Айодхья аэропорт
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| Тип аэропорта | Публичный | ||||||||||
| Владелец | Правительство Индии | ||||||||||
| Оператор | Управление аэропортов Индии | ||||||||||
| Служит | Айодхья , Файзабад | ||||||||||
| Расположение | Файзабад, Уттар -Прадеш , Индия | ||||||||||
| Открыл | 30 декабря 2023 года [ 1 ] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 102 m / 335 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°44′53″N 82°09′03″E / 26.7480337°N 82.1507812°E | ||||||||||
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Айодхья аэропорт ( IATA : AYJ , ICAO : VEAY ), официально назван как международный аэропорт Махариши Вальмики, Айодхья Дхам , [ 6 ] является международным аэропортом, обслуживающим города -побратимы Айодхья и Файзабад в штате Уттар -Прадеш , Индия . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Аэропорт расположен рядом с NH-27 и NH-330 в Нааке в Файзабаде. Правительство Уттар -Прадеш подписало меморандум о взаимопонимании (МОВ) с Управлением аэропортов Индии (AAI) в феврале 2014 года для развития аэропорта. [ 9 ] Строительство началось в аэропорту в феврале 2022 года и было открыто премьер -министром Нарендрой Моди 30 декабря 2023 года, а полетные операции начинались с 10 января 2024 года. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ]
Номенклатура
[ редактировать ]In 2021, the Government of Uttar Pradesh proposed to name of the airport after the Hindu god Rama, the protagonist of the epic Ramayana, who is believed to be born in Ayodhya. In December 2023, the name was changed after Maharishi Valmiki, the attributed author of Ramayana, to greater represent the Ramayana-based theme of the airport.[14][15]
Development
[edit]Efforts by the Ministry of Civil Aviation
[edit]In 2012, the former Minister of Civil Aviation, Ajit Singh, announced to develop three existing airstrips at Faizabad, Moradabad and Meerut to increase regional connectivity by air and to improve connectivity, socio-economic development and tourism in the state.[16] Singh said that the Ministry of Civil Aviation had asked the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, to provide the Ministry with land to set up nine airports across Uttar Pradesh, and said that having more airports would generate employment and economic growth in the state.[17]
Development under low-cost airports
[edit]In an endeavour to provide air connectivity to different parts of India, development of low-cost airports is the most important component. Instructions have been issued to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to identify the most suitable low-cost model for development of smaller airports, and to develop airports in smaller cities based on this mode, as part of the government's UDAN Scheme.[18]
Handing over to Airports Authority of India
[edit]In 2008, the Government of Uttar Pradesh had issued formal orders allowing the landing and parking of private aircraft on the former Indian Air Force airstrip against a fee. According to the government order, any private aircraft can land by paying ₹ 500. There would be no parking charges for the first two hours, after which ₹ 200 would be charged per day.[19] The government gave the airstrip to private investors for pilot training and aircraft maintenance engineering institutes. The procedure followed earlier to obtain permission for using the airstrip used to be long. The owner of the private aircraft had to contact the respective district magistrate, who would further contact the directorate, to take the measures required for landing of the aircraft.[19]
In 2013, the government approved the transfer of the airstrip at Faizabad to the AAI to be developed as a full-fledged airport, along with three others–Meerut, Moradabad and Saifai, on the instructions of the state cabinet. The government provided extra land free of cost for further expansion and for the construction of a terminal.[20][21][22]
In 2018, the state government under Yogi Adityanath announced the expansion of the airstrip in Faizabad.[23] The government approved to develop it as an international airport and sanctioned ₹2 billion for acquisition of land.[23][24] Land acquisition began from November 2021 and construction began on the airport in February 2022.[10] In April 2022, the government announced that the airport would become operational before the completion of Ram Mandir in 2024.[25] The airport was completed and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2023, with flight operations beginning from 10 January 2024, started by IndiGo as the first commercial airline to connect Delhi and Ahmedabad as the initial destinations.[11][12][26]
Structure
[edit]Runway
