Lilabari Airport

Airport in Lakhimpur district, Assam, India

IXI is located in Assam
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 7,500 2,286 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers36,172 (Increase 18.9%)
Aircraft movements1,234 (Increase 1.1%)
Cargo tonnage3 (Decrease 57.1%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Lilabari Airport (IATA: IXI, ICAO: VELR), also known as North Lakhimpur Airport, is a domestic airport serving the city of North Lakhimpur in Assam, India. It is located at Lilabari, 8 km (5.0 mi) north from the city centre.

History

The Lilabari airport project in Lakhimpur began following hectic campaigning and lobbying by local Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Ranee Narah from 1999 to 2003.[4] Construction of the airport had finished by 2003, and the terminal was inaugurated by then Union Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain.[4][5]

Current status

  • As of 2013, the Lilabari airport in Lakhimpur is connected to Kolkata by an Air India Regional service on a daily basis.
  • The airport is equipped with a night landing facility, and the runway is being modified to operate larger aircraft.[6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Air Dibrugarh, Kolkata, Guwahati, Pasighat, Shillong,[7] Tezpur[8]

Statistics

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Annual passenger traffic at IXI airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights". Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Lilabari Airport". lakhimpur.nic.in. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Assam: Lilabari Airport to Get Country's 4th Aviation Hub".
  7. ^ "Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule". Times Now. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule". Times Now. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

External links

Media related to Lilabari Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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