Porbandar Airport | |
Iata: | PBD |
Icao: | VAPR |
Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat#India |
Pushpin Label: | PBD |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in India |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Airports Authority of India |
City-Served: | Porbandar |
Elevation-F: | 17 |
Elevation-M: | 7 |
Coordinates: | 21.6486°N 69.6572°W |
Website: | www.airportsindia.org.in |
R1-Number: | 09/27 فراخ 337 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,500 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,372 |
R1-Surface: | Tarmac |
Porbandar Airport is a public airport in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. Currently, civilian flights are not operational. Apart from civilian operations it also has a military presence in the form of INAS 343 of the Indian Navy and CGAE Porbandar of the Indian Coast Guard. A new terminal building was opened in April 2008.[1] There are currently no scheduled passenger flights from the airport.
The airfield is spread over 278.32acres, has a 4500feet long runway and an apron that can accommodate 2 ATR 72 aircraft. The new 4000sqm Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport has been built at a cost of . The building has six Check-in Counters and two Conveyor Belts in the Arrivals hall and can handle 100 arriving and 100 departing passengers at a time.[1]
Coast Guard Air Enclave, Porbandar, was commissioned on 12 June 2008.[4] It provides logistical and administrative support to the Dornier Flight and 850 Sqn (ICG) which operates the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH).[5]