Baramati Airport
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Baramati Airport is located in Pune district
Pune District
Pune District is situated in Maharashtra state of India. Pune city is the district headquarters. In the last census on 2001, the total population of the district was 7,232,555, making it the fourth most populous district in India . Urban population comprises 58.08% of the total population...

 of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 state in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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This Airstrip was constructed by MIDC
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation is a project of the Government of Maharashta State in India, and is the leading corporation of Maharashtra....

 in 1996, at a distance of 12 km from Baramati
Baramati
Baramati is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.Agriculture is the main occupation of the people of Baramati. The main food crops grown include sugarcane, grapes, and cotton...

 city/ Baramati railway station.
Is is currently being used for General aviation and pilot training.

Description

Elevation of the airfield is 604 metres MSL.
Runway 11/29 is 1450 metres long and 45 metres wide with turning pads at both ends. Runway Strength - 16 LCN. Three taxiways connect airstrip to two adjacent aprons. The airport has a terminal building and approach Road

Facilities

The airport has an advisory tower (Freq.=129.25 MHz). The tower is managed by senior pilots from the adjacent Academy of Carver Aviation flight school. The senior pilots monitor traffic in the local airspace and give advisories over VHF frequency to the pilots flying in circuits and around the area.
The Main Apron parking capacity is 100 M x 75 M.
There are currently no navigational nor Visual aids nor night landing facilities available on the airstrip other than the VHF communication and the windsock
Windsock
A windsock is a conical textile tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed. Windsocks typically are used at airports and at chemical plants where there is risk of gaseous leakage...

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Future Plans

Reliance Airport Developers, an Anil Ambani group company, who had won a bid two years ago to run five airports,
including Baramati, in Maharashtra on a 95-year lease, plans to develop Baramati as a hub for private jets, with airports in Mumbai and Pune facing acute shortage of parking bays. The apron at Baramati can safely accommodate 15 to 20 private jets. Reliance also have plans to construct hangars at the airport.
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