Tuticorin Airport


Tuticorin Airport is a domestic airport located from Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India serving the districts of Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli,
Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari in southern Tamil Nadu. It is located 15.6 km west from the city centre on Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli NH 7A. It is the fifth busiest airport in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli and Madurai.

Structure

Tuticorin Airport has one asphalt runway, oriented 10/28, 1349 metres long and 45 metres wide. The taxiway is 15 metres wide and 225 metres in length. Airport has two parking bays. Stand Number 1 to the east and Stand Number 2 to the west of apron. Stand Number 1 for ATR 72 or lesser type of ACFT and stand Number 2 for Bombardier Q400 or lesser type of ACFT. while its terminal building can handle 120 passengers during peak hours. Navigational aids at Tuticorin airport include NDB 'TU', PAPI lights and an Aerodrome beacon. It has been granted higher category license from existing VFR to IFR by DGCA on 30.06.2020. Tuticorin Airport is capable of all weather - day & night operations at low visibility less than 5 kms.
The Air Traffic Control Tower is located to North of Apron and is having Aerodrome Control, Surface Movement Control and Approach Control Units.
The air traffic services unit is provided with meteorological information

Expansion

A master plan for upgrading the airport in phases had been prepared by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Government of Tamil Nadu has handed over 600.97 acres of land free from encumbrance to the Airports Authority of India on December 31, 2018 for the expansion. An additional 110 acres of land has been set aside for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Coastguard.
As part of the 96.77 crore expansion project initiated on July 25, 2020 the following activities are planned
On July 3,2020 recently established night landing facilities was put to use for the first time when IndiGo airlines flight from Chennai landed.

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