Maharana Pratap Airport

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.

Maharana Pratap Airport
IATA: UDR ICAO: VAUD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Udaipur
Location	Dabok, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Elevation AMSL	513 m / 1,684 ft
Coordinates	24°37′03.2″N 73°53′40″E
Website	Udaipur Airport
Map
UDR Location of the airport in Rajasthan Show map of Rajasthan UDR UDR (India) Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,743 9,000 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers 1,503,535 ( 10.9%) Aircraft movements 13,520 ( 23.1%) Cargo tonnage 247 ( 35.7%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3][4]

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

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

Airlines	Destinations	Refs.
Air India	Delhi, Mumbai	[12][13]
Alliance Air	Ahmedabad, Delhi	[14]
IndiGo	Bangalore, Bhopal,[citation needed] Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore,[15] Jaipur, Mumbai, Surat[16]	[17]
Vistara	Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai	[18]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at UDR airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

• Airports in India
• Udaipur
• Udaipur City Bus Depot
• Udaipur City railway station

References

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. "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. "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. "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

Media related to Maharana Pratap Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Maharana Pratap Airport at Airports Authority of India