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Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur
Mana Airport
Raipur Aerodrome
Raipur International Airport- New Terminal.JPG
IATA: RPR – ICAO: VARP
RPR is located in India airports
RPR
Location of airport in India
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Raipur, Naya Raipur
Location Mana near Naya Raipur
Elevation AMSL 1,041 ft / 317 m
Coordinates 21°10′49″N 081°44′20″E / 21.18028°N 81.73889°E / 21.18028; 81.73889
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 7,500 2,286 Asphalt

Swami Vivekananda Airport (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VARP) formerly known as Mana Airport is located 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. In 2006, this Airport witnessed an 82% increase in passenger traffic (the highest in the country for that year). The Airport is one of the 35 non-metro airports presently being modernised by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

On 24 January 2012, The Union cabinet of India approved the State government's proposal for renaming Raipur airport after India's well known saint Swami Vivekananda who spent 2 years of his teenage in Raipur.1 It is currently served by Air India, Jet Airways, Jetlite and IndiGo while Kingfisher Airlines suspended its operations in Nov 2011 due to its bad financial condition. There are also non-scheduled services by Air Odisha 2 to Bhubaneswar and Air Taxi services by Chhattisgarh Air Link which flies from here to other cities of Chhattisgarh.3

Contents

New integrated terminal

A new integrated terminal covering an area of 10,500 m2 (2.6 acres) has been constructed by a joint venture of Era Infra Engineering and KMB from Ukraine at a cost of INR136 crore (US$23 million).4 It was inaugurated on 7 November 2012 by President Pranab Mukherjee.56 The new terminal has 2 aero-bridges, 20 check-in counters, 2 x-ray luggage machines, 3 security check points and 3 conveyor belts for luggage.78 The terminal also has a provision on 15 immigration counters for prospective international flights.citation needed

The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities and a CAT- 1 Instrument Landing System (ILS) as well as Navigational facilities like DVOR, DME, and an NDB. 9

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled airlines

Airlines Destinations
Air India Delhi, Mumbai,Vishakapatnam
IndiGo Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai
Jet Airways Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal,Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore,Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai,Pune
JetLite Delhi, Mumbai

Non Scheduled airlines

Airlines Destinations
Chhattisgarh Air Link Ambikapur,Bilaspur,Jagdalpur,Jashpur,Korba,Raigarh.10
Air Odisha Bhubaneswar 11

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to Swami Vivekananda airport!". Daily Bhaskar.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012. 
  2. ^ http://www.airodisha.com/ROUTE%20MAP.htm
  3. ^ http://cgairlink.com/reservation.php
  4. ^ "Era Infra to revamp Raipur Airport". Business Standard. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2012. 
  5. ^ http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/11/07/382-President-inaugurates-a-new-integrated-terminal-of-Raipur-Airport.html
  6. ^ http://india.nydailynews.com/business/99acc9e938d6aca0092c74cf633c39a4/pranab-inaugurates-new-airport-terminal-in-chhattisgarh
  7. ^ "Mana airport’s swanky avatar to be ready by year end". Daily Bhaskar.com. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012. 
  8. ^ "Raipur airport to be upgradeed with Rs.1.36 bn investment". TwoCircles.net. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2012. 
  9. ^ AAI website, retrieved 25 January 2012 
  10. ^ http://cgairlink.com/reservation.php
  11. ^ http://www.airodisha.com/ROUTE%20MAP.htm

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