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Calicut International Airport (Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം) (IATA: CCJ, ICAO: VOCL), also known as Karipur Airport, is an International Airport serving the city of Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India. The airport is located in Karipur, Malappuram district about 28 km (17 mi) from the Kozhikode Railway Station and 25 km (16 mi) from the town of Malappuram, with the closest railway station being at Feroke. Air India Express has a base at the airport. It is the seventh busiest airport in the country in terms of international passenger traffic and the 12th busiest airport in India in terms of overall passenger traffic.[1]

The airport was given the international airport status on 2 February 2006, thereby paving the way for the improvement of infrastructure for handling international flights.[2][3] It is the third busiest airport in Kerala after Cochin International Airport and Trivandrum International Airport.

Cochin International Airport (Malayalam: കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം) (IATA: COK, ICAO: VOCI), also known as Nedumbassery Airport and CIAL, is the largest and busiest airport in Kerala, located at Nedumbassery, 25 km (16 mi) north of Kochi, in India. For the financial year 2010-11, it was the seventh busiest airport in India in terms of overall passenger traffic and fourth busiest in terms of international passenger traffic.[3] The airport is the primary base for Air India Express operations and is a focus city for Air India, GoAir, IndiGo, Jet Airways, JetLite, SpiceJet and Kingfisher Airlines.

Cochin International Airport is the first airport in the country developed under a public-private partnership(PPP) model. The airport pioneered the concept of private investment in the airport sector after being incorporated as a public limited company, receiving investments from nearly 10,000 non-resident Indians (NRIs) from 30 countries.[4]

The airport handled 4.3 million passengers and had air traffic movements (ATM) of about 411 per week for the year 2009–10. The airport handles approximately 800 aircraft per week, with 10,800 passengers each day.[5] 8 domestic airlines and 16 international airlines connect Kochi with nearly 40 destinations nationally and internationally.

Trivandrum International Airport (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം (IATA: TRV, ICAO: VOTV) is located in Thiruvananthapuram and is the first airport in the state of Kerala, India.It is the first International airport in a non-metro city in India.[1] TIA is considered as an "all weather" airport in the country[2] and is ISO 9001-2000 certified. It is the 8th busiest airport in the country in terms of international passenger traffic and 10th busiest in terms of overall passenger traffic.[3]

The Trivandrum International terminal is located approximately 3.7 km (2.3 mi) due west from the central business district,[1] 16 km (9.9 mi) from Kovalam beach, 9.4 km (5.8 mi)[citation needed] from Technopark Trivandrum and 21 km (13 mi) from the proposed Vizhinjam International Seaport. It is the second busiest airport in Kerala in terms of domestic and international traffic after Cochin International Airport.[4]

In addition to civil operations, Trivandrum Airport also caters to the IAF (Indian Air Force) and the Coast Guard for their strategic operations. IAF have an exclusive apron to handle all their operations. Trivandrum airport also caters for the Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology[5] which carries out pilot training activities.

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (IATA: HYD, ICAO: VOHS) (Telugu: రాజీవ్ గాంధీ అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయము, Urdu: راجیو گاندھی بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈےاڈے) also known as Hyderabad International Airport, is an international airport near Shamshabad, about 22 km (14 mi) south of downtown Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The airport is named after former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. It replaced the former international airport of the city, Begumpet Airport. Commercial flight operations began at 12:01 am on 23 March 2008. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is the second public-private partnership venture in the Indian airports, the first being the Cochin International Airport. For the financial year 2010-11, it was the sixth busiest airport in the country in terms of international and overall passenger traffic.[2]

Hyderabad international airport has been named amongst the world's top five in the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) passenger survey along with the ones at Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing.[3] In 2010, Hyderabad airport was ranked among the top airports of the world in the airport services quality (ASQ) by the global body, Airports Council International (ACI). It retained the number one position for the second year in a row among 49 airports handling 5-15 million passengers per annum (mppa).[4]

It serves as a hub for SpiceJet (future) and Lufthansa Cargo and also a focus city for Air India, Jet Airways, and Kingfisher Airlines.

Nadirgul Airport

Nadirgul Airfield

IATA: none – ICAO: none

Summary

Airport type Public

Owner Government of India

Operator Airports Authority of India

Location Hyderabad, India

Elevation AMSL 1,811 ft / 551.9 m

Coordinates 17°18′21″N 078°33′38″ECoordinates: 17°18′21″N 078°33′38″E

Website http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/nadirgul.jsp

Runways

Direction Length Surface

ft m

10L/28R 3,000 914.4 Paved

10R/28L 3,000 914.4 Un-Paved

Nadirgul is a small airstrip, 12 nm South-East of Hyderabad located on the Nagarjuna Sagar Highway. Nadirgul airfield has two runways both of which are just about 3000' long and 75' wide. The main runway is paved, while the second runway is un-paved.

This airfield has been serving primarily the needs of the aspiring trainee pilots in Hyderabad. As of now Andhra Pradesh Flying Club(APFC), Flytech Aviation Academy and Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy(RGAA) are using this field to train pilots. Flytech Aviation has set up its own hangar in this field.

Nadirgul has no instrument approach procedure laid as there are no radio navigational equipment installed. Nadirgul is classified to VMC conditions and no night landing facilities like REIL, REL, ALS, Taxiway lights, PAPI and VASI etc. are installed. The runway orientation is 10-28 paved surface. Interestingly, Nadirgul has an unpaved runway RW10R-RW28L parallel to the paved(and main)runway. The runway is slightly inclined towards RW28 (RW28 is 1804' and RW10 is 1790'). Local surface winds favor the use of RW28 till the late August and RW10 till the late February. Though not designated (and maintained) as a runway, a specific portion of the airfield is left as a cross-runway (RW14-RW32 they call). Though not often used, the primary idea is to facilitate any emergency landings, if needed during the training flights(trainees mostly fly single engine planes like Cessna 152 and Cessna 172). The circuit altitude is 2600' and the pattern is South of the field as North of Nadirgul is residential area. For all practical purposes, METAR and TAFOR issued for Hyderabad airport are used. Also, there is no specific ATC here, but the trainees usually do the needful.

After the opening of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, all the training flights were supposed to be shifted to the Begumpet Airport. But Nadirgul still remains active in service.

Tower 123.250 MHz

Latitude 17* 18' 21" N

Longitude 078* 33' 38" E

Elevation 1811'

Position R-148 HHY VOR at 12 nm

Runway Length Width Surface

10L 3000' 75' Paved

28R 3000' 75' Paved

10R 3000' 75' Un-paved

28L 3000' 75' Un-paved

Aerodrome Reference Code Number Aerodrome Reference Code Letter

2 B