Shravasti Airport

Shravasti Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Uttar Pradesh
OperatorAirports Authority of India[1]
ServesShravasti, Balrampur, Bahraich
LocationShravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India
Opened10 March 2024[2]
Elevation AMSL366 ft / 112 m
Coordinates27°30′11″N 082°01′37″E / 27.50306°N 82.02694°E / 27.50306; 82.02694
Map
VSV is located in Uttar Pradesh
VSV
VSV
Location of airport
VSV is located in India
VSV
VSV
VSV (India)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 5,019 1,530 Asphalt

Shravasti Airport (IATA: VSV, ICAO: VISV) is a domestic airport, which serves the city of Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] It is near an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where The Buddha is believed to have spent 24 monsoons in this city. Numerous stupas, monasteries and several temples near the archaeological site of Sahet-Mahet establish Buddha's association with Shravasti. The airport is being developed by upgrading the existing airfield, which was used only by the Government and VIPs, in three phases.[4][3] It covers an area of 57 acres, and has a terminal building, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, an apron for parking of two 19-seater Dornier 228 aircraft, a fire station and a runway.

The first phase is complete and was inaugurated by Narendra Modi on 10th March 2024. In the second and third phases, the airport will expand to an area of 750 acres. Under the UDAN scheme, flights to and from Shravasti and Lucknow is now operational, and in near future more flights to and from New Delhi Varanasi, Prayagraj and Kanpur will be started.

  1. ^ "UP govt signs MoU with AAI to operate 5 airports". ANI News. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ Chauhan, Arvind (13 January 2023). "UP: Shravasti airport's first phase ends, to open soon". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Development of Airports in Uttar Pradesh". Directorate of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ "रȣजनल कनेिÈटͪ वटȣ èकȧम के अÛतग[ त चयǓनत 07 एयरपोɪ[स के एयरोĜोम लाइसेÛस कȧ फȧस का भुगतान हेतु ͪ वƣीय èवीकृǓत।".