Belgaum Airport also Sambra Air Force Station is an airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) of Belgaum

Belgaum

Belgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....

, Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, India

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 on SH20. Its also a Air Force Station with basic Training Institute in Sambra. Sambra is a small village situated at a distance of 17 Kms from Belgaum Railway Station and is connected with Belgaum City by a State Highway.

The airport needs an extension of 800 m (2,624.7 ft) so as to land Boeing 737-800 or A320 types of planes. The runway

Runway

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 is already wide enough but the length is the constraint. The second taxiway

Taxiway

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 near the emergency service enclave is under construction and after connecting it to the main apron

Airport ramp

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 it will cater to VIP terminal

Airport terminal

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. The present apron is also limited for Avro or ATR. To allow a Boeing it will needs a small expansion on either southeast or southwest side of old taxiway by at least 80 m (262.5 ft) by 100 m (328.1 ft).
Work on expansion of the Belgaum airport is on full swing.The government has been able to acquire all the 298 acres (1.2 km²) around the airport required to upgrade it and is ready to hand them over to the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

External links

• Belgaum Airport (official Airports Authority of India
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• Flight schedules (official Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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