Maharana Pratap Airport

Maharana Pratap Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesUdaipur
LocationDabok, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Elevation AMSL513 m / 1,684 ft
Coordinates24°37′03.2″N 73°53′40″E / 24.617556°N 73.89444°E / 24.617556; 73.89444
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 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers1,503,535 (Increase 10.9%)
Aircraft movements13,520 (Increase 23.1%)
Cargo tonnage247 (Decrease 35.7%)

Maharana Pratap Airport (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.[5] The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India.

The airstrip was used for the first time when a 4-seater Piper Super Cub landed in the airport on 16 November 1957.[6][7] The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008.[8]

Structure[edit]

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.[9] It has one 2,743 metre long runway.[10] Its 250 by 150-metre apron provides parking space for five Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 type aircraft at a time.[11] A new apron is also constructed on the left side of the existing apron for executive and private aircraft.[11] The new terminal building, measuring 12,000 sq.m., was constructed at a cost of ₹80 crore.[8][4] The terminal has two aerobridges, 4 check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours.[11] 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).[4]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
Air India Delhi, Mumbai[12][13]
Alliance AirAhmedabad, Delhi [14]
IndiGoBangalore, Bhopal,[citation needed] Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore,[15] Jaipur, Mumbai, Surat[16][17]
Vistara Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai[18]

Statistics[edit]

Annual passenger traffic at UDR airport. See Wikidata query.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Airport website, Tech info". Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Udaipur Airport Domestic Terminal". Udaipur Airport. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Udaipur's first pilot". The Times of India. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ^ "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". Bhaskar (in Hindi). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b "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.
  9. ^ "Airport website". Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Udaipur airport set to handle international flights soon". The Times of India. 20 November 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "उदयपुर एयरपोर्ट को नए एप्रन की म‍ि‍ली सौगात, वर्चुअल तरीके से हुआ उदघाटन | New Apron Inaugurates At Maharana Pratap Airport, Dabok, Udaipur". Patrika News (in Hindi). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Timetable" (PDF). Air India. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Air India to commence Udaipur-Aurangabad service in Oct-2019". CAPA. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Alliance Air from Udaipur to Ahmedabad". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  15. ^ "INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  16. ^ "INDIGO 2H23 DOMESTIC NETWORK ADDITIONS". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Vistara to launch Jodhpur and Udaipur flights". Vistara. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

External links[edit]

Media related to Maharana Pratap Airport at Wikimedia Commons