Chandigarh International Airport
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| Airport type | Military and Civil | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Air Force/Airports Authority of India/Chandigarh International Airport Limited | ||||||||||
| Serves | Chandigarh | ||||||||||
| Location | Mohali, Punjab, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 314 m / 1,030 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°40′29″N 76°47′26″E / 30.67472°N 76.79056°ECoordinates: 30°40′29″N 76°47′26″E / 30.67472°N 76.79056°E | ||||||||||
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| Passenger movements | 1,683,400 ( 15.9%) |
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| Aircraft movements | 14,052 (12.0%) |
| Cargo tonnage | 5,603 |
Chandigarh International Airport (IATA: IXC, ICAO: VICG) is a customs airport which serves the Union Territory Chandigarh and the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The airport runway is located in the Union territory of Chandigarh while the international terminal is located on the south side of the runway in the village of Jhiurheri, Mohali, Punjab.
Chandigarh airport operated all its Civil and Commercial operations from Civil enclave of the Indian Air Force Station. Indian Airlines started operating flights from Chandigarh to Delhi in the 1970s. A new airport building was constructed in the Civil Enclave was opened on 14 April 2011. This Air Terminal was declared a Customs Airport on 19 August 2011 making it eligible for international flights but no international flight ever operated from this terminal.
In 2008, the Government of Punjab acquired 304.04 acres of land on the south side of the existing runway in Jheurheri village at a cost of ₹452 crore to build the new international terminal. This new terminal was completed in 2015 at a cost of ₹939 crore. The Government of Punjab and the Government of Haryana each have 24.5% stake and the Airports Authority of India holds the rest of 51% stake in the new terminal building.
On 24 December 2015 the Mohali Industries Association filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for non-operation of international flights after an amount of ₹1400 crores was spent on the airport. After numerous hearings at Punjab and Haryana High Court and a long wait, IndiGo and Air India Express commenced flights to Dubai and Sharjah respectively from September 2016..
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