Airport type Public 08/26 7,500 Code TIR Phone 0877 227 5354 | Elevation AMSL 350 ft / 107 m 7,500 2,286 Elevation 107 m | |
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Website aai.aero/allAirports/tirupati_generalinfo.jsp Owner/operator Airports Authority of India | ||
Tirupati Airport, (IATA: TIR, ICAO: VOTP) is a public airport located at Renigunta, a suburb of Tirupati in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The airport is located 14 km (8.7 mi) away from Tirupati and 39 km (24 mi) from Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala.
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- History
- Garuda Terminal
- Accidents and incidents
- References
International flights to fly soon from tirupati airport telugu news tv5 news
History
Tirupati airport was established in the year 1976. Then Prime Minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao laid the foundation stone for a new terminal building, run way expansion and a radio tower in 1993 at a cost of ₹11 crore (US$1.6 million). The upgraded airport was opened for passenger traffic in 1999 by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Garuda Terminal
A new integrated terminal referred to as Garuda Terminal was constructed besides the existing domestic terminal in an area of 16,500 square metres (178,000 sq ft) at a cost of ₹175 crore (US$26 million). The terminal can handle 500 domestic and 200 International Passengers at a time. The foundation stone for the Terminal was laid in October 2010 by Manmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister of India. Construction began in 2012, and the terminal was inaugurated on 22 October 2015 by present Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. There are plans to upgrade Tirupati Airport to International status.
Accidents and incidents
On 17 September 2016, SpiceJet Flight 1047, operating on a scheduled flight from Hyderabad to Tirupati, skid the runway after landing into a sandpit due to technical issues. All the 60 passengers that were boarding the flight were safe.
On 15 November 1993, Indian Airlines Flight 440 (IC 440), an Airbus 300B2 (Registered VT-EDV), operating on a scheduled flight from Madras (now Chennai) to Hyderabad, crash landed in the paddy fields near Tirupati Airport. It was diverted due to poor weather and ran out of fuel. There was no major injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.