Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
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| Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: CCU - ICAO: VECC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | public | ||
| Operator | Kolkata Airport | ||
| Serves | Calcutta | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 23 ft (7 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01L/19R | 7,872 | 2,400 | Asphalt |
| 01R/19L | 11,900 | 3,627 | Asphalt |
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is an airport located in Dum Dum, West Bengal, India, near Kolkata (Calcutta). The civil airport was originally known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in the honour of the Bengali Indian patriot Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. It has two parallel runways 1-19 L/R, of which the longer one, 1R/19L is used for takeoffs and landings, while the other one is used mostly as a taxiway.
It is located approximately 17 km from the city centre. The airport was, at one point of time one of the busiest in Asia. Today it is a small airport providing domestic as well as a few international connections. The airport has three terminals: a domestic terminal (opened in the early 1990s), an international terminal (the oldest terminal) and a cargo terminal.
Recently the airport has been given a facelift, making it one of the better airports in the country.
| Year | Passengers (in millions) | Year | Passengers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2.294 | 1998 | 2.521 |
| 1994 | 2.364 | 1999 | 2.599 |
| 1995 | 2.565 | 2000 | 2.686 |
| 1996 | 2.577 | 2001 | 2.561 |
| 1997 | 2.513 | 2002 | 2.827 |
[edit] Airlines and destinations
Domestic
- Air Deccan (Agartala, Aizwal, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dibrugarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Lilabari, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Silchar)
- Air Sahara (Allahabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jorhat, Mumbai, Patna)
- Alliance Air (Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Dimapur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Nagpur, Shillong, Silchar, Tezpur)
- Indian Airlines (Agartala, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Gaya, Guwahati, Mumbai, Port Blair)
- IndiGo Airlines (Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, Mumbai, Nagpur)
- Jet Airways (Agartala, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jorhat, Mumbai, Pune)
- Kingfisher Airlines (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Udaipur)
- Spice Jet (Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Guwahati, Hyderabad)
International
- Air India (Dhaka, London-Heathrow)
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Chittagong, Dhaka)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Cosmic Air (Kathmandu)
- Druk Air (Bangkok, Paro)
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- GMG Airlines (Chittagong, Dhaka)
- Gulf Air (Muscat, Bahrain)
- Indian Airlines (Bangkok, Kathmandu, Yangon)
- Jet Airways (Bangkok)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
- Tiger Airways (Singapore, from 2007)
The following have discontinued operations to Kolkata: Aeroflot, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines,JAL, JAT Airways, Jetstar Asia, KLM, Malaysian Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Royal Nepal Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Tarom.
[edit] Destinations
Kolkata airport, along with Guwahati, is the main hub for north-east bound flights. It serves 27 destinations within India, second only to Delhi (48) and Mumbai (46). As of 2006, 69% of its flights are domestic flights, compared to 43% in 2002.
[edit] External links
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport homepage
- A related website to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
