Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
নেতাজী সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর

IATA: CCU – ICAO: VECC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Kolkata Airport
Serves Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Location Dum Dum, West Bengal
Elevation AMSL 23 ft / 7 m
Coordinates 22°39′17″N 88°26′48″E / 22.65472, 88.44667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01L/19R 7,872 2,400 Asphalt
01R/19L 11,900 3,627 Asphalt

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is an airport located in Dum Dum, West Bengal, India, near Kolkata (Calcutta). The civil airport was originally known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in the honour of the Bengali Indian patriot Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. It has two parallel runways 1-19 L/R, of which the longer one, 1R/19L is used for takeoffs and landings, while the other one is used mostly as a taxiway.

It is located approximately 17 km from the city centre. The airport has three terminals: a domestic terminal (opened in the early 1990s), an international terminal (the oldest terminal) and a cargo terminal.

Recently the airport has been given a facelift, making it one of the better airports in the country.

Year Passengers Year Passengers
1993 2,294,000 1998 2,521,000
1994 2,364,000 1999 2,599,000
1995 2,565,000 2000 2,686,000
1996 2,577,000 2001 2,561,000
1997 2,513,000 2002 2,827,000

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Kolkata airport has a distinguished place in the history of world aviation in general and the history of Indian aviation in particular. The following are some key milestones.

  • 1924: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines begins scheduled stops at Calcutta (now Kolkata), as part of their Amsterdam to Batavia (now Jakarta) flight.
  • 1924: Five US Air Force planes touch down at Calcutta (Kolkata) as part of the first round-the-world flight expedition by any air force in the world.
  • 1929: Bengal Air Transport Company Limited starts Calcutta to Siliguri flights. This predates the more widely known "first Indian flight" by Tata Air Lines on the Karachi - Ahmedabad - Bombay (now Mumbai) flight by two years.
  • 1930: Air Orient begins scheduled stops at Calcutta (now Kolkata), as part of their Paris to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) flight.
  • 1931: Imperial Airways' experimental flight from London to Australia lands in Calcutta (on Kolkata).
  • 1933: Imperial Airways introduces regular London - Calcutta service (extended to progressively to Rangoon and Singapore).
  • 1934: China National Aviation Company (CNAC), a subsidiary of Pan-American World Airways, begins flights on the Shanghai - Hong Kong - Chungking (now Chongqing) - Calcutta (now Kolkata) route, as a connection to the San Francisco - Shanghai Clipper route.
  • 1937: Amelia Earhart arrives in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on June 17, as part of her round the world flight. Less than a month later she disappears in the Pacific Ocean.
  • 1939: Deutsche Lufthansa begins scheduled stops at Calcutta (now Kolkata), as part of their Berlin to Bangkok service.
  • 1942: China National Aviation Company (CNAC) moves its headquarters to Calcutta. Calcutta remains operational hub of the airline until the end of the Second World War.
  • 1947: Pan-American World Airways launches round-the-world service with the slogan "New York to San Francisco via Calcutta".
  • 1952: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) introduces first jet service to India connecting London and Calcutta, using the de Havilland Comet.
  • 1953: BOAC de Havilland Comet jetliner crashes after takeoff from Calcutta airport. This crash is the first of many that will lead to the discovery of the phenomenon of metal fatigue, and will usher in the demise of British jet aviation supremacy.
  • 1963: Japan Air Lines (JAL) connects India with Japan as part of the Silk Route service. The sole Indian destination is Calcutta.
  • 1964: Indian Airlines introduces first domestic jet service in India using the Caravelle jets on the Calcutta - Delhi route.
  • 1975: India's first dedicated cargo terminal opens at Dum Dum airport.
  • 1981: Druk Air, Bhutan's national airline established with operations/maintenance headquarters in Calcutta airport.
  • 2006: Netaji Subhas International Airport is connected to the suburban railway system, becoming the first airport in India to be accessible by mass rapid transport system.

  • Simplifly Deccan (Agartala, Aizwal, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Guwahati, Vizag, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jamshedpur, Lilabari, Mumbai, Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Silchar)
  • Air India (Mumbai)
  • Air India Express (Mumbai)
  • Jet Lite (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Port Blair)
  • Indian Airlines (Agartala, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Gaya, Guwahati, Mumbai, Port Blair)
  • IndiGo Airlines (Agartala, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Agartala, Hyderabad, Goa)
  • Jet Airways (Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jorhat, Mumbai, Pune, Port Blair)
  • Kingfisher Airlines (Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Jaipur,Hyderabad, Indore, Mumbai, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Udaipur, Varanasi)
  • Spice Jet (Delhi, Bangalore,Hyderabad, Port Blair)
  • MDLR Airlines (Chandigarh, Delhi, Ranchi)

The airport is now being provided with a facelift by AAI, which is currently building a fourth terminal for the airport, due to massive increase in passenger volume during the past three to four years. The modernisation plan also include the lengthening of the runways. The airport is also linked by the suburban railway system. It is among the top four airports in the country, handling about 250 flights a day.

The increase in air traffic has forced the government to plan a second airport for the city. The chief minister is thinking of private firms to carry on the task.

Kolkata airport, along with Guwahati, is the main hub for north-east bound flights. It serves 31 destinations within India, after Delhi (48) and Mumbai (46). As of 2006, 69% of its flights are domestic flights, compared to 43% in 2002.

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Airports in India
International airports: | Ahmedabad – AMD/VAAH | Amritsar – ATQ/VIAR | Bangalore – BLR/VOBG | Calicut – CCJ/VOCL | Chennai – MAA/VOMM | Guwahati – GAU/VEGT | Gaya – GAY/VEGY † | Goa – GOI/VAGO | Hyderabad – HYD/VOHY | Indore – IDR/VAID † | Jaipur – JAI/VIJP † | Kochi – COK/VOCI | Kolkata – CCU/VECC | Lucknow – LKO/VILK † | Mangalore – IXE/VOML | Mumbai – BOM/VABB | Nagpur – NAG/VANP | New Delhi – DEL/VIDP | Patna – PAT/VEPT † | Pune – PNQ/VAPO † | Thiruvananthapuram – TRV/VOTV | Varanasi – VNS/VIBN †
† Designated as customs airports. A few international flights operate from here.
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