Bhuj Airport

Bhuj Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
Operator
ServesBhuj
LocationBhuj, Kutch district, Gujarat, India
Elevation AMSL257 ft / 78 m
Coordinates23°17′16″N 069°40′13″E / 23.28778°N 69.67028°E / 23.28778; 69.67028
Map
BHJ is located in Gujarat
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BHJ is located in India
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 8,205 2,501 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers66,652 (Increase 45.7%)
Aircraft movements1,577 (Increase 32.4%)
Cargo tonnage
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Bhuj Airport (IATA: BHJ, ICAO: VABJ) is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base located in Bhuj in the Kutch District of the state of Gujarat, India. It is located 4 km from the city centre. It is situated at an altitude of 257 feet (78 m), and occupies a total area of 832 acres (337 ha).[4] It is located 100 miles (160 km) from the Indo-Pakistan border.[5]

The airport was previously made up of two bunkers/buildings near the Bhuj Rudra Mata Air Force Base, with which it shares the runway. On one side of the passing road there was an Indian Airlines bunker. From there a coach would transport passengers across the Indian Air Force grounds to the small departures terminal.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Technical Information-Bhuj". Airports Authority of India. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ^ Burns, John (4 February 2001). "The Quake's Silent Ally: A Hidebound Bureaucracy". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference gkim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Bhatkal, Satyajit (2002). The Spirit of Lagaan. Popular Prakashan. p. 104. ISBN 9788179910030.