Swami Vivekananda Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Entire Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||
| Location | Mana, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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| Hub for | Chhattisgarh Air Link | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | IndiGo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 317 m / 1,041 ft | ||||||||||
| 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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| Passenger movements | 1,573,724( 30.5) |
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| Aircraft movements | 9,250(21.2) |
| Cargo tonnage | 4,028(9.99) |
| Passenger in day | 3,700 in a day |
Swami Vivekananda Airport (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VARP) (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. 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.
A new integrated terminal covering an area of 18,500 m2 (4.6 acres) has been constructed by a joint venture of Era Infra Engineering and KMB from Ukraine at a cost of ₹136 crore (US$21 million). It was inaugurated on 7 November 2012 by President Pranab Mukherjee. The new terminal has 2 aero-bridges, 20 check-in counters, 2 x-ray luggage machines, 3 security check points and 3 conveyor belts for luggage. The building is designed to handle 700 passengers including 200 international flyers at a time. The terminal also has a provision on 15 immigration counters for prospective international flights. The roofing and ceiling system was developed by Polybond Organics Pvt. Ltd. as a sub contractor for Era Infra.
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