Porbandar Airport | |||||||||||
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![]() Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Porbandar | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 21°38′55″N 069°39′26″E / 21.64861°N 69.65722°E | ||||||||||
Website | www.airportsindia.org.in | ||||||||||
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Porbandar Airport (IATA: PBD, ICAO: VAPR) 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 278.32 acres (1.1263 km2), has a 4,500 feet (1,400 m) long runway and an apron that can accommodate 2 ATR 72 aircraft. The new 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport has been built at a cost of ₹13.50 crore (US$1.7 million). 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]