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Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Airport
  • IATA: GWL
  • ICAO: VIGR
Summary
Airport typeMilitary & Public
OwnerIndian Air Force
OperatorIndian Air Force & Airports Authority of India
ServesGwalior
LocationMaharajpur, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Opened1940; 84 years ago (1940)[1]
Time zoneIndian Standard Time (+5:30)
Elevation AMSL617 ft / 188 m
Coordinates26°17′36″N 078°13′40″E / 26.29333°N 78.22778°E / 26.29333; 78.22778
WebsiteGwalior Airport
Map
GWL is located in Madhya Pradesh
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GWL
GWL is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06L/24R 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
06R/24L 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers275,397 (Increase 26.2%)
Aircraft movements3,670 (Increase 7.2%)
Cargo tonnage10 (Decrease 86.4%)
Source: AAI[2][3][4]

Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Terminal (IATA: GWL, ICAO: VIGR), also known as Gwalior Airport, is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in Maharajpur, 10 km (6 mi) north-east of the Gwalior. It is one of the five airports in Madhya Pradesh. The airport is named after Vijaya Raje Scindia, former prominent Member of Parliament and Maharani Of Gwalior belonging to the Scindia dynasty of the Maratha Empire. It is the largest airport of Madhya Pradesh in terms of size and only airport in Central India which has two runways.

The airport is spread over 760.7 acres (307.8 hectares). The terminal building is spread over 20,000 m2 (220,000 sq ft), completed in 16 months and can handle 1,400 peak hour passengers, which is 3 times more than the old terminal building, and ancillary buildings, car parking, city-side development and other associated works at the airport. The construction of the new apron and the taxiways including associated works for parking of 13 narrowbody or small aircraft at the airport and there are some modern technologies, such as rainwater harvesting and solar energy will be used in the development of the new terminal building, by the commissioning of a new 2.5 GW solar power plant. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken up the work for expansion of the airport. The airport is the only air force base in India with two operational parallel runways.

  1. ^ "Source".
  2. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

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