Raipur Airport
| Swami Vivekananda Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
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Raipur, New Raipur, Bhilai, Durg, and entire Chhattisgarh |
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| Location | Ramchandi, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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| Hub for | Chhattisgarh Air Link | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | IndiGo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,041 ft / 317 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°10′52″N 081°44′18.5″E / 21.18111°N 81.738472°ECoordinates: 21°10′52″N 081°44′18.5″E / 21.18111°N 81.738472°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www |
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Source: AAI,
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| Passenger movements | 1,573,724( 30.5) |
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| Aircraft movements | 9,250(21.2) |
| Cargo tonnage | 4,028(9.99) |
Raipur, New Raipur, Bhilai, Durg,
Swami Vivekananda Airport (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VERP) (formerly known as Mana Airport) is the primary airport serving the state of Chhattisgarh, India. The airport is centrally located at Mana, 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Raipur between the old city and the new seat of the state government Naya Raipur. It is the 28th busiest airport in India.In 2006, this Airport witnessed an 82% increase in passenger traffic (the highest in the country for that year). The Airport is one of the 35 non-metro airports recently modernised by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
On 24 January 2012, the Union cabinet of India approved the State Government's proposal for renaming Raipur airport after the well known Indian saint Swami Vivekananda who spent 2 years of his teenage in Raipur. It is currently served by Air India, Jet Airways, and IndiGo while Kingfisher Airlines suspended its operations in November 2011 due to its bad financial condition. There are also non-scheduled services by Air Odisha to Bhubaneswar and Air Taxi services by Chhattisgarh Air Link which flies from here to other cities of Chhattisgarh.
The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities and a CAT-1 Instrument Landing System (ILS) as well as Navigational facilities like DVOR, DME, and an NDB.
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