Chandigarh Airport Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL)[2]
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| Serves | Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula | ||||||||||
| Location | Jhiurheri, Chandigarh, Punjab, India | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | IndiGo[3] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 314 m / 1,030 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°40′29″N 76°47′26″E / 30.67472°N 76.79056°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Chandigarh Airport | ||||||||||
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  IXC Location of airport in Chandigarh  IXC IXC (India) | |||||||||||
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Chandigarh Airport (IATA: IXC, ICAO: VICG), also called Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, is a customs airport serving the union territory of Chandigarh, India.[7] The airport is located in Jhiurheri, Punjab and shares space with the Indian Air Force.[8] The airport caters to 17 domestic destinations and two international destinations. The airport is named after the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.[9]The airport is operated by CHIAL (Chandigarh International Airport Limited) which is a joint venture company between Airports Authority of India (51%), Government of Punjab (24.5%) and Government of Haryana (24.5%).[10]
- ^ "Chandigarh Airport Report" (PDF). Airport Authority of India. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ CHIAL (PDF) (Report). ICMAI. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Ready to soar". The Indian Express. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "LIST OF INDIAN AIRPORTS" (PDF).
- ^ India (10 September 2015). "Land gone, Jheurheri villagers set up hotels near Chandigarh airport". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Chandigarh airport renamed after Bhagat Singh: End of a long dispute between Punjab, Haryana". The Indian Express. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "CHIAL, about us". CHIAL. Retrieved 16 November 2023.