Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OwnerIndian Air Force
OperatorIndian Air Force/Airports Authority of India
ServesGwalior
LocationMaharajpur, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Time zoneIndian Standard Time (+5:30)
Elevation AMSL617 ft / 188 m
Coordinates26°17′36″N 078°13′40″E / 26.29333°N 78.22778°E / 26.29333; 78.22778
WebsiteGwalior Airport
Map
GWL is located in Madhya Pradesh
GWL
GWL
GWL is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06L/24R 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
06R/24L 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2022 – March 2023)
Passengers218,245 (Increase 25.5%)
Aircraft movements3,424 (Decrease 14.5%)
Cargo tonnage76 Increase
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport (IATA: GWL, ICAO: VIGR), also known as Gwalior Airport, is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in Maharajpur, 10 km (6 mi) north-east of the city premises. It is one of the six airports in Madhya Pradesh. The airport is spread over an area of 760 acres (310 hectares). The civil enclave is built on 29 acres of area. IndiGo and SpiceJet airlines operate scheduled flight services to and from the airport. It is named after Vijaya Raje Scindia, the former Maharani of Gwalior and a prominent Member of Parliament.

Structure

The airport is spread over 760.7 acres (307.8 hectares) and the terminal can handle 350 passengers per hour. The 100-by-150-metre (330 ft × 490 ft) apron can handle two Airbus A320 and one small aircraft simultaneously.[4] The Gwalior Air Base is the only operational air force base with two operational parallel runways. The second runway was built in February 2009 and became operational in October 2010.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air India Express Ayodhya (begins 16 January 2024),[5] Bangalore (begins 16 January 2024),[5] Delhi (begins 16 January 2024),[5] Hyderabad[6]
Alliance Air Delhi, Indore[7]
IndiGo Delhi,[8] Mumbai[9]
SpiceJet[10] Bangalore, Mumbai

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at GWL airport. See Wikidata query.

Expansion

The airport will get a new terminal building, ancillary buildings and a car parking area for ₹ 446 crore, under the airport's expansion project. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken up the work for expansion of the airport. It includes the construction of the new terminal building of an area of 20,000 sq.m. to handle 1,400 peak hour passengers, ancillary buildings, car parking, city side development and other associated works at the airport. There will be some modern technologies, such as rainwater harvesting and solar energy will be used in the development of the new terminal building, by the commissioning of a new 2.5 GW solar power plant.

The project was originally expected to be completed by July 2023, but construction has been significantly behind schedule. An updated expected completion date hasn't been announced, but is expected to be at least a year behind schedule. The construction of the new apron and the taxiways including associated works for parking of 13 aircraft at the airport will be built at an estimated cost of ₹ 38.51 crore. This was originally supposed to be completed by June 2023 but is similarly significantly delayed.[11]

Accidents and incidents

  • On May 6, 2021, a Beechcraft 250 belonging to the state of Madhya Pradesh crashed while landing at the airport. The three crew were hospitalized with minor injuries. The aircraft was carrying Remdesivir injections, which were undamaged.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. ↑ AAI website, archived from the original on 7 June 2012, retrieved 10 January 2012
  5. 1 2 3 "Air India Express to launch flights to Ayodhya from January 16". JetArena. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Air India Express to launch flights to Gwalior". JetArena. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Bhopal: Alliance Air to start flight from Jabalpur-Bhopal-Gwalior".
  8. ↑ "IndiGo to Start Daily Flights Connecting Gwalior with Indore, Delhi from September 1".
  9. ↑ David Casey (18 November 2022). "Routes In Brief: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C Nov. 14, 2022)". Routes.
  10. ↑ "SpiceJet schedule". SpiceJet. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Gwalior Airport to get a new terminal building with world-class facilities". TimesNow. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Tomar, Shruti (7 May 2021). "Plane carrying Remdesivir injections crash lands in MP's Gwalior". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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