Hindon Airport

Hindon Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerIndian Air Force
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesNational Capital Region (NCR)
LocationGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Elevation AMSL700 ft / 213.4 m
Coordinates28°42′21″N 77°20′32″E / 28.7057898°N 77.3421373°E / 28.7057898; 77.3421373
Websitewww.aai.aero/en/airports/hindon
Map
HDO/VIDX is located in Uttar Pradesh
HDO/VIDX
HDO/VIDX
Location of airport in Uttar Pradesh
HDO/VIDX is located in India
HDO/VIDX
HDO/VIDX
HDO/VIDX (India)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 9,000 2,743 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers3,349 (Decrease 83.7%)
Aircraft movements566 (Increase 7.6%)
Cargo tonnage
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Hindon Airport (IATA: HDO, ICAO: VIDX), also spelled Hindan Airport, is a commercial domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, operated by the Airports Authority of India at Hindan Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force.[4][5] It is the second commercial airport serving the National Capital Region after Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and 20 km from Connaught Place.[6]

The airport was primarily built to handle flights operating under the government's regional connectivity scheme, hence reducing the burden of regional flights from Delhi's main airport. In 2019, there were two airlines operating regional flights from the airport, but on 23 January 2023, both of them stopped services, resulting in the closure of the airport.[7] The low-cost regional carrier, FlyBig, restarted flight operations in the airport to Dehradun and Ludhiana from 6 September 2023.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Hindon airport in Ghaziabad to be operational for UDAN flights by March - Times of India". M.timesofindia.com. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Regional flights to 4 cities including Kannur and Hubli from Hindan airbase expected by October end". Hindustan Times. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Delhi's second airport to operate first flight from tomorrow". livemint. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Airline suspends services to Karnataka, Hindon terminal has no flights now". The Times of India. 18 March 2023.
  8. ^ Jain, Nitin (4 September 2023). "Ludhiana gets Dehradun, Delhi air link from this week". The Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  9. ^ Jha, Abhijay (6 September 2023). "Commercial flight ops to resume from Hindon civil terminal today". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2023.