Pondicherry Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puducherry | ||||||||||
| Location | Lawspet, Puducherry, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1989 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 41 m / 134 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°58′00″N 79°48′52″E / 11.96667°N 79.81444°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Puducherry Airport | ||||||||||
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Pondicherry Airport (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) is a domestic airport serving the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is located at Lawspet, situated 8.1 km (5.0 mi) from the international community of Auroville. The airport has scheduled flights and operations of the local flying training school. In 2007, the Government of Puducherry decided to expand the airport to accommodate larger aircraft and commissioned a new terminal building.[4] The new terminal was inaugurated on 18 January 2013, with the arrival of a SpiceJet flight from Bengaluru.[5] After a gap of three years, the airport was operationalised again under the UDAN scheme in August 2017, with daily flights to Hyderabad and Bengaluru.[6]
On 18 August 2024, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a Coast Guard Air Enclave (CGAE) at the airport. A HAL Dhruv and HAL Chetak squadron will be based at the CGAE.[7]
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Flight operations await new terminal". IBN Live. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "First flight to Pondicherry from Bangalore on January 17". The Hindu. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "SpiceJet to operate daily flights between Hyderabad and Puducherry starting August 16". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Rajnath Singh inaugurates new maritime rescue coordination centre in Chennai". The Hindu. 18 August 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 August 2024.