Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport লোকপ্ৰিয় গোপীনাথ বৰদলৈ আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ
LGB International Airport, Guwahati
IATA: GAU – ICAO: VEGT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Assam
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Guwahati
Location	Borjhar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Hub for	Indigo AirAsia
Elevation AMSL	162 ft / 49 m
Coordinates	26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583Coordinates: 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583
Website	www.aai.aero/guwahati
Map
GAU Show map of Assam GAU Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 10,200 3,110 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passenger movements 3,386,090(29.07%) Aircraft movements 35,783(12.2%) Cargo tonnage 17,567.04(63.8%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Air Traffic Control Tower at LGB Airport, Guwahati, India.

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT), also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as Borjhar Airport, is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India, situated at Borjhar in Guwahati, Assam, named after Gopinath Bordoloi, who was a freedom fighter and also the first Chief Minister of Assam after independence. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand the airport with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was also constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft.The new terminal will be around 77,500 sq m and ready by 2020.

Airport specifications

Specifications

• Code #: 4
• Code Letter: D
• Elevation: 162 ft (49 m)
• Terminal capacity
  • Domestic: 500
  • International: 125
• Boarding Gates
  • International: 1
  • Domestic: 6
• Terminal area: 18,864 m² (203,050 sq ft)
• Check-in Counters: 6
• Immigration counters: 2
• Security check: 14
• Lounge: Runway Lounge and Multicuisine Restaurant and Bar operated by Hotel Prag Continental; VIP Lounge operated by AAI

Guwahati airport is a hub for domestic flights to North-East India. It also provides international flight services to Bangkok and Paro. Helicopter services are operated from Guwahati to Shillong, Tura, Naharlagun (Itanagar), Tawang by Pawan Hans.

Interior view of Guwahati Airport

Airlines and destinations

See also

• Airports in India
• List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.

• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Airports Authority of India website.
• Airport information for VEGT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Accident history for GAU at Aviation Safety Network