Bhavnagar Airport Explained
Bhavnagar Airport |
Image2-Width: | 150px |
Iata: | BHU |
Icao: | VABV |
Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat#India |
Pushpin Label: | BHU |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Airports Authority of India |
City-Served: | Bhavnagar |
Location: | Shubhashnagar, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
Elevation-F: | 43 |
Coordinates: | 21.7522°N 72.1853°W |
Metric-Rwy: | 09 |
R1-Number: | 07/25 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,300 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,920 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | April 2023 – March 2024 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 73,449 (20.5%) |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
Stat2-Data: | 1,987 (1.4%) |
Stat3-Header: | Cargo tonnage |
Stat3-Data: | — |
Footnotes: | Source: AAI[1] [2] [3] |
Bhavnagar Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. It is located at Shubhashnagar, 4 km (2 mi) south-east from the city centre and south from the Bhavnagar Port. It and covers an area of at an elevation of .[4]
Facilities
- Runway The airport has one runway, oriented 07/25, with dimensions 1920x. It is equipped with an ILS for approaches in the 25 direction.[4]
- Terminal Bhavnagar Aerodrome has a single terminal building, which covers and has a capacity for 110 passengers.[5] It contains three check-in counters and a VIP lounge.[4]
Parking baysThe airport has two parking bays: one for Code C aircraft like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, and another for smaller, turboprop aircraft like the ATR 72 and Q400.[4]
Statistics
Annual aircraft movements at Bhavnagar Airport! Year! Aircraft movements! Percent change2010–2011 | 1,490 | |
2011–2012 | 2,658 | 78.4% |
2012–2013 | 2,221 | 16.4% |
2013–2014 | 936 | 57.9% |
2021–2022 | 914 | 65.4% |
2022–2023 | 2,015 | 45.3% | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Annexure III – Passenger Data. aai.aero. 23 April 2024.
- Web site: Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data. aai.aero. 23 April 2024.
- Web site: Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data. aai.aero. 23 April 2024.
- http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/bhavnagar.jsp "Bhavnagar Airport"
- April 2011 . AAI in the West . https://web.archive.org/web/20131127012605/http://www.aai.aero/misc/ch8.pdf . dead . 2013-11-27 . Cruising Heights . Newsline Publications Pvt. Ltd. . 34–36 . 27 February 2016 .