Template:Infobox airport Birsa Munda Airport Template:Airport codes[1][2] is a domestic airport serving Ranchi, the capital city of the Jharkhand, India. It is named after the Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda, and is currently managed by Airports Authority of India.[3] The airport is located in Hinoo, approximately Template:Convert from the city center. The airport sprawls over an area of 1,568 acres.[4] The airport is used by more than 1.2 million passengers annually and is the 19th busiest airport in India.[5]
Terminals
Integrated terminal
The new integrated passenger terminal building at the airport was inaugurated by the then civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on 24 March 2013.[6]
The terminal building spreads over Template:Convert and was constructed at a cost of Template:INRConvert. It has two aero-bridges and six escalators and the equipment used was imported from China, Germany and Singapore. The terminal has a capacity to handle 500 domestic and 200 international passengers at a time.[7]
In March 2013, the tax on aviation turbine fuel sold at the airport was reduced from 20% to 4% to attract more airlines to the city. Overnight parking of aircraft at the airport was made free-of-charge to encourage airlines to schedule their aircraft to remain overnight, so that there may be more early-morning flights to the metro cities.[8] The Airports Authority of India also constructed three more parking bays, thereby making it the first Tier-II airport in India to have eight aircraft parking bays.[9][10][11] Two new aerobridges will be added to the terminal[11][12] and the runway is to be extended as well.[13][14]
Cargo terminal
A new cargo terminal was inaugurated in February 2017 by the then Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das. The terminal can handle 50 MT of cargo everyday and is equipped with explosive trace detection equipment, cargo X-ray machines, hardware security machines, and CCTV cameras.[15][16]
Airlines and destinations
References
- ↑ Airline and Location Code Search. www.iata.org.
- ↑ Ranchi Birsa Munda on ch-aviation. ch-aviation.
- ↑ AAI Airport's | AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA. www.aai.aero.
- ↑ url= https://www.aai.aero/en/node/92426
- ↑ Ranchi Airport crosses 1 million mark of passengers. The Pioneer(6 April 2017). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ New terminal at Ranchi airport to be inaugurated on Sunday. The Times of India(19 March 2013). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ↑ New terminal at Ranchi airport to be inaugurated on Sunday. The Times of India(19 March 2013). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Ranchi's double treat for flyers, airlines, Mishra, Alok K N. The Times of India(31 March 2013). Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ Ranchi airport to get 3 more parking bays. The Times of India(1 April 2013). Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ Birsa airport ready for more planes. The Telegraph(29 August 2019). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Infra-boost to cater for increasing passenger flow to airport. The Pioneer(18 May 2018). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ↑ News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA. Centreforaviation.com(11 December 2017). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ Decks cleared for Birsa Munda airport expansion. The Times of India(2 November 2016). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ↑ Runway extension on radar. The Telegraph(17 January 2018). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ↑ Cargo terminal for Ranchi airport ahead of business meet | Ranchi News(9 February 2017). Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ अब तक नहीं बदली कार्गो टर्मिलन की तस्वीर. Dainik Jagran(3 February 2018). Retrieved 16 January 2021.