Bhiwani Airport

Bhiwani Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCivil Aviation Department, Haryana
LocationBhiwani, Haryana
Time zoneIST (UTC+05:30)
Elevation AMSL225 m / 738 ft
Coordinates28°50′02″N 76°10′43″E / 28.83389°N 76.17861°E / 28.83389; 76.17861
Websitewww.haraviation.gov.in
Map
VIBW is located in Haryana
VIBW
VIBW
Location of airport in India
VIBW is located in India
VIBW
VIBW
VIBW (India)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
1,066 4,100 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

Bhiwani Aerodrome (ICAO: VIBW), also called Bhiwani Air Strip, is a public civil aerodrome adjacent to Gujrani village in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana.[2]

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.

On 31 July, 2013, the Chief Minister of Haryana announced that the Government of Haryana had applied for an expansion of the civilian airports namely Hisar Airport, Karnal Airport, Bhiwani Airport, Pinjore Airport and Narnaul Airport. Approval was granted by the central government for plans of the Hisar Domestic Airport and Karnal Domestic Airport. Discussions with the central government also considered setting up an additional cargo airport in the state.[3][4][5][6]

In July 2014, a Right to Information (RTI) request revealed that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) (DGCA) had never received a formal proposal from the Congress Government of Haryana and there were no plans to upgrade the airport.[7]

Flights

Currently, the airport has no scheduled commercial flight operations. The Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation (HICA) does not offer flying training nor preparation courses.

Infrastructure

As of 2018, airport has one hangar, a VIP lounge, day & night landing facilities.[8]

Future development

Captain Abhimanyu, 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.[9]

As of January 2019, extension of runway is underway. The night landing facilities and hangar will also be built as airlines have approached the Haryana government to park their spillover "Non-scheduled Air Operations" (NSOP) aircraft 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.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b World Airport Codes.
  2. ^ "Bhiwani Airport Map". maplandia.com.
  3. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". tribuneindia.com.
  4. ^ "Punjab News Live, Headlines, Channel Live, Online, Live - Sikh News TWO new airports to be set up in Hisar and Karnal - Hooda - City Air News". cityairnews.com. 31 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Center government okayed civil airports at Hisar and Karnal". hindustantimes.com/. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Hisar, Karnal to have domestic airports - Chandigarh Tribune". Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  7. ^ "RTI query nails Haryana's claims about airports at Karnal, Hisar". The Times of India.
  8. ^ EOI for HICA, Haryana Civil Aviation Department, accessed 15 August 2021.
  9. ^ haryana budgest 2018-19, Times of India, 9 March 2018.
  10. ^ All five airports in state to be developed expanded, The Tribune 8 January 2019.