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Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport
New terminal at Amritsar International Airport
IATA: ATQ ICAO: VIAR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Amritsar, Punjab, India
Location	Rajasansi, Amritsar, India
Elevation AMSL	230 m / 756 ft
Coordinates	31°42′28″N 074°47′57″E / 31.70778°N 74.79917°E / 31.70778; 74.79917Coordinates: 31°42′28″N 074°47′57″E / 31.70778°N 74.79917°E / 31.70778; 74.79917
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 3,658 12,001 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2017 - March 2018)
Passengers 2,319,955 (48.1%) Aircraft movements 17,767 (53.1%) Cargo tonnage 1,676 (23.7%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport (IATA: ATQ, ICAO: VIAR) named after Guru Ram Das Ji, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar city, is an international airport about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. Beside this, the airport serves the neighbouring Western districts of Himachal Pradesh and Southern districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Facilities

The arrivals section of the old terminal was inaugurated in September 2005, and the departures section was made operational in March 2006. A new integrated terminal building, built in glass and steel and equipped with modern facilities like an inline X-ray baggage inspection and conveyor system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), and CCTV for surveillance among others, was inaugurated on 25 February 2009, with an area of approximately 40,175 square metres (432,440 sq ft) marking an improvement over the earlier 12,770 square metres (137,500 sq ft) facility. The new terminal building is a blend of modern and Indian designs, constructed in glass and steel with Indian style arches and colours. For the quarter ending June 30, 2016, the airport registered a 59.6% growth of international passenger traffic.^[4]

The baggage area in Amritsar airport before its opening.

The integrated terminal building has four aerobridges (including new recently fitted ones at bay no. 2 and bay no. 4), an annual capacity of 1.46 million passengers with a peak hour capacity of 1,200 passengers. The building has 30 check-in counters, 4 X-ray scanners (for baggage), 26 immigration Counters, 10 custom counters, 12 security check booths, and 4 conveyor belts for arrivals. The apron has been extended to cater for parking of a total of 14 aircraft (8 Category 'E’, 3 Category 'D’ and 3 Category 'C’ types of aircraft) from the earlier capacity of ten aircraft and strengthened for parking of Category 'E’ type of aircraft. The departure and arrival halls operate duty-free shops. The departure hall also accommodates foreign currency exchange service, a book store, restaurants and other shops for the convenience of departing passengers.^[5] The airport registered India's highest passenger growth of over 48% for the year 2017-2018.^[6]

Runway

CAT II ILS became operational on 23 December 2011 and reduced the visibility requirement for an aircraft landing at Amritsar Airport on Runway 34 from the existing 650 metres to 350 metres benefiting airlines in terms of increased safety and avoiding diversions to other airports resulting in better operational and environmental efficiency.^[7][8] During 2016-17 runway upgrade, the flexible portion runway was strengthed and inset lighting installed for ILS CAT III at a cost of 150 crores.^[9] On 12 Oct 2017, the Airports Authority of India issued CAT III-B low visibility procedures (LVP) for Amritsar Airport allowing landing at 50 m visual range.^[10]

Airlines and destinations

A Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757-200 on the apron

An Air India Boeing 777-300ER at the terminal

References

External links

Media related to Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport at Wikimedia Commons