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Sonari Airport

Airport in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

Summary

Airport in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

FieldValue
nameSonari Airport
imageJamshedpur Airport.jpg
image-width230
IATAIXW
ICAOVEJS
pushpin_mapIndia Jharkhand#India
pushpin_labelIXW
pushpin_map_captionLocation of the airport in Jharkhand
typePublic
ownerTata Steel
operatorAirports Authority of India
city-servedJamshedpur
locationSonari, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
opened
elevation-f478
elevation-m146
coordinates
websiteSonari Airport
metric-elevY
metric-rwyY
r1-number08/26
r1-length-f3,380
r1-length-m1,030
r1-surfaceAsphalt
stat-yearApril 2023 – March 2024
stat1-headerPassengers
stat1-data9,939 ( 125.4%)
stat2-headerAircraft movements
stat2-data2,153 ( 7.2%)
stat3-headerCargo tonnage
stat3-data—
footnotesSource: AAI

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Sonari Airport , also known as Jamshedpur Airport, is a domestic airport in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, owned by Tata Steel. It is located approximately 4.4 km from the city centre. It is the main airport serving the city of Jamshedpur and adjoining regions. The airport was in commercial operations until 2016, when the operations from the airport was ceased. After efforts taken by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of Jharkhand and Tata Steel, The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted licence to the airport for public use on 25 January 2023. It reopened for commercial operations between Kolkata and Bhubaneswar from 31 January 2023.

History

The airport was opened in 1940 by the Tata Group and gave the ownership to its subsidiary, Tata Steel. In past years, the airport was served by airlines like Kingfisher Airlines and MDLR Airlines, which discontinued services due to various reasons despite recording good traffic. While MDLR ceased operations due to internal issues, Kingfisher had to discontinue services in November 2009 after load restrictions were imposed due to the short length of the runway. Since Kingfisher operated larger ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft respectively, operations became unviable. Scheduled flights were supposed to begin in 2018 under the government's UDAN Scheme, however, this did not take place. After efforts from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of Jharkhand and Tata Steel, the airport has been reopened on 31 January 2023, with flight services provided by the new low-cost regional airline, IndiaOne Air, to Kolkata and Bhubaneswar.

Future

Main article: Dhalbhumgarh Airport

As the airport is too small to handle regular commercial operations and also because of no space for expansion due to its location within the city, the airport will be replaced with a new airport at Dhalbhumgarh, which will be built at an initial investment ₹100 crores. The entire cost for construction of airport will be ₹300 crores which will be completed in two phases. It will be built on a former World War II era airfield. The construction of airport is expected to start once it receives necessary forest clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India, which is still under progress.

Airlines and destinations

|IndiaOne Air | Bhubaneswar, Kolkata

References

References

  1. "Annexure III – Passenger Data".
  2. "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data".
  3. "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data".
  4. "Jamshedpur on ch-aviation".
  5. "Jamshedpur Sonari Airport Profile | CAPA".
  6. (31 January 2023). "Flight links Jamshedpur with Kolkata, Bhubaneswar".
  7. "UDAN for steel city".
  8. (9 May 2017). "Next round of bidding under UDAN scheme likely in three months, says Jayant Sinha".
  9. (31 January 2023). "Flight links Jamshedpur with Kolkata, Bhubaneswar".
  10. (2019-01-21). "Jamshedpur to Get Its Domestic Airport Soon at Dhalbhumgarh -".
  11. Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. (31 July 2019). "Name of Project for which Forest Land is required : Development of Dhalbhumgarh Airport".
  12. Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. (31 July 2019). "State Serial No. of proposal : JH-055/2019".
  13. (31 January 2023). "Flight links Jamshedpur with Kolkata, Bhubaneswar".
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