Diu Airport

Diu Airport
Diu Airport
IATA: DIU – ICAO: VA1P
DIU is located in India
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DIU
Location of airport in India
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Diu, Jafrabad
Location Diu, India
Elevation AMSL 31 ft / 9 m
Coordinates 20°42′47″N 070°55′16″E / 20.71306°N 70.92111°E / 20.71306; 70.92111Coordinates: 20°42′47″N 070°55′16″E / 20.71306°N 70.92111°E / 20.71306; 70.92111
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/22 5,980 1,823 Asphalt
13/31 3,555 1,084 Asphalt

Diu Airport (IATA: DIU, ICAO: VA1P) is located at Diu in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu, India. Besides Diu, it also serves the neighbouring areas of Gujarat, including Veraval and Jafrabad.

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History

Diu airport was built in the 1954 when Diu was part of Portuguese India.[1] Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa(TAIP), commenced operations to Diu on 16th August 1955. The Airline linked Diu with Goa, Daman and Karachi[2] until December 1961 when the Indian air force bombed the airfield. [3]

Structure

Diu Airport's main runway 05/23 is 5922 ft (1826 Mtrs)long and 45 mtrs wide. connected to an apron measuring 60 by 90 metres via two taxiways.The Airport Terminal can accommodate 100 passengers each in the arrivals and departure halls. A Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) is Diu's sole Navigational Aid. [4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Jet Airways Mumbai, Porbandar

External links

  1. ^ "General Vasssalo e Silva". http://www.colaco.net/1/vassalo.htm. Retrieved 02 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Dabolim and TAIP". http://www.colaco.net/1/GdeFdabolim2.htm. Retrieved 01 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Liberation of Goa - An Overview". http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1961Goa/1012-Goa01.html. Retrieved 02 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "AAI Website". http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/diu_technicalinfo.jsp. Retrieved 02 November 2011. 
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Ahmedabad: Sardar Patel Airport • Amritsar: Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee Airport (Raja Sansi)¹ • Bangalore: Bengaluru Airport (Devanahalli) • Chennai (Madras): Chennai Airport (Meenambakkam) • Coimbatore Airport (Peelamedu)¹ • Delhi: Indira Gandhi Airport (Palam) • Gaya Airport¹ • Goa: Dabolim Airport¹ • Guwahati: Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (Borjhar)¹ • Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi Airport (Shamshabad) • Jaipur: Sanganer Airport¹ • Kochi (Cochin): Cochin Airport (Nedumbassery) • Kolkata (Calcutta): Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (Dum Dum) • Kozhikode (Calicut): Calicut Airport (Karipur) • Lucknow: Amausi Airport¹ • Mangalore Airport (Bajpe)¹ • Mumbai (Bombay): Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Sahar) • Nagpur: Babasaheb Ambedkar Airport (Sonegaon)¹ • Pune Airport (Lohegaon)¹ • Siliguri: Bagdogra Airport¹ • Srinagar: Sheikh ul Alam Airport¹ • Trichy: Tiruchirapalli Airport¹ • Trivandrum Airport • Varanasi (Benares): Babatpur Airport¹

  • Note: ¹ Designated as a "restricted international airport" ("customs airport"); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports.
Military

Agra AFS • Allahabad AFS • Arakkonam • Ambala • Bagdogra • Bareilly AFS • Bhuj Rudra Mata • Car Nicobar • Chabua • Chandigarh • Kochi INS Garuda • Dimapur • Dundigul • Guwahati • Gorakhpur AFB • Halwara • Hindon AFS • Kanpur AFS • Lucknow AFS • Lohegaon • Kumbhirgram • Palam • Safdarjung • Saharanpur AFB • Sulur • Tanjore • Yelahanka
Closed
Proposed
East India
Jamshedpur:Adityapur-Seraikella Airport(Adityapur-Seraikella)
North India
South India
Chennai (Madras):New Chennai International Airport (Sriperumbudur)
West India
Ahmedabad:Fedara International Airport (Fedara) • Mumbai (Bombay):Kalyan International Airport (Kalyan) • Mumbai (Bombay):Navi Mumbai International Airport (Panvel) • Pune:New Pune International Airport (Chakan)

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