Which cities airports? - Airliners-India

the_380 · Member

Which cities airports?

karatecatman · Member

You'll be surprised tp know that there are about 300 airfields or more across India.

Just fell into disuse and were forgotten.

Aseem · Member

1.Which cities do u think need intl. airports?

Agra
Goa
Varanasi
Jaipur
Srinagar

2.Which cities do u think need airports?

Ludhiana
Udaipur (not sure if it already have one)

rgds

VT-ASJ

himmat01 · Member

Both Udaipur and Ludhiana have airports. While 9W and IC operate to Udaipur, there are no scheduled flights to Ludhiana.

the_380 · Member

I fell every capital of every state shud have an intl. airport

Nimish · Member

In the south:

Cities that could do with functioning airports:

Mysore
Kodaikanal
Ooty

And all the other numerous tourist spots that get a lot of traffic, but only connected via land links.

the_380 · Member

yes ooty does need one airstrip

ABN397 · Member

There are a number of cities which had regular air services in the past but now do not, generally due to lack of demand. This can be seen from the airline websites. A few which come to mind are:

Surat (only up to ATR)
Agra

In the distant past:

Car Nicobar (IC for a short time)
Kota
Rourkela
Jamshedpur
Cooch Behar
Khowai, Kamalpur and Kailashahr served by Dakotas from Agartala till the 70s.

and many obscure places connected by Vayudoot in the 80s. It is difficult to find some of them on a map (eg Osmanabad, Daparizo, Ziro) and other slightly better known places like Neyveli, Tanjore, Ramagundam. Typically Vayudoot would inaugurate flights with great fanfare but would quietly withdraw them a couple of months later.

The Jagson website mentions that it currently flies to Pantnagar, Dharmasala, Jaisalmer etc but I have grave doubts as to whether this website is showing correct information. Does anyone know more about this?

the_380 · Member

Dont know about Jagson but the airports u mentioned have a very low load factor but yes it can be connected by something like dorniers if airlines want

and if Jagson's website says it must be true atleast i feel that

any1 wid more news

himmat01 · Member

Nimish wrote:

In the south:

Cities that could do with functioning airports:

Mysore
Kodaikanal
Ooty

And all the other numerous tourist spots that get a lot of traffic, but only connected via land links.

Mysore has an airport but it has not been use for ages.
http://www.airportsindia.org.in/aai/domestic_airport/non-opr-airports/mysore.htm

karatecatman · Member

himmat01 wrote:

Nimish wrote: In the south: Cities that could do with functioning airports:

Mysore
Kodaikanal
Ooty
And all the other numerous tourist spots that get a lot of traffic, but only connected via land links. Mysore has an airport but it has not been use for ages. http://www.airportsindia.org.in/aai/domestic_airport/non-opr-airports/mysore.htm

Ooty doesn;t have flat land.

Proposal was there in the 80s to convert the race course into a runway. The idea ended, fortunately, in the dustbin.

Ooty has a helipad and that will do. Don;t want planeloads of crazy tourists.

Kodaikanal has the same problem.

Any airport in these parts will create problems as Forest Department land willhave to be delisted. Currently, preserving natural wealth is a huge issue here rightly so.

the_380 · Member

But there can be a small airstrip atleast a bit away from the airport.. or is there one?

vivekman · Member

As suggested earlier, a heliport will do just good. This will be relatively inexpensive and easy to implement. An operator can run shuttle services every 15-30 min - something on the lines of what Deccan Aviation operates at the Vaishnodevi shrine.

The frequency of services can be increased/decreased depending on the demand/season.

BTW - a heliport apparently exists somewhere in/near Ooty. I saw a helicopter climbing up the valley as I was descending down the hills in the Ooty-Metupalaiyam hill train.