Goa International Airport
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Goa & Indian Navy | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Goa | ||||||||||
| Location | Dabolim, Mormugão, Goa, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 56 m / 184 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 15°22′51″N 073°49′53″E / 15.38083°N 73.83139°ECoordinates: 15°22′51″N 073°49′53″E / 15.38083°N 73.83139°E | ||||||||||
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 Map of Dabolim Airport |
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| Passengers | 5,375,555 ( 19.10%) |
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| Aircraft movements | 33,422 (15.6%) |
| Freight in tonnes | 4,498 ( 5.6%) |
Goa International Airport (IATA: GOI, ICAO: VOGO), also known as the Dabolim airport, is the sole airport in the state of Goa, located in the city of Dabolim in Goa, India. It operates as a civil enclave in a military airbase named INS Hansa. It is 4 km from the nearest city Vasco da Gama, 23 km from Margao, and about 30 km from the state capital Panjim.
The airport was built, in 1955, by the Government of the Estado da Índia Portuguesa, on 249 acres (101 ha) of land, as the Aeroporto de Dabolim, which was later officially renamed to Aeroporto General Bérnard Guedes. Until 1961, the airport served as the main hub of the Portuguese India's airline TAIP (Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa), which on a regular schedule served Daman, Diu, Karachi, Mozambique, Portuguese Timor, and other destinations.
During the Indian invasion of Goa, in December 1961, the airport was bombarded by the Indian Air Force with parts of the infrastructure being destroyed. Two civilian planes that were in the airport - a Lockheed Constellation from TAP (Portuguese International Airlines) and a Douglas DC-4 from TAIP - managed to escape with refugees, during the night, to Karachi. In April 1962, it was occupied by the Indian Navy's air wing when Major General K.P. Candeth, who had led the successful military operation into Goa, "handed over" the airport to the Indian Navy before relinquishing charge as its military governor to a Lieutenant Governor of the then Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in June 1962.
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