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Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
International
Airport
(IATA:
AMD,
ICAO:
VAAH)
is
an
international
airport
serving
the
twin
cities
of
Ahmedabad
and
Gandhinagar
in
Gujarat,
India.
It
is
named
after
Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel,
the
1st
Deputy
Prime
Minister
of
India.
The
airport
is
the
busiest
and
largest
airport
in
the
state
of
Gujarat,
and
is
the
7th
busiest
airport
in
India.
Located
in
on
the
banks
of
the
Sabarmati
River,
Ahmedabad
is
the
former
capital
of
the
state
of
Gujarat
and
the
largest
city
with
roughly
7
million
inhabitants
in
the
state
and
the
seventh-most
populous
in
India.
Also
known
as
Amdavad,
the
city
is
a
significant
economic
and
industrial
centre
in
India.
The
city
of
Ahmadabad
is
the
second-largest
producer
of
cotton
in
the
country.
The
city
of
Ahmedabad
is
a
popular
destination
for
people
from
all
around
the
world.
Every
year,
more
than
12
million
people
visit
this
city
for
different
purposes.
The
city
welcomes
its
visitors
with
Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
International
Airport.
The
airport
is
situated
in
Hansol
in
the
north
of
Ahmedabad.
The
distance
between
the
airport
and
Ahmedabad
city
centre
is
9
km.
The
journey
from
the
airport
to
the
city
centre
takes
approximately
20
minutes
depending
on
your
transportation
choice.
Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
International
Airport
is
easy
to
access
by
taxi,
public
bus,
private
transfer,
and
car
rental.
The
airport
is
located
in
Hansol,
9
km
(5.6
mi)
north
of
central
Ahmedabad.
The
new
terminal
has
a
half
kilometre
long
moving
walkway,
which
connects
the
two
terminals.
The
airport
serves
as
hub
for
the
low-cost
carrier
Spicejet
and
as
a
focus
city
for
Air
India,
Blue
Dart
Aviation,
GoAir
and
Jet
Airways.
In
fiscal
year
2022-23,
it
handled
over
10
million
passengers,
making
it
the
seventh-busiest
airport
in
terms
of
passenger
traffic
in
India.
The
airport
serves
as
a
focus
city
for
Go
First.
In
2015,
the
government
started
the
procedure
for
the
privatisation
of
the
airport.
The
new
Dholera
International
Airport
is
being
developed
due
to
expansion
constraints
at
the
current
airport.
The
statue
of
Sardar
Patel
installed
within
the
airport
in
2011.
The
airport
was
set
up
in
1937,
while
international
operations
began
on
26
January
1991.
It
was
categorised
as
an
International
airport
on
23
May
2000.
In
March
2004,
Air
India
commenced
service
to
London's
Heathrow
Airport
on
a
Boeing
747.
The
flight
catered
to
the
large
Gujarati
community
in
the
United
Kingdom.The
carrier
ended
it
in
October
2008
The
following
June,
Air
India
began
a
route
to
Frankfurt
using
747s.The
link
lasted
until
November
2010.
The
new
Terminal
2
was
inaugurated
for
handling
international
passengers
in
2010.
A
18-foot-tall
(5.5
m)
statue
of
Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
was
also
inaugurated
at
the
airport.
In
August
2016,
Air
India
reinstated
direct
service
to
London-Heathrow
aboard
a
Boeing
787.
Of
the
four
weekly
flights,
three
continued
on
to
Newark.In
March
2017
a
700
kWp
rooftop
solar
plant
was
commissioned
at
the
airport.
Air
India
stopped
operating
the
LondonβNewark
service
in
November
2018.
Structure
The
airport
currently
consists
of
four
terminals:
domestic,
international,
an
additional
terminal
for
secondary
traffic
and
a
cargo
terminal
as
well.
The
airport
has
45
parking
bays
and
both
the
international
and
domestic
terminals
have
four
aero-bridges
each.
The
new
terminal
has
been
modelled
based
on
Singapore
Changi
Airport.
The
new
terminal
has
a
half-kilometre-long
moving
walkway,
which
connects
the
two
terminals.
Airports
Authority
of
India
(AAI)
will
construct
a
new
technical
block
which
will
enhance
the
flight
handling
capacity
and
provide
better
control
of
flights.
Runway
The
airport
has
a
single
runway
that
is
3,505
metres
(11,499
ft)
long.
Air
traffic
control
tower
As
part
of
the
airport
modernisation
process,
the
AAI
announced
that
it
would
construct
a
new
air
traffic
control
(ATC)
building
that
would
include
a
new
airport
tower
65
metres
(213
ft)
in
height.