Kanpur Civil Aerodrome
Kanpur Civil Aerodrome (ICAO: VIKA)[1] was an aerodrome located inside Kanpur Cantonment and is five kilometres east of Kanpur city. It was used by small aircraft of the Civil Flying Club of Kanpur at the local flying school under the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)[2] and the National Cadet Corps (NCC) Air Wing.
Kanpur Civil Aerodrome | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Closed | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kanpur | ||||||||||
| Location | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 411 ft / 125 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26.441238°N 80.363209°E | ||||||||||
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Incidents and accidents
On the morning of 18 May 1996, a 19-seater Archana Airways L-410 aircraft operating on the Delhi to Kanpur sector touched down late and could not be stopped within the available runway length, ending up beyond the runway. The aircraft hit the boundary wall of the airport and came to a halt. The aircraft sustained major damage, but there was no fire and no injury to persons on board the aircraft.[3]
References
- "Kanpur Civil Airport, Airport Authority of India" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- "Garg Aviations Limited uses Kanpur Civil Aerodrome". www.gargaviation.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- "Civil Aviation Aircraft Accident Summary for the year 1996" (PDF). DGCA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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