Gwalior Airport

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Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindhia Gwalior Airport Template:Airport codes is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force Station serving the city of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in Maharajpur, 10 km (6 mi) north-east of the city premises. It is one of the six airports in Madhya Pradesh. The airport is spread over an area of Template:Convert. The civil enclave is built on 29 acres of area. IndiGo and SpiceJet airlines operate scheduled flight services to and from the airport.

Statistics

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Airlines and destinations

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Structure

The airport is spread over Template:Convert and the terminal can handle 350 passengers per hour. The Template:Convert apron can handle two Airbus A320 and one small aircraft simultaneously.^[1] The Gwalior Air Base is the only operational air force base with two operational parallel runways. The second runway was built in February 2009 and became operational in October 2010.

Accidents and incidents

On May 6, 2021 a Beechcraft 250 belonging to the state of Madhya Pradesh crashed while landing at the airport. The three crew were hospitalized with minor injuries. The aircraft was carrying Remdesivir injections, which were undamaged.^[2]

Expansion

The airport will get a new Terminal Building, ancillary buildings and car parking for ₹ 446 crore, under the airport's expansion project. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken up the work for expansion of the airport. It includes the construction of the New Terminal Building of an area of 20,000 sq.m. to handle 1,400 peak hour passengers, ancillary buildings, car parking, city side development & other associated works at the airport. There will be some modern technologies, such as rainwater harvesting and solar energy will be used in the development of the new terminal building, by the commissioning of a new 2.5 GW solar power plant. The project is expected to be completed by July 2023. The construction of the new apron and the taxiways including associated works for parking of 13 aircraft at the airport will be built at an estimated cost of ₹ 38.51 crore, will be completed by June 2023.^[3]