Raxaul Airport
Raxaul Airport Raxaul Havāī Aḍḍā | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Location | Raxaul,Bihar,India | ||||||||||
| ElevationAMSL | 20 ft / 79 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°59′47″N084°49′14″E/ 26.99639°N 84.82056°E | ||||||||||
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  VERL Airport in India  VERL VERL(India) | |||||||||||
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Raxaul Airport(ICAO:VERL) is an airport located atRaxaulin thestateofBihar,India.It was established after theSino-Indian Warof 1962, when it served as an emergency landing ground for theIndian Army.[1]TheAirports Authority of India(AAI) that owns the airport has undertaken a pre-feasibility study at the airport to upgrade the airport to handleATR-72aircraft. A draft Master Plan highlighting a requirement of an additional 121 acres of land has been submitted to the State Government.[2]There have been recent proposals to expand the airport.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^"MP push to airport renovation".The Telegraph.13 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 30 December 2013.Retrieved30 December2013.
- ^"Proposal to Operationalise Raxaul Airport".Press Information Bureau.10 December 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 30 December 2013.Retrieved30 December2013.
- ^"Cong MP Akhilesh Singh urges Union Civil Aviation minister for rebuilding Raxaul airport".thehawk.in.27 June 2020.
- ^Mufti, Ifrah (9 August 2019)."India spent Rs 36 crore in 2018-19 on 27 airports where not a single flight takes off".
- Raxaul AirportatAirports Authority of India
- Airport information for VERLat Great Circle Mapper. Source: GCMphotogrammetry.