Maharana Pratap Airport

Maharana Pratap Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesUdaipur
LocationDabok, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Elevation AMSL513 m / 1,684 ft
Coordinates24°37′03.2″N 73°53′40″E / 24.617556°N 73.89444°E / 24.617556; 73.89444
WebsiteUdaipur Airport
Map
UDR is located in Rajasthan
UDR
UDR
Location of the airport in Rajasthan
UDR is located in India
UDR
UDR
UDR (India)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,743 9,000 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers1,503,535 (Increase 10.9%)
Aircraft movements13,520 (Increase 23.1%)
Cargo tonnage247 (Decrease 35.7%)

Maharana Pratap Airport (IATA: UDR, ICAO: VAUD) is a domestic airport serving Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated at Dabok, located 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur.[5] The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India.

The airstrip was used for the first time when a 4-seater Piper Super Cub landed in the airport on 16 November 1957.[6][7] The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008.[8]

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  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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  5. ^ "Udaipur Airport Domestic Terminal". Udaipur Airport. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Udaipur's first pilot". The Times of India. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ^ "For the first time, a plane passing through Jaipur had reached Udaipur's Dabok airport, Tiwari had a dialogue with everyone from Rajiv Gandhi to Narendra Modi". Bhaskar (in Hindi). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Udaipur airport readied in time for Praful's daughter's wedding". The Times of India. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.