[edit]The existing airstrip's runway was 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) long and 30 metres (98 ft) wide, which was capable enough for only nine-seater aircraft like the Dornier 228.[27] In 2018, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had stated that an acquisition of around 284 acres (115 ha) more land could make the airport handle 200-seater Airbus A321 aircraft.[27] In response to this, in November of the same year, the Government of Uttar Pradesh decided to acquire more than 280 acres of land around the airstrip and widen the runway to allow the landing of larger aircraft. The projected runway would be 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide, with a 100-150 m-wide set-off area on each side of the runway.[27] The construction would be done in two phases, with a planned third phase. The length of the runway would be 2,250 metres in the first phase, while in the second phase, its length would be increased to 3,125 metres. In the third phase, it is planned to be extended by another 625 metres, thus taking the overall length to 3,750 metres, making the airport capable of handling large aircraft like the Airbus A380. The runway is equipped with facilities to allow night landing of aircraft, such as the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Doppler Very-high frequency Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) and Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) from the first phase of the runway development only.[28][2]
Terminals
[edit]Terminal 1
[edit]Terminal 1 is the first terminal of the airport as part of the first phase of the airport's development. It covers an area of 6,500 sq.m. and is able to accommodate 300 passengers during peak hours and handle around 1 million passengers annually. It has an apron suitable for parking of four Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 type aircraft. Within its premises, it has parking spaces for vehicles, an approach road from the nearby highway, a fuel farm, a fuel station, a fire station, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and other ancillary facilities. The terminal, along with the first phase of the airport, started handling flights from 10 January 2024.[13][26][29]
Terminal 2
[edit]Terminal 2 will be the second terminal of the airport as part of the second phase of the airport's development. It will cover an area of 30,000 sq.m., which will be later expanded to 50,000 sq.m., and will be able to accommodate 3,200 passengers during peak hours and over 5-7 million passengers annually. It will have eight aerobridges and an apron suitable for parking of eight Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 type aircraft, both of which will be increased to 16 as part of the planned third phase of the airport's development. Within its premises, in front of its entrance, it will have a garden for recreation of passengers as a green space and a larger parking space than Terminal 1, along with utility facilities. As of November 2023, the terminal, along with the second phase of the airport's development, is under bidding process.[29][30][31]
Terminal 3
[edit]Terminal 3 will be the third terminal of the airport as part of the third and final phase of the airport's development. It will cover an area of more than 50,000 sq.m. and will be able to accommodate more passengers than terminals 1 and 2. It will have an apron suitable for parking of eight widebody aircraft like the Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 to handle international operations. Within its premises, it will have the same garden and parking spaces like Terminal 2, but, both will cover more area as compared to Terminal 2. It will also have a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower that will be taller and bigger than the one developed in the first phase of the airport's development, along with a bigger fire station and utility facilities.[29][31]
Facilities
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Interior of the airport, with two departure gates leading to the apron -
Departures area of the airport
In the first phase of the airport's development, the terminal has passenger facilities such as 9 check-in counters, 3 conveyor belts, two lounges to serve passengers and tactile paths to the apron. Outside the terminal, there are four parking spaces for vehicles, a service and utility area, a four-lane approach road to the NH-27 that connects to Faizabad and Ayodhya, a fire station, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, a technical block, a fuel farm, will have three medium-scale hotels, four upper-scale hotels among other ancillary and technical facilities. In the second and third phases of the airport's development, further facilities will be added to make the airport at par with international standards. A medical college will also be established between terminals 2 and 3, as part of the airport's master plan created by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).[11][29]
