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Pondicherry Airport

Puducherry (Pondicherry), India

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Pondicherry Airport

Puducherry (Pondicherry), India
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Small coastal airport serving the French-heritage Union Territory.

Location
Puducherry, India
Pondicherry Airport (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) is a small civil enclave airport located in Puducherry, the Union Territory of India situated on the southeastern Coromandel Coast. The airport is managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and primarily serves domestic routes, though its operations have historically been limited. The airport has seen various attempts to expand and upgrade its infrastructure to handle commercial jet traffic, with proposals for runway extension and terminal improvements discussed over the years. Despite its modest size, it holds strategic importance as the only airport serving the Puducherry region, which is a popular tourist destination known for its French colonial heritage and proximity to Auroville.
Terminals
The airport has a single small terminal building with limited passenger handling capacity suited for small aircraft operations.
Getting to & from
The airport is located approximately 3 kilometres north of Puducherry city centre, accessible by road via taxi and auto-rickshaw.
Airlines here
Scheduled commercial airline services have been intermittent; Blue Dart Aviation has operated cargo services, and limited passenger airline operations have been attempted by various carriers over the years.
Notable facts
  • ›The airport is managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
  • ›It is situated within the Union Territory of Puducherry, formerly a French colonial enclave.
  • ›The runway length has historically limited operations to smaller turboprop and piston aircraft.
  • ›Puducherry is approximately 160 kilometres south of Chennai, making road and rail travel competitive alternatives.
  • ›Runway extension projects have been proposed to enable ATR-type and potentially jet aircraft operations.
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Pondicherry Airport is a domestic airport serving the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is located at Lawspet, situated 8.1 km (5.0 mi) from the international community of Auroville. The airport has scheduled flights and operations of the local flying training school. In 2007, the Government of Puducherry decided to expand the airport to accommodate larger aircraft and commissioned a new terminal building. The new terminal was inaugurated on 18 January 2013, with the arrival of a SpiceJet flight from Bangalore. After a gap of three years, the airport was operationalised again under the UDAN scheme in August 2017, with daily flights to Hyderabad and Bangalore.

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