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| Airport type | Naval Air Station | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Navy | ||||||||||
| Location | Near Uchipuli, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°19′26″N 78°58′22″E / 9.32389°N 78.97278°E | ||||||||||
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INS Parundu is an Indian naval air station located near Uchipuli in the Ramanathapuram of the state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It operates under the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.[2][3] The air station will be opened up for civilian flights under Phase 2 of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of the Government of India also known as UDAN and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has started preparatory work at the airstrip.[4] It is sandwiched between Rameswaram National Highway Road and Railway track which leads towards Rameswaram.
- ^ "Naval Air Stations". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Eastern Naval Command Authorities & Units". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "ENC Authorities & Units - INS Parundu". Indian Navy. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "AAI on top gear to start Udanflights from 3 towns by year-end". The Times of India. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.