Imphal Airport (Meitei: Imphal Malang Hithangpham) | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Manipur | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Imphal | ||||||||||
Location | Tulihal, Imphal, Manipur, India | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 774 m / 2,540 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E | ||||||||||
Website | Imphal Airport | ||||||||||
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Imphal Airport[a] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), officially renamed as Bir Tikendrajit International Airport,[b][4][5] and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport,[c] is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. The airport replaced the former Koirengei Airfield in 1959.[6]
In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$410 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$86 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[7] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$72 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[8]
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[9]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air India | Delhi, Dibrugarh,[10] Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata |
Air India Express[11] | Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata |
Alliance Air | Aizawl,[12] Dimapur, Guwahati,[13] Kolkata, Silchar[14] |
IndiGo | Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi,[15] Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong[16] |
Mingalar Aviation Services | Charter: Mandalay |
Rank | Destinations | Frequency (weekly) |
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1 | Guwahati | 38 |
2 | Kolkata | 35 |
3 | Agartala | 7 |
4 | Aizawl | 7 |
5 | Delhi | 7 |
6 | Dibrugarh | 7 |
7 | Silchar | 7 |
8 | Dimapur | 4 |
9 | Shillong | 3 |
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