Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
লোকপ্ৰিয় গোপীনাথ বৰদলৈ আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ

LGB International Airport, Guwahati
IATA: GAUICAO: VEGT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Assam
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Guwahati
Location Borjhar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 162 ft / 49 m
Coordinates 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583Coordinates: 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583
Website www.aai.aero/guwahati
Map
GAU
GAU
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 10,200 3,110 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passenger movements 3,386,090(Increase29.07%)
Aircraft movements 35,783(Increase12.2%)
Cargo tonnage 17,567.04(Increase63.8%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]
Air Traffic Control Tower at LGB Airport, Guwahati, India.

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT), also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as Borjhar Airport, is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India, situated at Borjhar in Guwahati, Assam, named after Gopinath Bordoloi, who was a freedom fighter and also the first Chief Minister of Assam after independence. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand the airport with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was also constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft.The new terminal will be around 77,500 sq m and ready by 2020.

Airport specifications

Specifications

Guwahati airport is a hub for domestic flights to North-East India. It also provides international flight services to Bangkok and Paro. Helicopter services are operated from Guwahati to Shillong, Tura, Naharlagun (Itanagar), Tawang by Pawan Hans.

Interior view of Guwahati Airport

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia IndiaBangalore, Delhi, Imphal
Air IndiaBagdogra, Delhi, Imphal, Kolkata
Air India Regional Kolkata, Lilabari, Silchar
Druk AirBangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Paro
GoAirAhmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
IndiGoAgartala, Ahmedabad, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Goa, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Raipur (begins 19 feb 2017)
Jet AirwaysAhmedabad, Aizawl, Bangalore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Jorhat, Kolkata, Silchar
SpiceJetAgartala, Aizawl, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Kolkata, Mumbai, Silchar
Pawan HansItanagar, Shillong, Tawang, Tura
Vistara Bagdogra (resumes 26 March 2017), Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata

See also

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