Kandla Airport

Kandla Airport (IATA: IXY, ICAO: VAKE) is a domestic airport serving the cities of Kandla and Gandhidham in Gujarat, India. It is located in Anjar, 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Kandla and 7.5 km (4.7 mi) northwest of Gandhidham.

Kandla Airport
IATA: IXY ICAO: VAKE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Kandla, Gandhidham
Location	Anjar, Gandhidham, Gujarat, India
Elevation AMSL	96 ft / 29 m
Coordinates	23°06′46″N 070°06′01″E
Map
IXY Location of airport in Gujarat Show map of Gujarat IXY IXY (India) Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 4,997 1,523 Concrete
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers 80,517 ( 3.6%) Aircraft movements 1,311 ( 11.3%) Cargo tonnage —
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

History

The airport was built in the late 1950s. Indian Airlines commenced passenger operations by deploying Douglas DC-3 aircraft, and later in 1960 using their Fokker F-27 Friendship aircraft and by Hawker Siddeley HS 748 aircraft, and was also followed by Vayudoot. Gujarat Airways also used to operate flights to Mumbai until the airline ceased operations in 1999.^[4] After a gap of seven years, commercial services resumed in October 2006 with Air Deccan operating daily services to Mumbai, using an ATR-72 aircraft, until the airline ceased operations in 2012.^[5] After five years, SpiceJet commenced service again in July 2017 using the Bombardier Q400 aircraft to Mumbai, and to Delhi from 2018.^[6]

Facilities

Apron area of the airport

The airport is spread over an area of 268.2 acres, and has a terminal building capable of handling 100 passengers at a time. Its apron measuring 90 m x 60 m has two parking bays for ATR-72 type aircraft. The airport has navigational facilities and landing aids like NDB and PAPI.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
SpiceJet	Mumbai

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at IXY airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

• List of airports in Gujarat

References

1. "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
2. "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
3. "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
4. "Indian Air Farce". The Indian Express. 16 January 2005. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
5. "Air Deccan connects yet another unconnected sector – brings Kandla into the aviation map". Peanuts! Online. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
6. "Er Mohit Raut". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

External links

• Kandla Airport at the Airports Authority of India