvert projects for the upgrading of various airports in the northeastern region. Template:INRConvert will be spent further upgrading of Imphal Airport.[4] The project includes a Template:INRConvert integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[5]
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with four aerobridges and eight parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, two link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[6]
Airlines and destinations
{{Airport-dest-list |Air India Express[7] |Delhi, Guwahati, Siliguri |Alliance Air| Aizawl,[8] Dimapur, Guwahati,[9] Kolkata, Silchar,[10] Tezu[11] |IndiGo|Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi,[12] Guwahati, Kolkata, Shillong[13] |Mingalar Aviation Services|Charter: MandalayTemplate:Cn
Statistics
Busiest flights
| Rank | Destinations | Frequency (weekly) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guwahati | 37 |
| 2 | Kolkata | 36 |
| 3 | Delhi | 11 |
| 4 | Dibrugarh | 7 |
| 5 | Agartala | 4 |
| 6 | Aizawl | 4 |
| 7 | Shillong | 3 |
| 8 | Dimapur | 2 |
| 9 | Silchar | 2 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.[15]
Gallery
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A trilingual signboard in the airport displaying in Meitei (officially called Manipuri), Hindi and English -
A Child Care Room in the Imphal International Airport with a signboard in Meitei, Hindi and English languages, showing official multilingualism in India
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See also
Notes
References
- ↑ Renaming of Imphal Int'l Airport evokes reactions; orgs. demand revocation of resolution - Eastern Mirror. Eastern Mirror Nagaland(30 August 2019). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ↑ Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Opposition raised against new name. The Sangai Express(29 August 2019). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ↑ Koirengei Airfield: From airfield to a historical site or a parking space?. e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ↑ Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast. Economic Times(18 June 2019). Retrieved 20 June 2019.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport. The Hindu(19 March 2019). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ↑ 4 Bidders for Imphal Airport's New Terminal Contract. The Metro Rail Guy(22 April 2022). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ Air India Express Flight Schedule. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ↑ Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule. Times Now(30 October 2022). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ↑ Alliance Air Schedule. Alliance Air. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ Alliance Air Flags Off Silchar–Imphal Flight Service: 30 Passengers To Reach Destination In 35 Mins. Barak Bulletin(25 November 2022). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ↑ Alliance Air inaugurates Tezu-Imphal-Tezu route under the RCS UDAN Scheme on 18th Oct'24.
- ↑ New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo. www.goindigo.in. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ Shillong Airport new flights schedule.
- ↑ Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map.
- ↑ ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF), Ranter, Harro. aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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External links
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