Narnaul Airport

nārnaul vimāntal
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCivil Aviation Department, Haryana
OperatorAirport Authority of India
ServesNarnaul, Haryana
LocationNarnaul, Bhilwara village
BuiltCivil Airport
Time zoneIST (UTC+05:30)
Elevation AMSL313 m / 1,027 ft
Coordinates28°04′30″N 076°12′04″E / 28.07500°N 76.20111°E / 28.07500; 76.20111
Websitewww.haraviation.gov.in
Map
VINL is located in Haryana
VINL
VINL
Location of the airport in Haryana
VINL is located in India
VINL
VINL
VINL (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,084 2,950 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Hub for the number of airlines0
Number of scheduled airlines flying in0
Number of scheduled weekly flights0
Number of scheduled flight passengers0
Number of runways1
Source: Airports Authority of India,[2] Great Circle Mapper[3]

Narnaul Airport (Hindi: nārnaul vimāntal), also Bachhod Airstrip,[4] is an airstrip adjacent to Bhilwara village 10 km east of Narnaul city in the Indian state of Haryana.[5] The airstrip is used mainly by Rajiv Gandhi National Centre for Aero Sports, which was inaugurated in 2010. The airstrip is owned by the Civil Aviation Department of Haryana government. Its ICAO code is VINL as listed in India AIP May 2023.

History

See also: Airports in Haryana, Aviation history of Haryana, Civil Aviation History of India, World Aviation History, Aviation in India, and Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation

In 1948, first airstrip was built in Haryana when Ambala Air Force Station was established. Narnaul was established later in.

Infrastructure

Narnaul Airport has one hangar as well as one admin block cum VIP lounge.[6] Its runway in 09/27 direction has runway dimension of 914 by 23 metres (2,999 ft × 75 ft).[2] Airports Authority of India lists its runway strip dimension as 1058 x 23 m including leading space at front and back of runway. The airport has an admin-cum-VIP lounge and one hangar, but does not have night landing facility. It does not have any control tower and has no scheduled flights.

The Airports Authority of India lists its ICAO code as VI20[7] which is wrong because VI20 code is for Bhilwara airstrip.

Rajiv Gandhi National Centre for Aero Sports

On 31 January 2010, the Rajiv Gandhi National Centre for Aero Sports was inaugurated at Narnaul Airport. 51 acres were acquired for this purpose.[8] Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Aero Club of India President Satish Sharma were present at the inauguration ceremony. The centre was set up by Aero Club of India and the Department of Civil Aviation, Haryana. It is the first ever modern state-of-the-art aero sports centre in India to provide training in comprehensive range of various aero sports, including para-jumping (simulated parachute jump from a tower), parasailing, hot air ballooning, gliding, power flying, sky diving, aero modelling and micro light flying,[8] with the purpose of introducing the state's youth to aviation and providing the general population a cheap opportunity to experience aero sports.[9][10]

Sky diving

Tandem skydiving

Haryana govt has authorized the Pioneer Flying Academy to offer tandem skydiving and static line jumps from a Cessna 172 aircraft.[4] In 2023, 1200 recreational skydives were performed at Narnaul airport.[11]

Future development

The finance minister of Haryana, while presenting the Government of Haryana 2018-19 budget in March 2018 announced that the funds have been allocated to extend the existing 3000 feet runway to 5000 feet and parking hangar for the spillover aircraft from IGI Delhi airport will be constructed.[12]

As of January 2019, construction of hangar is underway. Night landing facilities and hangar will also be built as airlines have approached the Haryana government to park their "Non-scheduled Air Operations" (NSOP) spillover aircarafts from the congested IGI airport at Delhi to Bhiwani and Narnaul airport. Consequently, all five existing government airports in Haryana will be developed to have runway of at least 5000 feet, night landing and parking hangars.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b World Airport Codes.
  2. ^ a b "Aerodromes operated by the state governments and private owners" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ^ "VINL - Narnaul, IN - Location". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b Skydiving aero sports at Haryana's Bachhod airstrip, Business Standard, Nov 2018.
  5. ^ Narnaul airstrip in Bachhod village, Publication: www.totaltv.com.in, Publication Date: 25-jul-2016, Accessed: 31-mar-2017
  6. ^ EOI for HICA, Haryana Civil Aviation Department, accessed 15 August 2021.
  7. ^ Narnaul ICAO code, ICAO.
  8. ^ a b Aerosports center in Haryana, Publication: www.sify.conm, Published on: 14-nov2010, Accessed: 31-mar-2017
  9. ^ Dhawan, Sunit (31 January 2010). "Narnaul gets country's first aero sports centre". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  10. ^ Sukanya, Sumi (1 February 2010). "Let dreams soar at this flying club near Gurgaon". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  11. ^ देश का सबसे मॉर्डन और बड़ा हेली हब गुरुग्राम में बनेगा, डिप्टी सीएम ने केंद्र को भेजा प्रस्ताव, khabarfast.com, 20 jan 2024.
  12. ^ haryana budgest 2018-19, Times of India, 9 March 2018.
  13. ^ All five airports in state to be developed expanded, The Tribune 8 Jan 2019.
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