Birsa Munda Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesRanchi Metropolitan Region
LocationHinoo, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Elevation AMSL646 m / 2,120 ft
Coordinates23°18′51″N 085°19′18″E / 23.31417°N 85.32167°E / 23.31417; 85.32167
WebsiteBirsa Munda Airport
Maps
IXR is located in Jharkhand
IXR
IXR
Location of airport in Jharkhand
IXR is located in India
IXR
IXR
IXR (India)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 9,015 2,748 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 63 19 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2021 – March 2022)
Passengers1,723,237 (Increase 41.3%)
Aircraft movements14,871 (Increase 70%)
Cargo tonnage5,608 (Decrease 0.8%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Birsa Munda Airport (IATA: IXR, ICAO: VERC)[4][5] is a domestic airport serving Ranchi, the capital city of the Jharkhand, India. It is named after the famous Indian tribal freedom fighter, Birsa Munda, and is currently managed by Airports Authority of India.[6] The airport is located in Hinoo, approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the city center. The airport sprawls over an area of 546.25 acres.[7] The airport is used by more than 1.2 million passengers annually and is the 19th busiest airport in India.[8]

Terminals

Integrated terminal

Front view of the airport's terminal
Interior of the terminal
View of the terminal from the apron

The new integrated passenger terminal building at the airport was inaugurated by the then civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on 24 March 2013.[9]

The terminal building spreads over 19,600 square metres (0.0196 km2) and was constructed at a cost of ₹138 crore (equivalent to ₹235 crore or US$29 million in 2023). It has four aerobridges and six escalators imported from China, Germany and Singapore. The terminal has a capacity to handle 500 domestic and 200 international passengers at a time.[10]

In March 2013, the tax on aviation turbine fuel sold at the airport was reduced from 20% to 4% to attract more airlines to the city. Overnight parking of aircraft at the airport was made free-of-charge to encourage airlines to schedule their aircraft to remain overnight, so that there may be more early-morning flights to the metro cities.[11] The Airports Authority of India also constructed three more parking bays, thereby making it the first tier-II airport in India to have eight aircraft parking bays.[12][13][14] Two new aerobridges were added to the terminal[14][15] and the runway was extended as well.[16][17]

Cargo terminal

A new cargo terminal was inaugurated in February 2017 by the then Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Raghubar Das. The terminal can handle 50 metric tonnes (mT) of cargo everyday and is equipped with explosive trace detection equipment, cargo X-ray machines, hardware security machines, and CCTV cameras.[18][19]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AIX Connect Bangalore, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai[20][21]
Alliance AirBhubaneswar, Kolkata[22]
Go First[23]Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai[24]
IndiGo Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar,[25] Chennai, Delhi, Deoghar (begins 27 March 2023),[26] Goa–Dabolim (begins 26 March 2023),[27] Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow,[28] Mumbai, Patna,[29] Pune
VistaraDelhi[30]

References

  1. ^ "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Airline and Location Code Search". www.iata.org.
  5. ^ "Ranchi Birsa Munda on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
  6. ^ "AAI Airport's | AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA". www.aai.aero.
  7. ^ url= https://www.aai.aero/en/node/92426
  8. ^ Ranjan, Mukesh (6 April 2017). "Ranchi Airport crosses 1 million mark of passengers". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. ^ "New terminal at Ranchi airport to be inaugurated on Sunday". The Times of India. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  10. ^ "New terminal at Ranchi airport to be inaugurated on Sunday". The Times of India. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ^ Mishra, Alok K N (31 March 2013). "Ranchi's double treat for flyers, airlines". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  12. ^ Mishra, Alok K N (1 April 2013). "Ranchi airport to get 3 more parking bays". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  13. ^ Bisoee, Animesh (29 August 2019). "Birsa airport ready for more planes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Infra-boost to cater for increasing passenger flow to airport". The Pioneer. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  15. ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". Centreforaviation.com. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  16. ^ Chaudhury, Sumedha (2 November 2016). "Decks cleared for Birsa Munda airport expansion". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  17. ^ Mukesh, A.S.R.P. (17 January 2018). "Runway extension on radar". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Cargo terminal for Ranchi airport ahead of business meet | Ranchi News". Times of India. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  19. ^ "अब तक नहीं बदली कार्गो टर्मिलन की तस्वीर". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). 3 February 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  20. ^ "AirAsia India aircraft aborts take off at Ranchi airport after encountering bird hit". The New Indian Express. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Airport Movement Report" (PDF). Dgca.nic.in. 28 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Alliance Air to operate flights on Kolkata-Ranchi-Bhubaneswar route from August 11".
  23. ^ "Budget airline GoAir rebrands as Go First". The Hindu. 13 May 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
  24. ^ "Airport Movement Report" (PDF). Dgca.nic.in. 28 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  25. ^ Joshi, Gaurav (21 October 2022). "IndiGo Announces Eight New Domestic Routes". Simple Flying. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  26. ^ Azad, Shabista (3 March 2023). "Good News: Deoghar से Patna और Ranchi के लिए हवाई सेवा इस दिन से शुरू, बुकिंग चालू". N7India (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  27. ^ JoharRanchi (in Hindi). 3 March 2023 https://joharranchi.com/news/indigo-flight-service-start-between-ranchi-to-go/. Retrieved 3 March 2023. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  28. ^ "Ranchi to get direct flights to Lucknow, Bhubaneshwar". Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  29. ^ "Airport Movement Report" (PDF). Dgca.nic.in. 28 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  30. ^ "Airport Movement Report" (PDF). Dgca.nic.in. 28 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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