Maharana Pratap Airport

Maharana Pratap Airport[4] (IATA: UDR, ICAO: VAUD) is a domestic airport serving Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated at Dabok, located 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur. The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India.

Maharana Pratap Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesUdaipur
LocationDabok, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Elevation AMSL513 m / 1,684 ft
Coordinates24°37′04″N 073°53′46″E
WebsiteUdaipur Airport
Map
UDR is located in Rajasthan
UDR
UDR
Location of the airport in Rajasthan
UDR is located in India
UDR
UDR
UDR (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,743 9,000 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2022 - March 2023)
Passengers1,355,215 (Increase 47.6%)
Aircraft movements10,985 (Increase 34.7%)
Cargo tonnage384 (Increase 33.8%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

The airstrip was used for the first time when a 4-seater Piper Super Cub landed in the airport on 16 November 1957.[5][6] The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008.[7]

Structure
The 4-seater Piper aircraft landed first time at Maharana Pratap Airport on 16 November 1957
View of the terminal from the apron

The airport is spread over 504 acres.[4] It has one 2,743 metre-long runway. Its 250 by 150-metre apron provides parking space for five Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 type aircraft at a time. A new apron is also constructed on the left side of the existing apron for executive and private aircraft. The new terminal building, measuring 12,175 sq.m., was constructed at a cost of ₹ 80 crore. The terminal has two aerobridges, 4 check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours. The airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids like Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), DVOR, and Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) and is equipped with a CAT-I Instrument Landing System (ILS).[8]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
Air India Delhi, Mumbai[9][10]
Alliance AirAhmedabad, Delhi [11]
IndiGoBangalore, Bhopal,[12] Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore,[13] Jaipur, Mumbai, Rajkot,[14] Surat[15][16]
SpiceJetSeasonal: Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai[17]
Vistara Delhi, Mumbai[18]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at UDR airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

References
  1. "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. "Airport website". Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  5. "Udaipur's first pilot". The Times of India. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. "For the first time, a plane passing through Jaipur had reached Udaipur's Dabok airport, Tiwari had a dialogue with everyone from Rajiv Gandhi to Narendra Modi. | पहली बार जयपुर से गुजर विमान उदयपुर के डबोक हवाई अड्डे लेकर पहुंचे थे तिवारी, राजीव गांधी से लेकर नरेंद्र मोदी तक सभी से था आशुतोष का संवाद". NewsJoJo. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. "Udaipur airport readied in time for Praful's daughter's wedding". The Times of India. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  8. "Airport website, Tech info". Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  9. "Timetable" (PDF). Air India. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  10. "Air India to commence Udaipur-Aurangabad service in Oct-2019". CAPA. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  11. "Alliance Air from Udaipur to Ahmedabad". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  12. Joshi, Gaurav (21 October 2022). "IndiGo Announces Eight New Domestic Routes". Simple Flying. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  13. "INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  14. Mondal, Anish (10 September 2023). "Gujarat: Rajkot International Airport starts functioning, IndiGo to operate all its services from here – Details inside". The Financial Express. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  15. "INDIGO 2H23 DOMESTIC NETWORK ADDITIONS". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  16. "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  17. "SpiceJet schedules". SpiceJet. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  18. "Vistara to launch Jodhpur and Udaipur flights". Vistara. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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