Mangalore (IXE) International Airport

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by rajone

When the new terminal starts operating there will be no such problems.
Also Mangalore airport is the only airport in Karnataka to have concrete runway.

Wrong my friend How could u forget Mysore with ease..............


Mysore has two run way configuration with one runway concretized the other yet to be which would be taken up in the second phase

[rajone]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

Wrong my friend How could u forget Mysore with ease..............


Mysore has two run way configuration with one runway concretized the other yet to be which would be taken up in the second phase

Great to hear that Mysore has two concrete runways. Any idea about the length of the runways? When did they concretize the runway of Mysore?

[aka1055]

The airport is on hold form an year
FIRST they told airport 2 be ready 2 use by jan 2009
then Oct 2009 then Dec 2009 trial took place
and int trial in next 15 days or so which never happened
Now,
March 2010 is supposed 2 be the ingratiation

HOPE IT HAPPENS THIS MONTH WAITING TO USE THE NEW TERMINAL ON APRIL

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by rajone

Great to hear that Mysore has two concrete runways. Any idea about the length of the runways? When did they concretize the runway of Mysore?

one runway is concreted,the other will be done in the second phase,for pics kindly browse the Mysore MYQ airport thread

[rajone]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

Wrong my friend How could u forget Mysore with ease..............


Mysore has two run way configuration with one runway concretized the other yet to be which would be taken up in the second phase

But as per the AAI website Mysore has only one runway!!!!
The runway is 4500 feet long.

[engineer.akash]

Mysore airport runway work proceeding at a brisk pace

Staff Correspondent

`Survey to construct a terminal building has been completed'

MYSORE: Five weeks after the formal launch of work on upgrading the Mysore airport near here, earthwork for building two runways and construction of a boundary wall are proceeding at a brisk pace.

Deputy General Manager of Airports Authority of India (AAI) M.N.N. Rao told The Hindu that a survey to construct a terminal building, which would accommodate 200 passengers, had been completed. "We are now functioning from the old terminal building. We will soon set up a site office before bringing down the old terminal building," he said.

The AAI has handed over the contract for upgrading the airport to Bangalore-based Vishal Infrastructure Company. Under the contract, two runways of 1,740 metres and 1,350 metres, taxiway, apron, peripheral road, boundary wall and allied works will be executed at a cost of Rs. 29.36 crore.

The Hindu


In Karnataka only Mangalore,Mysore and Bidar have two runway configuration


Of all Bidaris the most beautiful configured runway which has been expanded to 3.15 KM & 2.75 KM

Bidar Runway,soon flights will operate from Bidar;GMR has agreed to operate the airport.




Thanks to India101 for the pic

[rajone]

Mangalore Airport ATC provides Area Control Services for a 24 hours for over flying aircrafts. The airspace controlled by Mangalore comprises parts of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra. The other Area Control Centres in south India include Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad.

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by rajone

Mangalore Airport ATC provides Area Control Services for a 24 hours for over flying aircrafts. The airspace controlled by Mangalore comprises parts of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra. The other Area Control Centres in south India include Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad.

oh cool I dint know that

Mangalore rocks

[rajone]

Bidar Runway,soon flights will operate from Bidar;GMR has agreed to operate the airport.




Thanks to India101 for the pic [/QUOTE]

Does Bidar have the required traffic ???

[engineer.akash]

Bidar - sikh gurdwara is dam famous, Bidar utsav,Bidar fort ...bidar Air station


Among the backward areas it is the only airport of good standards......

[rajone]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

Bidar - sikh gurdwara is dam famous, Bidar utsav,Bidar fort ...bidar Air station


Among the backward areas it is the only airport of good standards......

But I don't think these are good enough to have viable traffic for an airport.

[engineer.akash]

Mangalore: Direct Flight from City to New Delhi Likely from March 28

[BHOPAL EXPRESS]

If this is first flight connecting booming city like M'lore to national capital then it speaks volumes about kind of connectivity other non-metros have to metros...so much so for the 'aviation boom'

[killerk]

Originally Posted by BHOPAL EXPRESS

If this is first flight connecting booming city like M'lore to national capital then it speaks volumes about kind of connectivity other non-metros have to metros...so much so for the 'aviation boom'

Who cares about about Delhi, as long as there are flights to the other capital of India....Dubai!!!

[bel_vai]

Originally Posted by killerk

Who cares about about Delhi, as long as there are flights to the other capital of India....Dubai!!!

forget that!!!!!!!!when is the inauguration
someone please send some latest video or a pic
please!

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by bel_vai

forget that!!!!!!!

hehehe nice reply

[aka1055]

cc:daijiworld.com

[Krishnamoorthy K]

Mangalorean

[bel_vai]

Originally Posted by Krishnamoorthy K

Mangalorean

thank u so much for sending a pic of the new flight
but i want to have a pic of the new terminal!
please try to send me pic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krishnamoorthy K]

* Airport director says its inauguration date will soon be fixed

MANGALORE: The new integrated terminal building of the Mangalore Airport at Kenjar will be operational in a month's time, according to Peter Abraham, director of the airport.

In an informal chat with presspersons on the sidelines of the arrival of the Delhi-Mangalore-Kozhikode-Delhi flight at the Bajpe airport on Sunday, he said the date for its formal inauguration would be fixed within three weeks. He said the State Government had laid a two-lane concrete road connecting the new facility with the Mangalore-Bajpe-Kateel-Mulky Road, which can be used as an entry road and the zilla panchayat road (towards Dakkan Park building) can be used for exit. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) was laying a 400-m road to connect the new terminal building with the zilla panchayat road. It would be completed in a month, he said.The AAI was also widening the perimeter road inside the airport to facilitate smooth movement of fuel tankers.This was also expected to be completed in a month, he said. Mr. Abraham said that even if these road works were not completed as stipulated, it would not come in the way of inaugurating the terminal building.

With the opening of the new terminal building at Kenjar, the distance between the city and the airport will be reduced by about eight kilometres. The airport terminal at Bajpe is about 22 km from the city.

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel had laid the foundation stone for the Rs. 147-crore integrated terminal building on October 3, 2006. The new terminal building has been designed to handle 500 passengers at a time and five aircraft can be parked at a time in the apron. In addition, it has facility to park 300 cars.

The Hindu

But airport road seems to be stuck up with Kavoor-Marakada stretch being complete and Marakada-Maravoor bridge stretch without much progress.

AI launches direct flight from Mangalore to Delhi