Pasighat Airport

Airport of Arunachal Pradesh, India

IXT is located in Arunachal Pradesh
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IXT is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,060 6,760 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers8,211 (Decrease 17.2%)
Aircraft movements412 (Decrease 47%)
Cargo tonnage
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Pasighat Airport (IATA: IXT, ICAO: VEPG) is a domestic airport serving Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is located beside the banks of the Brahmaputra river, about 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the town centre.

History

The airstrip was laid down during the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and saw little use after the war until the Indian Air Force signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to develop the airstrip in 2009. The IAF took over the airstrip in February 2010. An Air Traffic Control Tower, apron for parking aircraft, a perimeter road and security wall was constructed. The upgraded airstrip was inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju in August 2016 and a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter of the Indian Air Force landed on the airstrip as part of the inaugural function.[4]

Current status

  • The Airports Authority of India (AAI) operates a civil enclave at Pasighat. A new passenger terminal was built in 2017.[5] A helicopter service on behalf of the Arunachal Pradesh government is operated by Pawan Hans between Pasighat and various regional stations.[6]
  • In April 2018, an Air India Regional ATR-42 aircraft carried out a test landing at the Pasighat ALG, in preparation for scheduled commercial services.[7] The commercial flights commenced on May 21, 2018 when Alliance Air (India)'s 42-seater ATR aircraft from Guwahati landed at the airport with Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein.[8] The connectivity comes under the Government's Regional Connectivity Scheme called UDAN.[9]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Air Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Itanagar,[10] Kolkata

Statistics

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ Singh, Bikash (19 August 2016). "Sukhoi fighter aircraft makes touch down at Pasighat ALG in Arunachal Pradesh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Pasighat ALG operational soon - Officials inspect site". The Telegraph. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Arunachal Pradesh helicopter non-schedule flight service". Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Alliance Air carries out test flight to Pasighat in Arunachal". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Arunachal's first commercial flight lands at Pasighat airport". The Times of India. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Arunachal Pradesh finally gets connected with Guwahati by a commercial flight". The Economic Times. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  10. ^ Joshi, Gaurav (1 December 2022). "Alliance Air Starts New Routes In Northeast India". Simple Flying. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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  • Pasighat Airport at Great Circle AIrports
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