Beas Airport Explained

Beas Airport
Type:Private
Icao:VIBS[1]
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in India
Pushpin Label:VIBS
City-Served:Amritsar
Owner:Radha Soami
Location:Beas
Elevation-F:820
Elevation-M:250
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:12,000[2]
R1-Length-M:3657.6
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Beas Airport is a civil aerodrome located in Amritsar, Punjab in India.[3] The airport is the main base of private jets of Radha Soami and used exclusively for their personal travel. As of now, the airport does not serve any scheduled flight operations. The nearest airport to Beas Airport is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, the primary airport serving Amritsar.[4]

Area

The Airport is spread over an 497,214 m2 and perimeter length of 6043 metre.[5]

Future Plans

There are plans to start scheduled flight operations from the airport in future. Ministry of Civil Aviation has identified Beas airport under its UDAN-Regional Connectivity Scheme. The airlines would be permitted to run short flights of less than 1 hour on these routes and the fare has been capped at Rs. 2500, in order to promote regional connectivity scheme.[6]

Satellite Airport

Due to the fast pace of growing aviation industry in India, it is projected that over 31 cities will need 2nd airport by 2040. Beas Airport can act as a 'satellite airport' or 'second airport serving Amritsar after SGRDJ-Amritsar International Airport.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VIBS - Beas Airport Airport | SkyVector. skyvector.com.
  2. Web site: Data. jetsetgo.in.
  3. Web site: Beas Airport (VIBS). 2021-01-10. wikimapia.org. en.
  4. Web site: VIBS - Beas Airport Airport SkyVector. 2021-01-10. skyvector.com.
  5. Web site: AvDelphi - Almost there.... 2021-01-10. avdelphi.com.
  6. Web site: March 30, 2017. Ajay. Sura. 25 airstrips in Punjab, Haryana in ministry’s regional connectivity scheme Chandigarh News. 2021-01-10. The Times of India. en.
  7. Web site: India News, India News Live and Breaking News Today. 2021-01-10. Hindustan Times. en.