Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Explained
| Nativename-A: | |
| Location: | Tulihal, Imphal, Manipur, India |
| Metric-Elev: | yes |
| Elevation-M: | 774 |
| Pushpin Label: | IMF |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Metric-Rwy: | Yes |
| Bir Tikendrajit International Airport |
| Iata: | IMF |
| Icao: | VEIM |
| Pushpin Map: | India Manipur#India |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Government of Manipur |
| Operator: | Airports Authority of India |
| City-Served: | Imphal |
| Elevation-F: | 2,540 |
| R1-Number: | 04/22 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,746 |
| Stat-Year: | April 2023 - March 2024 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 1,274,666 (3.3%) |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 12,861 (6.3%) |
| Stat3-Header: | Cargo tonnage |
| Stat3-Data: | 4,478 (41.4%) |
| Footnotes: | Source: AAI[1] [2] [3] |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Manipur |
Bir Tikendrajit International Airport[4] [5] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), also known as Imphal Airport, and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport, is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. The airport replaced the former Koirengei Airfield in 1959.[6]
Development
In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[7] The project includes a integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[8]
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with four aerobridges and eight parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, two link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[9]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Annexure III – Passenger Data. aai.aero. 21 April 2024.
- Web site: Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data. aai.aero. 21 April 2024.
- Web site: Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data. aai.aero. 21 April 2024.
- News: Renaming of Imphal Int'l Airport evokes reactions; orgs. demand revocation of resolution - Eastern Mirror . 29 August 2022 . Eastern Mirror Nagaland . 30 August 2019 . 28 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828161507/https://easternmirrornagaland.com/renaming-of-imphal-intl-airport-evokes-reactions-orgs-demand-revocation-of-resolution/ . live .
- News: Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Opposition raised against new name . 29 August 2022 . The Sangai Express . 29 August 2019 . 28 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828163302/https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2019/8/29/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Aug-28-Expressing-disappointment-at-the-renaming-of-Tulihal-International-Airport-as-Bir-Tikendrajit-International-Airport-the-Indigenous-People-s-Association-of-Kangl.amp.html . live .
- Web site: Retd Lt Col M Ranjit Singh . Koirengei Airfield: From airfield to a historical site or a parking space? . e-pao.net . 2 September 2024.
- News: Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast. Economic Times. 20 June 2019. 18 June 2019.
- News: Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport. The Hindu. 11 November 2019. 19 March 2019. 21 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221083702/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/kitco-to-set-up-new-terminal-building-at-imphal-airport/article26580342.ece. live.
- Web site: 22 April 2022 . 4 Bidders for Imphal Airport's New Terminal Contract . 23 April 2022 . The Metro Rail Guy . en-US . 23 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220423033516/https://themetrorailguy.com/2022/04/22/4-bidders-for-imphal-airports-new-terminal-contract/ . live .
- Web site: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map .
- Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF). Ranter. Harro. aviation-safety.net. 19 July 2019. 6 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106192139/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910816-1. live.
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