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Gwalior airport

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Airport type
  
Military/Public

Elevation AMSL
  
617 ft / 188 m

Code
  
GWL

Phone
  
0751 247 3880

Serves
  
Gwalior

06/24
  
9,000

Elevation
  
188 m

Owner
  
Indian Air Force

Gwalior airport

Operator
  
Indian Air Force/Airports Authority of India

Location
  
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Address
  
Maharajpura, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 474020

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The Gwalior airport, officially Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal, (IATA: GWL, ICAO: VIGR) is a civil enclave airport at the Maharajpur Air Force Station 10 km north-east of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the four airports in Madhya Pradesh.

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Airlines and destinations

As of February 2017, Air India Regional provides thrice-weekly flights between Gwalior and Mumbai.

Structure

The airport is spread over 29.5 acres and the terminal can handle 200 passengers per hour. The 100-by-150-metre (330 ft × 490 ft) apron can handle two Airbus A320 and one small aircraft simultaneously. The Gwalior Air Base is the only operational air force base with two operational parallel runways. The second runway was built in February 2009 and became operational in October 2010.

References

Gwalior airport Wikipedia