Pondicherry Airport
Pondicherry Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puducherry | ||||||||||
| Location | Lawspet, Puducherry, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1989 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 41 m / 134 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°58′00″N 79°48′52″E / 11.96667°N 79.81444°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Puducherry Airport | ||||||||||
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Source: AAI | |||||||||||
Pondicherry Airport (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) 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.
On 18 August 2024, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a Coast Guard Air Enclave (CGAE) at the airport. A HAL Dhruv and HAL Chetak squadron will be based at the CGAE.