Tezu Airport

Tezu Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesLohit district
LocationTezu, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Elevation AMSL769 ft / 234 m
Coordinates27°56′32″N 96°08′02″E / 27.9422°N 96.1339°E / 27.9422; 96.1339
WebsiteTezu Airport
Map
TEI is located in Arunachal Pradesh
TEI
TEI
Location of airport in Arunachal Pradesh
TEI is located in India
TEI
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TEI (India)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 4,921 1,500 Concrete
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers12,048 (Decrease 27.1%)
Aircraft movements904 (Decrease 2.6%)
Cargo tonnage—
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Tezu Airport (IATA: TEI, ICAO: VETJ) is a domestic airport serving the city of Tezu and adjoining Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is India's easternmost airport, operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which upgraded it to handle ATR-72 aircraft[4] with no night-landing facility.[5] Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the upgraded airport on 9 February 2019.[6] Scheduled commercial flights commenced from 19 August 2021.[7] currently it provides VFR operations only during day time.

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Construction work gained momentum for Tezu airport in Arunachal". The Hindu. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  5. ^ "By air or road, Tezu is now a vantage point". The Hindu. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Modi opens Tezu Airport, lays stone for Greenfield Airport". The Sentinel. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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