The Agartala Airport is a domestic airport in Tripura and managed by the Airports Authority of India. Located at a distance of 12 km from the city, it is the second busiest airport in Northeast India after Guwahati. According the statistics of the year 2010 to 2011, the Agartala airport was ranked 22nd busiest airport in India out of 50 major airports in India. It is also referred as Singerbhil airport. During the year April 2010 to March 2012, the airport saw 8,89,056 passenger as well as 9,729 aircraft movements.
Overview
The airport at Agartala has been operational since the 2nd world war when it was used by the United States Army Air Force to fly C-46 commando transport aircraft over Burma. The airport also served as the 4th CCG (Canadian Coast Guard) during December 1944 before the unit moved their base to Chittagong. The nearest international airport to Agartala is the Guwahati International airport (576 km) and Imphal airport (570 km).
Terminals
Agartala has only 1 domestic terminal and low cost flights of Air India, Air India-IC, Go Air, Go Business, IndiGo, Jet Airways Konnect, Jet Airways, JetLite, Kingfisher Red, Kingfisher and SpiceJet offer services to the airport.Some of the basic facilities offered at the airport are luggage trolleys, baggage wrapping instrument, assistance to aged and physically challenged passengers, TR Book Stall, handloom handicraft stalls, snack bar, tea coffee bar and several juice counters. All the airline handle passengers as well as cargo as there are no separate terminal for cargo. The terminal has the parking capacity of 150 cars.
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