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Veer Savarkar International Airport information


Veer Savarkar International Airport
  • IATA: IXZ
  • ICAO: VOPB
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesAndaman and Nicobar Islands
LocationPort Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Opened20 January 2005; 19 years ago (20 January 2005)
Elevation AMSL4 m / 14 ft
Coordinates11°38′28″N 092°43′47″E / 11.64111°N 92.72972°E / 11.64111; 92.72972
Map
IXZ is located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
IXZ
Location of airport in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ is located in India
IXZ
IXZ
IXZ (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,290 10,795 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers1,453,811 (Increase 14.2%)
Aircraft movements12,080 (Increase 10.6%)
Cargo tonnage6,246 (Decrease 1.8%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Veer Savarkar International Airport (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Port Blair and the primary airport serving the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.[4] Earlier known as Port Blair Airport, it was renamed in 2002 after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who had been detained in the Cellular Jail in the city for 11 years during India’s freedom struggle.[5] It operates as a civil enclave, sharing airside facilities with INS Utkrosh of the Indian Navy.[6]

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Here's what the Veer Savarkar International Airport to be inaugurated by PM Modi looks like". The Indian Express.
  5. ^ "Lok Sabha Debates - Regarding Renaming Of Port Blair Airport In Andaman After The Name Of Port Blair airport on 8 May, 2002". www.indiankanoon.org. Government of India. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. ^ "New Terminal Building at Port Blair Airport by March 2018". Press Information Bureau. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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