Features
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The airport has been designed to portray the local, as well as the state's culture and heritage, in order to make the visitors know about the spiritual, religious and historical influence the city of Ayodhya wields on the Indian society. The designs are etched as murals, artworks and engraved scriptures adorning in the Nagara style of temple architecture, depicting the symbolism of the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. The architectural style has been adopted also to symbolise the Ram Mandir. The "bow and arrow" mural with portraits of Rama near the terminal's entrance along with other artworks are one of the prime themes in the exterior. Built with red stone, the carved pillars from the entrance to the inside of the terminal provide an excellent mixture of the old temple architecture with modern infrastructure. The roof of the terminal, measuring 65,000 sq.ft., is supported by seven big columns, symbolising the seven kandas (books) of Ramayana. Like ancient temples, the terminal has a rectangular base with carved pillars and a shikhara on its top to symbolise a temple structure. The terminal uses clean energy to generate electricity and follows sustainable measures to dispose waste, conserve water, and hence, is an eco-friendly airport.[32]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air India Express[33] | Bangalore,[34] Delhi,[35] Jaipur[34] |
| Akasa Air[36] | Delhi, Bangalore |
| Alliance Air | Dehradun[37] |
| IndiGo[26] | Ahmedabad, Dehradun, Delhi, Hyderabad (begins 27 September 2024),[38] Mumbai[39] |
| SpiceJet[40] | Ahmedabad, Mumbai |
Project timeline
[edit]| Date | Details | Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2020 | Nand Gopal Gupta, Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of Uttar Pradesh, said Rs 525 crore has been approved and of this Rs 300 crore have been spent so far. | [8] |
| 16 September 2020 | Airports Authority of India projected land requirement of 478.1 acres to Government of Uttar Pradesh for development of the airport in Phase - I. | [41] |
| 10 March 2021 | Airports Authority of India sanctions Rs 242 crore to develop airport and an area of around 270 acres has been made available by Government of Uttar Pradesh. | [42] |
| 8 April 2022 | Government of Uttar Pradesh's civil aviation department signed a lease agreement with Airports Authority of India for transfer of 317.855 acres of land. Yogi Adityanath said the remaining 86 acres land required for the airport will also be handed over soon. | [43] |
| 6 December 2022 | The airport's terminal is 45% and the runway is 45% completed, and is on track for completion in December 2023. | [44] |
| 2 December 2023 | It was announced that the airport's first phase of work will be completed by 15 December 2023. | [45] |
| 12 December 2023 | It was announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the airport on 30 December 2023, and commercial flights will be started by IndiGo to Delhi and Ahmedabad from 10 January 2024. | [12][46] |
| 23 December 2023 | The initial schedule for this flight was to depart from Delhi at 10:00 AM and land in Ayodhya at 11:20 AM, but according to the new schedule for the inauguration day on 30 December, the flight for Ayodhya from Delhi will now take off at 9:50 AM, with the first flight landing in Ayodhya at 11:00 AM. According to the information, after the first flight on 30 December, this flight will be operational from 10 January onwards. Subsequently, there will be daily flights from Ayodhya to Delhi at the same time, and more destinations in India starting from the same month, to be operated by Air India Express and IndiGo. | [47][48] |
| 30 December 2023 | The first phase of the airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | [13][1] |
Connectivity
[edit]Road
[edit]A 1.2 km (0.75 mi)-long four-lane approach road connects the airport directly with the city premises through NH-27, running towards the western side to Ayodhya.
Rail
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The nearest railway station from the airport is Faizabad Junction railway station, located only 3.5 km (2.2 mi) away to the north-west in Faizabad, while Ayodhya Junction railway station is located 11 km (6.8 mi) away to the north-east in Ayodhya.
Bus
[edit]The nearest bus station from the airport is Faizabad Bus Depot, located only 5 km (3.1 mi) away to the north-west in Faizabad, while Ayodhya Dham Central Bus Station is located 16 km (9.9 mi) away to the north-east in Ayodhya.
See also
[edit]- List of airports in Uttar Pradesh
- UDAN Scheme
- Ram Mandir
- Nagara Style
- Hindu temple architecture
- Ramayana
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