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Nashik Airport

Coordinates:20°07′10″N073°54′49″E/ 20.11944°N 73.91361°E/20.11944; 73.91361
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Nashik International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OwnerHindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL)
OperatorHALCON (HAL&CONCOR)
ServesNashik Metropolitan Region
LocationOzar,Nashik district,Maharashtra,India
Opened1964;60 years ago(1964)
ElevationAMSL608 m / 1,995 ft
Coordinates20°07′10″N073°54′49″E/ 20.11944°N 73.91361°E/20.11944; 73.91361
Map
ISK is located in Maharashtra
ISK
ISK
Location of the airport in Maharashtra
ISK is located in India
ISK
ISK
ISK(India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,000 9,843 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers242,372 (Increase124.9%)
Aircraft movements3,234 (Increase3.3%)
Cargo tonnage464Increase

Nashik Airport(IATA:ISK,ICAO:VAOZ) is anairportandIndian Air Forcebase serving the city ofNashik,Maharashtra,India.It is located atOzar,20 km (12 mi) northeast from the city centre. It is owned byHindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL), which uses the airport primarily to develop, test and build aircraft for theIndian Armed Forces.It is home to a maintenance station of theIndian Air Forceand also supports widebody commercial cargo services.[4]A new passenger terminal was inaugurated on 3 March 2014.[5]It serves theNashik Metropolitan Region(NMR) as well as theNorth Maharashtra Region.

History

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The airport was built in 1964, whenHindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL)'s Aircraft Division at Nashik commenced licensed manufacturing of the fighter aircraft, with theMiG-21FL. Other aircraft manufactured here include MiG-21M, MiG-21 BIS,MiG-27M andSu-30 MKIaircraft.

Kingfisher Airlinescommenced scheduled services toMumbaiin 2008, but ended in November 2009 due to poor response.[6]HAL announced the launch of commercial air cargo operations from the airport on 20 September 2011. The cargo services are managed by HALCON, a joint working group between HAL andContainer Corporation of India(CONCOR) along with Clarion Solutions. The airport is capable of handling large aircraft like theAntonovAN-124s after having creating additional parking space and medical facilities. Clarion Solutions is the cargo terminal operator.

In 2011, HAL signed aMemorandum of Understanding(MoU) with theGovernment of Maharashtrafor an upgradation of the airport.[7]This involves a passenger terminal worth ₹ 84 crores. The Government of Maharashtra paid ₹ 74 crores of the terminal project cost and HAL funded the remaining ₹ 10 crore.[5][8]After coming on theDirectorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA)'s air map, HAL is now in the process of appointing a private company to develop, to operate and maintain the airport terminal at the airport on a revenue sharing basis.[9] Scheduled passenger air services to Nashik was revived after a gap of eight years whenAir Deccancommenced operations to Mumbai andPuneon 23 December 2017 under the government'sUDANscheme.[6]

Ozar Air Force Station

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The 11 Base Repair Depot, one of the eight base repair depots of theIndian Air Forceunder overall control and supervision of theMaintenance Command,Nashik is based at the airport. It was established in 1975 and is an ISO 9001:2000 certified maintenance facility. It conducts overhaul programmes for the IAF's MiG-21 (FL, BIS), MiG-23s and MiG-29s.[10]

Terminal

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The new terminal building, spread over 22 acres with 8,267 sq.m. built-up area can accommodate 300 passengers. The adjoiningaproncan handle up to six aircraft. The groundbreaking ceremony of the terminal was performed by the then PWD Minister and Guardian Minister,Chhagan Bhujbal,on 2 January 2012,[11]and the terminal was inaugurated on 3 March 2014 by the then Union Minister for the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises,Praful Patel.[5]The facilities include departure lobby, check-in counters, security, holding and VIP areas, retail, airport administration and airlines offices, flying and ground crew services, physically challenged friendly and childcare facilities, and dedicated smoking areas. The airport boasts of modern systems like integrated baggage handling,Flight information display systems(FIDS), CCTVs, public address and voice annunciation systems, access control, Building Management System (BMS), Fire and Safety Systems, and Terminal Control Center.[12]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
IndiGoAhmedabad,Bangalore,Delhi,Goa–Mopa,Hyderabad,Indore,Nagpur

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at ISK airport. SeeWikidata query.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Annexure III – Passenger Data"(PDF).aai.aero.Retrieved23 April2024.
  2. ^"Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data"(PDF).aai.aero.Retrieved23 April2024.
  3. ^"Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data"(PDF).aai.aero.Retrieved23 April2024.
  4. ^"HAL begins cargo services at Nashik airport".IBN.20 September 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 17 October 2012.Retrieved21 September2011.
  5. ^abc"Union minister visits new airport terminal".The Times of India.26 July 2014.Retrieved27 July2014.
  6. ^ab"Air Deccan finally starts air services from Ozar".The Times of India.24 December 2017.Retrieved26 December2017.
  7. ^"Maha govt, HAL to upgrade Ozar airport".Business Standard.5 March 2011.Retrieved21 September2011.
  8. ^"Ozar terminal to be inaugurated on March 2".The Times of India.25 February 2014.Retrieved25 February2014.
  9. ^"Indigo to use Nashik airport for emergency landing".Times of India.8 December 2015.Retrieved5 October2016.
  10. ^"When IAF Turns Industrial Entrepreneur - A Visit to 11 BRD".Vayu Aerospace Review.New Delhi. 12 October 2009.Retrieved10 October2018.
  11. ^"Bhoomipujan of terminal building at Ozar Airport".CafeNasik.com. 2 January 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 13 December 2017.Retrieved2 March2012.
  12. ^"20 km from Nashik - New airport terminal at Ozar inaugurated | The Economic Times".Retrieved21 August2019.
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