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Shimla Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

14/32
  
4,035

Code
  
SLV

Phone
  
0177 273 6835

Serves
  
Shimla

Elevation AMSL
  
5,072 ft / 1,546 m

4,035
  
1,230

Elevation
  
1,546 m

Owner
  
Government of India

Shimla Airport

Operator
  
Airports Authority of India

Location
  
Jabarhatti, Himachal Pradesh, India

Address
  
Airport Road, Jubbarhatti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171011

Landing at shimla airport


Shimla Airport (IATA: SLV, ICAO: VISM) is an airport located in Jabarhatti, 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Shimla in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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The airport was constructed by cutting down a mountaintop and leveling the area to form the single runway. The small apron has space for two small aircraft (Dornier Do 228) to park simultaneously. The small terminal can handle 50 persons for arriving flights, but only 40 for departing flights.

Kingfisher Airlines, operating the sole daily flight from Delhi, could not carry more than 28 passengers on its return journey because of load restrictions imposed on the aircraft due to Shimla's high altitude. It ceased operations to Shimla in September 2012.

Normal operations resumed from 9 June 2016

Shimla airport


References

Shimla Airport Wikipedia