Kailashahar Airport Explained

Kailashahar Airport
Nativename:কৈলাশহর বিমানবন্দর
Iata:IXH
Icao:VEKR
Pushpin Map:India Tripura#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Tripura
Pushpin Label:IXH
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public
Operator:Airports Authority of India
City-Served:Kailashahar
Location:Kailashahar, Tripura, India
Elevation-F:79
Elevation-M:24
Metric-Elev:y
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:03/21
R1-Length-F:3,300
R1-Length-M:1,006
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Kailashahar Airport is a non-operational[1] airport located at Kailashahar in the state of Tripura, India. The airport was shut down in mid 1990 due to lack of space.[2] In December 2021, A group of 6 Persons of Airport Authority of India (AAI) conducted a Survey to start the airport soon with an aim to facilitate operations at the airport under the UDAN regional connectivity scheme (RCS). In August 2023, a delegation led by Tripura's Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury visited the Kailashahar Airport and proposed to revive it. The renovation includes increasing the runway length of the airport by acquiring 700 meters of land in the northern part of the airport.[3] [4]

Airlines and destinations

There is currently no scheduled commercial air service to this airport.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: India spent Rs 36 crore in 2018-19 on 27 airports where not a single flight takes off . . 9 August 2019 . 24 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Rs 2500cr to boost NE air connectivity . . 16 December 2017 . 24 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Tripura transport minister holds meeting to review resumption of the defunct Kailashahar Airport. India Today NE. 1 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Revitalizing Tripura's Tourism: Kailashahar Airport to reopen for Regional Connectivity. Sentinel Assam. 3 August 2023.