Imphal Airport[a] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), officially renamed as Bir Tikendrajit International Airport,[b][4][5] and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport,[c] 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 North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala.
Imphal Airport (Meitei: Imphal Malang Hithangpham) | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Manipur | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Imphal | ||||||||||
Location | Tulihal, Imphal, Manipur, India | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 774 m / 2,540 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E | ||||||||||
Website | Imphal Airport | ||||||||||
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IMF Location of airport in Manipur IMF IMF (India) | |||||||||||
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In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$430 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$90 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[6] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$75 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[7]
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[8]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air India | Delhi, Dibrugarh,[9] Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata |
Air India Express[10] | Delhi, Guwahati, Kochi |
Air KBZ | Charter: Mandalay |
Alliance Air | Aizawl,[11] Dimapur, Guwahati,[12] Kolkata, Silchar[13] |
FlyBig | Guwahati, Tezu[14] |
IndiGo | Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi,[15] Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong[16] |
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