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Amausi Airport

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
चौधरी चरण सिंह अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा
چودھری چرن سنگھ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا
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Terminal-2, CCS International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Lucknow
Location Lucknow, India
Elevation AMSL 123 m / 404 ft
Coordinates 26°45′43″N 080°53′00″E / 26.76194°N 80.88333°E / 26.76194; 80.88333Coordinates: 26°45′43″N 080°53′00″E / 26.76194°N 80.88333°E / 26.76194; 80.88333
Website www.aai.aero
Map
LKO is located in Uttar Pradesh
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LKO is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,800 9,186 Concrete/asphalt
Statistics (March 2015-April 2016)
Passenger movements 3,241,892 (Increase 27.6℅)
Aircraft movements 19,749(Increase0.3%)
Cargo tonnage 4,860(Increase14.3%)
Sources: AIP from AAI
Statistics from AAI
Passenger movements 3,241,892 (Increase 27.6℅)
Aircraft movements 19,749(Increase0.3%)
Cargo tonnage 4,860(Increase14.3%)

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (IATA: LKOICAO: VILK) is an airport serving Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh in India. It is situated in Amausi in the city of Lucknow, India and is named after Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th prime minister of India. It is the 10th busiest airport in India and is also the second busiest and largest in North and Central India after IGI airport Delhi.It is handled about 3.5 million passengers in 2015-16 exceeding it's capacity of 2.5 million passengers per annum.

The airport was constructed in 1986 to facilitate corporate and government officials. With an increasing number of passengers, AAI decided to upgrade the airport. On 17 July 2008, the Government of India officially renamed it Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport. It was granted international status in May 2012.

Lucknow Airport, previously called Amausi International Airport is now renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. It was constructed with the purpose of facilitating VVIPs, it was only in 2005 when the AAI took decision to upgrade the Airport owing to increased number of passengers and also because of introduction of private operators in the sector.

A new terminal, equipped with latest technology, at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport is operative since June 2, 2012. It is being used both for arrivals and departures of domestic and international flights. The new terminal is a three-tier building which can accommodate around 650 passengers at a time.

The airport consists of two terminals: domestic and international.AAI has also approved approximately 900 crore rupees for a new integrated terminal which can handle upto 7 million passengers per annum.

The airport has a single runway that is 2,800m long.AAI has also planned for runway expansion at Lucknow airport.


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