Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
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| 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°ECoordinates: 26°45′43″N 080°53′00″E / 26.76194°N 80.88333°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.aai.aero | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 3,241,892 ( 27.6℅) |
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| Aircraft movements | 27,317 (38.3%) |
| Cargo tonnage | 4,957 (2.0%) |
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (IATA: LKO, ICAO: 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 12th busiest airport in India and is also the second busiest and largest in North and Central India after IGI airport Delhi. It serves Lucknow metropolitan region and has handled about 3.24 million passengers in 2015-16 exceeding it's capacity of 2.5 million passengers per annum. It also handles over 100 flights per day. lt was awarded as the second best airport in the world in category of 2-5 million passengers.
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.
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