Pathankot Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pathankot | ||||||||||
| Location | Pathankot, Punjab, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 21 November 2006 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 310 m / 1,017 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°14′01″N 075°38′04″E / 32.23361°N 75.63444°E | ||||||||||
| Website | https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/pathankot | ||||||||||
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Pathankot Airport (IATA: IXP, ICAO: VIPK) is a regional airport, 3 km from the nearest city Pathankot and 7 km from Pathankot Railway Station, located on the Pathankot – Majra Road. Pathankot airport serves national flights only. The airport, spread over an area of approximately 75 acres, is not well connected by public transport; only cabs are available.
Pathankot Airport was inaugurated by Mr. Praful Patel, the then Aviation Minister of India, on 21 November 2006.[1] The facility was made possible by the efforts of Gurdaspur Member of Parliament and Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna,[2] who had planned to make Pathankot a tourist destination and industrial hub.[3]
Commercial flights were resumed on April 5, 2018,[4] after a hiatus of nearly seven years.[5][6] by Alliance Air, the regional subsidiary of Air India under the Regional Connectivity Scheme.[7]
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- ^ "Vinod Khanna - National Portal of India". india.gov.in.
- ^ "Pathankot airport plain empty". 14 October 2013.
- ^ "List of RCS Airports and routes Started under UDAN-1 & 2 24 October 2018" (PDF). RCS Cell Airports Authority of India Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan New Delhi 110003.
- ^ "After 7 years, domestic flights resume from Pathankot airport". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Asia's Premier News Agency - India News, Business & Political, National & International, Bollywood, Sports | ANI News". www.aninews.in.
- ^ "Regional Connectivity Scheme - RCS Udan". Airports Authority of India. Retrieved 27 April 2020.