Birsa Munda Airport


Birsa Munda Airport, also known as Ranchi Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Ranchi, the capital city of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is named after Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda and is currently managed by Airports Authority of India. The airport is located in Hinoo, approximately from the city center. The airport sprawls over an area of 1568 acres. The airport is used by more than 2.4 million passengers annually and is the 25th busiest airport in India.

Terminals

Integrated terminal

The new integrated passenger terminal building at the airport was inaugurated by the then civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on 24 March 2013.
The terminal building spreading over 19,600 m2 has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1.38 billion. It has two aero-bridges and six escalators. All the equipment used has been imported from China, Germany and Singapore. The airport has capacity to handle 500 domestic and 200 international passengers at a time.
In March 2013, the tax on aviation turbine fuel sold at the airport was reduced from 20% to 4% to attract more airlines to the city. Overnight parking of aircraft at the airport was made free-of-charge to encourage airlines to schedule their aircraft to remain overnight, so that there may be more early-morning flights to the metro cities. The Airports Authority of India also constructed three more parking bays, thereby making it the first Tier-II airport in India to have eight aircraft parking bays. Two new aerobridges will be added to the terminal and the runway is to be extended as well.

Cargo terminal

A new cargo terminal was inaugurated in February 2017 by the then Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das. The terminal can handle 50 MT of cargo everyday and
is equipped with explosive trace detection equipment, cargo X-ray machines, hardware security machines, and CCTV cameras.

Airlines and destinations