Pondicherry Airport
Airport in Puducherry, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pondicherry Airport (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) is a domestic airport serving the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is located at Lawspet, situated 8.1 km (5.0 mi) from the international community of Auroville. The airport has scheduled flights and operations of the local flying training school. In 2007, the Government of Puducherry decided to expand the airport to accommodate larger aircraft and commissioned a new terminal building.[4] The new terminal was inaugurated on 18 January 2013, with the arrival of a SpiceJet flight from Bengaluru.[5] After a gap of three years, the airport was operationalised again under the UDAN scheme in August 2017, with daily flights to Hyderabad and Bengaluru.[6]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Puducherry | ||||||||||
Location | Lawspet, Puducherry, India | ||||||||||
Opened | 1989; 35 years ago (1989) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 41 m / 134 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 11°58′00″N 79°48′52″E | ||||||||||
Website | Puducherry Airport | ||||||||||
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