Lengpui Airport

Lengpui Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Lengpui Airport
nativename = Aizawl Airport
nativename-a =
nativename-r =


image-width =
caption =
caption2 =
IATA = AJL
ICAO = VEAZ
type = Public
owner =
operator = Airports Authority of India
owner-oper =
city-served = Aizawl
location =
elevation-f = 1,328.4
elevation-m = 405
coordinates = coord|23|44|48|N|092|48|10|E|type:airport
website =
metric-elev =
metric-rwy =
r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 8,200
r1-length-m = 2,500
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year =
stat1-header =
stat1-data =
footnotes =

Lengpui Airport airport codes|AJL|VEAZ is an airport in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. The airport is connected by daily flights with Kolkata and Guwahati and three flights a week with Imphal and is located at a distance of 32km from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram. Lengpui Airport is the first large airport in the country to be built by the State Government and it is the second largest airport in the North-East region. The 2,500 metre runway of the Lengpui airport is unique in that it has many hilly streams running underneath. The airport was constructed at a cost of Rs. 97.92 crore and was completed in a record time of two years and two months. The construction work was started in December 1995 and was completed in February 1998. Before the construction of this airport, Aizawl was convert|130|km|abbr=on|0 from the nearest railway head at Bairabi and convert|205|km|abbr=on|0 from the nearest airport at Silchar.

Airlines and destinations

* Deccan (Kolkata)
* Indian Airlines (Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata)

References

* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Aizawl-AJL/city.html Aizawl Destinations]
* [http://www.nenanews.com/OT%20Dec22-Jan6,99/oh13.htm Airport Inauguration]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Mangalore International Airport — For the airport in Australia, see Mangalore Airport (Australia). Mangalore International Airport Mangalore Airport Terminal building IATA: IXE – ICAO …   Wikipedia

  • Indira Gandhi International Airport — इन्दिरा गाँधी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा …   Wikipedia

  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport — Bombay Airport, Mumbai Airport and Sahar Airport redirect here. For Mumbai s general aviation airport, see Juhu Aerodrome. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport छ्त्रपती शिवाजी आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ …   Wikipedia

  • Chennai International Airport — சென்னை பன்னாட்டு வானூர்தி நிலையம் The Chennai Airport undergoing development work IATA: MAA – ICAO: VOMM …   Wikipedia

  • Cochin International Airport — For the regional airport near Kōchi, Japan, see Kōchi Ryōma Airport. Cochin International Airport കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം Nedumbassery Airport …   Wikipedia

  • Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport — নেতাজী সুভাষচন্দ্র বসু আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর IATA: CCU – ICAO: VECC …   Wikipedia

  • Dabolim Airport — दाबोळी विमानतळ IATA: GOI – ICAO: VAGO …   Wikipedia

  • Coimbatore Airport — கோயம்புத்தூர் வானூர்தி நிலையம் …   Wikipedia

  • Navi Mumbai International Airport — नवी मुंबई अंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ IATA: none – ICAO: none Summary Location Navi Mumbai, India Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Chandigarh International Airport — Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport IATA: none – ICAO: none Summary Airport type Public Owner Airports Authority of India, Punjab Haryana …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”