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Keshod Airport (IATA: IXK, ICAO: VAKS) is a domestic airport serving the cities of Junagadh, Keshod and Veraval in the state of Gujarat, India. Spread over an area of 450 acres, it is located at Keshod, 39 km (24 mi) south-west of Junagadh, 4 km (2.5 mi) north-east of Keshod and 50 km (31 mi) north of Veraval.[4]
The airport was built by the Nawab of Junagadh, Mahabatkhanji III, for his private use, by acquiring land from the Kotadias, the Patel community, in the early 1930s. The airport was refurbished and revived in the late 1980s to facilitate scheduled operations. The last airline to fly here was Jet Airways, which ceased flying in 2000.[5] It hosted its last scheduled commercial flight in October 2000. After the launch of the government'sUDAN Scheme, the airport was selected to develop it as a commercial airport, and after the completion of the passenger terminal, apron, runway and necessary facilities, it began commercial operations from 12 March 2022, after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted license for the airport to start operations in March 2021, with Alliance Air operating regular flights to Mumbai.[4][6]
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keshod, airport, vaks, redirects, here, finnish, truck, vanaja, vaks, iata, icao, vaks, domestic, airport, serving, cities, junagadh, keshod, veraval, state, gujarat, india, spread, over, area, acres, located, keshod, south, west, junagadh, north, east, keshod. VAKS redirects here For the Finnish truck see Vanaja VAKS Keshod Airport IATA IXK ICAO VAKS is a domestic airport serving the cities of Junagadh Keshod and Veraval in the state of Gujarat India Spread over an area of 450 acres it is located at Keshod 39 km 24 mi south west of Junagadh 4 km 2 5 mi north east of Keshod and 50 km 31 mi north of Veraval 4 Keshod AirportIATA IXKICAO VAKSSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorAirports Authority of IndiaServesJunagadh Keshod and VeravalLocationKeshod Gujarat IndiaElevation AMSL167 ft 51 mCoordinates21 19 01 N 070 16 13 E 21 31694 N 70 27028 E 21 31694 70 27028WebsiteKeshod AirportMapIXKShow map of GujaratIXKShow map of IndiaRunwaysDirection Length Surface ft m 05 23 4 500 1 372 AsphaltStatistics April 2023 March 2024 Passengers13 885 4 2 Aircraft movements353 2 2 Cargo tonnage Source AAI 1 2 3 Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 3 Statistics 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe airport was built by the Nawab of Junagadh Mahabatkhanji III for his private use by acquiring land from the Kotadias the Patel community in the early 1930s The airport was refurbished and revived in the late 1980s to facilitate scheduled operations The last airline to fly here was Jet Airways which ceased flying in 2000 5 It hosted its last scheduled commercial flight in October 2000 After the launch of the government s UDAN Scheme the airport was selected to develop it as a commercial airport and after the completion of the passenger terminal apron runway and necessary facilities it began commercial operations from 12 March 2022 after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA granted license for the airport to start operations in March 2021 with Alliance Air operating regular flights to Mumbai 4 6 Airlines and destinations editAirlinesDestinationsRefs Alliance AirMumbai 7 Statistics editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Annual passenger traffic at IXK airport See Wikidata query See also editList of airports in GujaratReferences edit Annexure III Passenger Data PDF aai aero Retrieved 24 April 2024 Annexure II Aircraft Movement Data PDF aai aero Retrieved 24 April 2024 Annexure IV Freight Movement Data PDF aai aero Retrieved 24 April 2024 a b Keshod Airport Airports Authority of India Indian Air Force The Indian Express 16 January 2005 Retrieved 4 February 2012 Network Thoughts networkthoughts 4 March 2022 Keshod airport to be operational from March 12 2022 Tweet Retrieved 4 March 2022 via Twitter Network Thoughts networkthoughts 4 March 2022 Keshod airport to be operational from March 12 2022 Tweet Retrieved 4 March 2022 via Twitter External links editAccident history for IXK Keshod Airport at Aviation Safety Network Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Keshod Airport amp oldid 1220516225, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
