LGBI Airport

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
LGB International Airport, Guwahati
IATA: GAU ICAO: VEGT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Assam
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Guwahati
Location	Borjhar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Focus city for	SpiceJet
Elevation AMSL	49 m / 162 ft
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/index.jsp
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 3,110 10,200 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2016 - March 2017)
Passengers 3,789,656(36.1%) Aircraft movements 37,873(28.7%) Cargo tonnage 17,286(10.6%)
Source: AAI

Passengers	3,789,656(36.1%)
Aircraft movements	37,873(28.7%)
Cargo tonnage	17,286(10.6%)

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. It is in Borjhar, 26 km from Guwahati, Assam and is named after Gopinath Bordoloi, a freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Assam after independence of India. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand it with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft. The new terminal will be around 77,500 sq m and ready by 2020. The airport covers an area of 656 acres.

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.