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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Hinoo, Ranchi

13/31
  
2,713

Elevation
  
655 m

Yearly aircraft movements
  
7,612

Serves
  
Ranchi

Elevation AMSL
  
2,148 ft / 646 m

Code
  
IXR

Phone
  
0651 645 0327

Birsa Munda Airport

Operator
  
Airports Authority of India

Address
  
Airport Road, Khokambatoli, Hinoo, Ranchi, Jharkhand 834002

Birsa munda airport ranchi


Birsa Munda Airport is a domestic airport serving the city Ranchi and is managed by Airports Authority of India. It is located in Hinoo locality, approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of the city. It is the 37th busiest airport in India. Till 2005 it had only 2 flights a day operated by Indian Airlines. In 2005 Air Deccan Started operating to Kolkata, Patna, Raipur and Delhi making the total flights going up to 7 a day now daily 15 flights from different cities. It is named after an Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda.

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Terminals

There is only one integrated Terminal with facilities for travel desks, lounges, etc. was inaugurated on 24 March 2013 in a function attended by Mr. Ajit Singh, Minister of Civil Aviation, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, Jharkhand governor Syed Ahmed, Ranchi MP Subodh Kant Sahay and Rajya Sabha MP Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu. In the next few days, the tax on ATF was reduced from 20% to 4% to attract more airlines to the city. Also, night landing at BMA has been made free so that there may be more flights to the metro cities in the morning. The Airports Authority of India also announced the construction of three more parking bays, thereby making it the first Tier-II airport in India to have 8 planned parking bays. The old terminal is no longer used and remains closed for most of the time. It was shutdown at midnight on the 23rd of March 2013.

Incident and accidents

  • On 19 October 2011, a Dhruv helicopter of Border Security Force departed from Birsa Munda Airport to Chaibasa, crashed into hills near Khunti, killing all occupants on board. Investigation concluded that pilot became spatially disoriented while solving a technical snag and applied excessive inputs to the helicopter while returning to the airport which resulted in severe rotor damage, causing the crash.
  • On 9 May 2012, an AgustaWestland AW109 helicopter departed from Birsa Munda Airport to Kuchai Helipad, carrying the then Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda, crashed on the airport while executing an emergency landing after the helicopter developed problems with rudder control and returned to Birsa Munda Airport. All passengers and crew survived.
  • On 27 August 2013, a tornado like phenomenon tore apart a section of the roof top of the new airport terminal and blew it away. It landed some 200 meters from the airport at a public place. The incident was localized to the airport only; no one was injured during this incident and no other structure was damaged.

    • References

    Birsa Munda Airport Wikipedia
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