Surat Airport
Surat Airport is a domestic airport (IATA: STV, ICAO: VASU), located in
Magdalla, 11 kilometres south-west of Surat in the Western Indian state of
Gujarat. The airport, with a total area of 312 hectares, currently caters to
scheduled airline services as well as private aircraft and is also home to a
flying training school.
Surat Airport is built by the State government of Gujarat. During the 1990s,
Vayudoot and Gujarat Airways had been operating through Surat Airport and
both discontinued their flights since May 1994 and January 2000,
respectively.
The Airport, with a 1400-metre airstrip and an adjoining 60 by 40 metre
apron was then transferred to the Airports
Authority of India (AAI) in 2003, who took up the airport for
modernisation. After a failed initial attempt in July 2004 to connect Surat
with Mumbai and Bhavnagar due to poor airport infrastructure. the now
defunct airline Air Deccan operated an ATR 42 aircraft daily from November
2004 to July 2005.
Surat remained the only city in the world with a population of over 4.6
million people without a functioning airport until commercial services
resumed on 6 May 2007 with an Indian Airlines Airbus 319 flight to Delhi
flagged off by Indian Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel at 1240 IST. By
this time, major improvements had been made to the Airport.
Facilities
A new Surat airport terminal building was inaugurated on 27 February 2009 by
Union Minister of State for Petroleum Dinsha Patel, in the absence of Civil
Aviation Minister Praful Patel, who had to cancel his visit due to
unavoidable circumstances. The terminal building, constructed at a cost of
Rs 40 crore, has a total floor area of 8,500 sq m and can handle 240
passengers per hour.
It is equipped with CCTV cameras, two Baggage carousels in the arrivals hall
and one hand baggage X-ray machine, among other modern facilities. Soon, the
terminal building will have two air bridges with Visual Docking Guidance
System, two elevators and two escalators, and a 120-seat lounge. also,
Coffee Culture and other shops have been added after that.
The Airport facilities is managed and handled provided by
AAI.
Shopping facilities, restaurant, snack bar counters, hotel booking counters,
taxi booking counter, travel agency counter are available in this Airport.
Connectivity to City
Surat Airport is located in Dumas Road, 11 kilometres south-west of Surat
town and 16 km southwest from Surat Railway Station. Auto and taxi facility
to town center are available out side of this Airport. Hotels pickup and car
rental services can be arrange prior to arrivals.
Car Park and Charges
The car park is located right in front of terminal. The parking charges
are listed as below.
| Capacity | 360 lots | |||
| Type | Car / Van | SUV / Minibus | Coach / Bus / Truck | Two Wheelers / Auto |
| 30 minutes | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| 30 to 120 minutes | 35 | 35 | 50 | 15 |
Airlines and Destinations
Currently, there are 5 airlines serve scheduled commercial flights to various
major cities in India as stated below:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Air India | Delhi |
| Air India Express | Sharjah |
| IndiGo | Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa–Dabolim, Hyderabad, Jaipur |
| SpiceJet | Goa–Dabolim, Jaipur |
| Star Air | Ajmer, Belgaum |
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