Chikkalthana Airport IXU

Chikkalthana airport was established in early 1990s by the Government of Maharashtra for the purpose of tourism in Aurangabad. However, due to the ignorance of the political authorities, the project was not much successful. In the late 1990s, the project was handed over to an international bank, by the government of Maharashtra, to finance it and start with the project. Chikkalthana Airport is the 17th airport that carries passengers to Hajj.

The first phase of the airport project required an amount of Rs.81.71 crores, and the roads, water supply, monuments, electric, and mechanical services were upgraded. The first phase was completed in 2005 and comprised of extending the runway, taxi-tracks, and the boundary walls.

The second phase of up-gradation required Rs. 360 crores, and the finance was supported by the international agency. It included the new terminal construction to receive domestic and international flights. The airport was inaugurated in 2008.

The only problem that was faced by the Chikkalthana airport was that of parking. Before upgrading, the ramp could only adjust one wide aircraft, and it created a huge parking problem. This problem was fixed in the second phase of renovation of the airport, which widened the ramp by 500 X400 ft and then 4 wide aircrafts could be parked.

On 3rd March 2009, the airport was ready for the regular flights for operations. The first flight landed at 8:05 am at the airport.

Features of the new terminal

The new terminal is constructed on 20500 sq meters, where seven air planes land and takeoff daily. The length of the run way is 7500 ft to 9300 ft. Four points for entry and exit of passengers are constructed. The control tower is approximately 40mtr high with the floor area of 620mtr.

Facilities

Escalators are provided in the new terminal for the passengers. A special room for children care is constructed to facilitate the passengers. Duty free shops, flight information display, car calling, car parking are some of the important facilities available at this airport.

Flights that leave from Chikkalthana Airport IXU

Aurangabad to Delhi flights.

Aurangabad to Udaipur flights.

Aurangabad to Mumbai flights.

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