Gwalior Airport

Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Airport
IATA: GWL ICAO: VIGR
Summary
Airport type	Military & Public
Owner	Indian Air Force
Operator	Indian Air Force & Airports Authority of India
Serves	Gwalior
Location	Maharajpur, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Opened	1940; 84 years ago (1940)[1]
Time zone	Indian Standard Time (+5:30)
Elevation AMSL	617 ft / 188 m
Coordinates	26°17′36″N 078°13′40″E / 26.29333°N 78.22778°E / 26.29333; 78.22778
Website	Gwalior Airport
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06L/24R 9,000 2,743 Asphalt 06R/24L 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers 275,397 ( 26.2%) Aircraft movements 3,670 ( 7.2%) Cargo tonnage 10 ( 86.4%)
Source: AAI[2][3][4]

Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Terminal (IATA: GWL, ICAO: VIGR), also known as Gwalior Airport, is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in Maharajpur, 10 km (6 mi) north-east of Gwalior. It is one of the five airports in Madhya Pradesh. The airport is named after Vijaya Raje Scindia, former prominent Member of Parliament and Maharani Of Gwalior belonging to the Scindia dynasty of the Maratha Empire. It is the largest airport of Madhya Pradesh in terms of size and only airport in Central India which has two runways.

The airport is spread over 760.7 acres (307.8 hectares). The terminal building is spread over 20,000 m² (220,000 sq ft), completed in 16 months and can handle 1,400 peak hour passengers, which is 3 times more than the old terminal building, and ancillary buildings, car parking, city-side development and other associated works at the airport. The construction of the new apron and the taxiways including associated works for parking of 13 narrowbody or small aircraft at the airport and there are some modern technologies, such as rainwater harvesting and solar energy will be used in the development of the new terminal building, by the commissioning of a new 2.5 GW solar power plant. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken up the work for expansion of the airport. The airport is the only air force base in India with two operational parallel runways.