Info on Airports In India: =========================== 1. Trivandrum airport is the 1st international airport in india in a Non metro city. 2. Annadurai Intl Airport(chennai) was built on the land donated by Former governor of Madras presidency L. Sriramulu Naidu. 3. Cochin International Airport is the first airport in the country to be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model 4. Srinagar International Airport has been named after the Kashmiri saint, Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani, popularly as Sheikh-ul-Alam. 5. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (Amristsar). The airport is named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru. 6. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (Guwahati) is named after the Gopinath Bordoloi who was a freedom fighter and also the first chief minister of Assam after independence. 7.Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport(Leh) is named after one of the 16 disciples of Buddha Amitabha 8. Veer Savarkar International Airport (Port Blair) Named after the Indian freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Port Blair airport received the international status in 2007 9. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Intl Airport(Indore) is named after the Queen of Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Empire. 10. Dabolim Airport(Goa). It is the only international airport operates as a civil enclave in a military airbase named INS Hansa. Conversion of a domestic airport into an international one primarily entails creation of immigration facilities. Airport authority of India was constituted by an Act of parliament & came into being from 1st april 1995, by merging National airports authority & International Airports authority of India. UP has More number of private airports used for Airfield & Flying school. Sikkim is the only Indian state which dont have an airbase, airport or any of its kind. The new Proposed Pyongyang Airport is under construction. Airports Info related to TN: ============================ Hosur Aerodrome is the only private airport in TN Vellore airport is as Flying school airport Madurai airport is the Customs airport. Tambaram, Sulur(Coimbatore) & Thanjavur air force base are for defence purposes.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:23:20 +0000
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