Bir Tikendrajit International Airport


Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, also known as Imphal Airport, and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport, is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second-largest and the third-busiest airport in Northeast India after Lokpriya [Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport] in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. The airport had functioned as an all-weather Royal Air Force base during World War II. It replaced civilian operations from Koirengei Airfield in 1959.

Development

In June 2019, Airports Authority of India implemented projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport. The project includes a integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control tower and a control and technical block.
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers, an apron with four aerobridges and eight parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, two link taxiways, and an ATC tower.

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