Moradabad Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Uttar Pradesh
OperatorGovernment of Uttar Pradesh
ServesMoradabad and Rampur
LocationMoradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Opened23 October 2022 [1]
Elevation AMSL637 ft / 194 m
Coordinates28°49′10″N 078°55′24″E / 28.81944°N 78.92333°E / 28.81944; 78.92333
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Moradabad Airport is located in Uttar Pradesh
Moradabad Airport
Moradabad Airport
Location of Moradabad Airport in Uttar Pradesh
Moradabad Airport is located in India
Moradabad Airport
Moradabad Airport
Moradabad Airport (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 7,900 2,408 Asphalt

Moradabad Airport is an airport in Moradabad, situated midway between Moradabad and Rampur on National Highway 9 in Uttar Pradesh.[2] It is developing by upgrading the existing government airstrip.[3][4] The Government of Uttar Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in February 2014 for the development of this airstrip .[5]

The airport was constructed on 52 hectares land at an estimated cost of ₹ 21 crore. The contract was earlier awarded to RITES, but was cancelled and awarded to the Uttar Pradesh State Construction Corporation.[6] The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) asked the State Government in November 2012 to hand over the airfield in Moradabad and an additional 300-350 acres land, free of cost, to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in order to upgrade the airfield for commercial operations. The AAI had proposed to develop a taxi track, an apron, isolation bay, navigational aids, localiser, glide path, terminal building, Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and hangars.[7] The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved to hand over the airstrip to AAI in September 2013.[8]

As of June 2022, construction of the airport is completed, including the upgraded runway, a taxi track, the approach road and the passenger terminal. The airport is commence operations from 23 October 2022, with its first flight to Delhi, by operating a 19-seater aircraft.[9]

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that 5 new airports will be inaugurated in UP next month

These airports are ~ Azamgarh, Aligarh, Chitrakoot, Moradabad & Shrawasti

With this, no. of operational airports in UP will be 15 ~ 4 international & 11 domestic.

References

  1. ^ "अक्टूबर में शुरू हो सकती है मुरादाबाद से दिल्ली तक की फ्लाइट, 19 सीटर एयरक्राफ्ट से होगी यात्रा". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ http://cadup.gov.in/devofairport.htm[bare URL]
  3. ^ "Untitled Page". Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. ^ http://cadup.gov.in/devofairport.htm[bare URL]
  5. ^ "MoU Signed for Development of Airports in UP". Press Information Bureau. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Air strips to come up at Moradabad, Chitrakoot". The Hindu. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Govt sets the ball rolling on Centre's proposal to develop airports". The Indian Express. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Shelved by Maya, Akhilesh nod to develop Meerut airstrip as airport". The Indian Express. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  9. ^ "अक्टूबर में शुरू हो सकती है मुरादाबाद से दिल्ली तक की फ्लाइट, 19 सीटर एयरक्राफ्ट से होगी यात्रा". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 July 2022.


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