Imphal Airport

Imphal Airport (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM) is a domestic airport located 7 km. south of Imphal, the capital of Manipur state in India. It is the third busiest airport in northeastern India after the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport.

Imphal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPublic Government of Manipur
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesImphal, Manipur
LocationImphal, Manipur, India
Elevation AMSL774 m / 2,540 ft
Coordinates24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E
Map
IMF
IMF
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,746 9,009 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2020 - March 2021)
Passenger movements492,752(61.7%)
Aircraft movements5,681 (42.7%)
Cargo tonnage4,838 (36.4%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at IMF airport. See source Wikidata query.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia IndiaDelhi, Guwahati, Kolkata
Air IndiaAizawl, Delhi, Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata
Alliance Air Dimapur, Guwahati[4]
IndiGoAgartala, Bangalore, Delhi,[5] Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong[6]

Development

In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$450 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$94 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Bir Tikendrajit International Airport.[7] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$79 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays 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 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[9]

Accidents and incidents

References
  1. "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. "Alliance Air Schedule". Alliance Air.
  5. "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
  6. "Shillong Airport new flights schedule". Twitter. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  8. "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  9. "4 Bidders for Imphal Airport's New Terminal Contract". The Metro Rail Guy. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  10. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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