- Source: Bir Tikendrajit International Airport
Bir Tikendrajit International Airport(IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), also known as Imphal Airport, and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport, 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.
Development
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. 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.
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 four aerobridges and eight parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, two link taxiways, and an ATC tower.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
= Busiest flights
=Accidents and incidents
On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.
Gallery
See also
Kangla Helipad (Manung Kangjeibung)
Kakching Aerodrome
Notes
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
External links
Media related to Imphal International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Imphal Airport at the Airports Authority of India
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