Calicut International Airport























































Calicut International Airport
കോഴിക്കോട് വിമാനത്താവളം.jpg

  • IATA: CCJ

  • ICAO: VOCL

Summary
Airport type Public
Owner AAI
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves
Kozhikode
Malappuram
Wayanad
Palakkad
Location
Karipur, Malappuram, Kerala, India

Hub for		 Air India Express
Elevation AMSL
 104 m / 342 ft
Coordinates
11°08′N 75°57′E / 11.14°N 75.95°E / 11.14; 75.95Coordinates: 11°08′N 75°57′E / 11.14°N 75.95°E / 11.14; 75.95
Website aai.aero/allAirports/calicut_general.jsp
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Runways


















Direction
 Length
 Surface
m
 ft
10/28
 2,860
 9,383
Asphalt

Statistics (April 2017 - March 2018)













Passenger movements 3,139,432 (Increase18.4%)
Aircraft movements 24,910 (Increase26.3%)
Cargo tonnage 18,866 (Increase34.5%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Calicut International Airport (IATA: CCJ, ICAO: VOCL), also known as Karipur Airport, is an international airport serving the cities of Kozhikode and Malappuram. The airport opened on 13 April 1988.[4] It is located in Karipur, about 28 km (17 mi) from Kozhikode and 27 km (17 mi) from Malappuram. The airport serves as an operating base for Air India Express. It was the twelfth-busiest airport in India in terms of overall passenger traffic.[5] It is the third-busiest airport in Kerala after Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. It was given international airport status on 2 February 2006.[6][7]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early years


    • 1.2 Wide-body aircraft restrictions


    • 1.3 Reinstatement of Wide-body Aircraft Operations




  • 2 Airlines and destinations


    • 2.1 Passenger


    • 2.2 Cargo




  • 3 Connectivity


  • 4 Accidents and incidents


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History



Early years


The airport was inaugurated in April 1988.[8]


Calicut airport gained its sanction after a long period of struggle, which began in 1977, under the leadership of freedom fighter late K.P. Kesava Menon. In the 1990s, Gulf Malayalis played an important part in the development of the airport - they collected funds for the purpose, when the Union Government said it did not have funds. This led to the inception of, the Malabar International Airport Development Society, which helped raise funds for the airport's development. Consequently, major developments of facilities, such as extension of runway from 6,000 feet to 9,000 feet to facilitate operation of big-bodied aircraft, were carried out, with loans from HUDCO.


It received the status of an international airport on February 2, 2006, which led to development in its infrastructure, for handling the operation of international flights from its terminal. It holds the distinction of being the 12th-busiest airport in India, and 11th-busiest in cargo handling, in terms of its passenger traffic.



Wide-body aircraft restrictions


Since 1 May 2015, The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has imposed the restriction of wide body aircraft such as Boeing 777 and 747 for a period of six months due to runway re-carpeting which had been long overdue at this airport. As a result, Emirates, Saudia and 2 Air India 747 flight operations had to move temporarily to Cochin International Airport during this time. The airport authorities have also expressed doubt about getting permission to operate wide-bodied aircraft from the airport even after the completion of the re-carpeting as the runway in the airport is not large enough for the operation of jumbo aircraft. AAI had earlier instructed all airports using widebody aircraft must have 240 m of RESA on each direction vs Calicut airports 75m. The airport Director K Janardhanan said the short runway was a major hurdle in operating the wide-bodied aircraft from the table top airport and the runway length should be extended from the current 2,850 metres to 3,150 metres to operate wide-bodied aircraft, he added. The major hurdle in extending the runway is the delay in acquiring the land which require a total of 385 acres of land for extending the runway and associated facilities. The state government has been finding the task difficult as it requires evacuation of 1,500 families living around the airport.[9] As of June 10, 2016, not much action has been taken for land acquisition to help increase the runway length.[10] Now the AAI has came to a Diside to get a safety area to avoid the aircraft falling from the table Top runway.



Reinstatement of Wide-body Aircraft Operations


As a consequence of prolonged protests by various NGOs (Malabar Development Forum and others), Gulf Malayalis, political parties, Kerala State Government and MPs from Malabar region, on 9 August 2018, DGCA gave approval for resuming wide-body aircraft (Code E category) operations from Calicut International Airport.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] In the beginning, Saudia has been given permission to start nonstop flights to Jeddah and Riyadh, using Boeing 777-300 ER,Boeing 777-200 ER and Airbus 330-300.[11][12] After three and a half years, the wide-body aircraft (Airbus 330-300) of Saudi Arabian Airways from Jeddah landed at Calicut International Airport at 11:04 (IST) on 5 December 2018.[18][19][20] It flew back to Jeddah on the same day at 13:19 (IST).[21][22][20] Saudia has also resumed its services to Riyadh from Calicut in December 2018 itself.[23]



Airlines and destinations



Passenger




































































Airlines Destinations Refs.
Air Arabia Sharjah
Air India
Dubai-International, Mumbai, Sharjah
Air India Express
Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Dubai-International, Kochi, Kuwait, Muscat, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Salalah, Sharjah, Thiruvananthapuram
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
flydubai
Dubai–International (begins 2 February 2019)
[24][25]
Gulf Air Bahrain [26]
IndiGo Abu Dhabi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Doha, Dubai-International, Mumbai, Muscat (resumes 16 February 2019), Sharjah
[27][28]
Jet Airways Mumbai
Oman Air Muscat
Qatar Airways Doha

Saudia 		Jeddah, Riyadh
 [20]
SpiceJet
Bengaluru, Chennai, Dubai-International, Hyderabad


Cargo













Airlines Destinations Refs.

Saudia Cargo 		Jeddah, Riyadh
[29][30]


Connectivity


Road

Calicut International Airport is located between two National Highways. The closest one is National Highway 966 (NH-966) situated at a distance of 2.3 kilometers and the other one being National Highway 66 (NH-66) which is around 8 kilometers from the airport. NH-966 joins NH-66 at Ramanattukara, located 12 kilometers from the airport. This combined road network enables seamless connectivity to the north to Kozhikode, Kannur, and Wayanad, and towards the south to Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, and Coimbatore.


Buses

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation operates FlyBus (low-floor AC bus) services to the city of Kozhikode from the airport.[31] This is one of the cheapest available options to travel to the city.


Rail

The two closest railway stations are Feroke railway station (around 18 kilometers from the airport) and Kozhikode Railway station (around 28 kilometers from the airport), which are connected to all major cities in India.  


Taxis

Pre-paid taxi services are available at the airport.[32]



Accidents and incidents



  • On 17 January 1969, Douglas C-47A VT-DTH of Hindu Publications crashed on take-off. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight. Both crew were killed. At the time airport had been initialized as an air strip at "Chelari", a few kilometres away from the current location.[33]

  • On 7 November 2008 an Air India Airbus 310 flight AI 962 flying from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, scraped its right wing tip on the runway on landing. Parts of the plane's wing broke leaving a mark on the runway.[34]

  • On 9 July 2012 an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 skidded on landing, during heavy rain. The aircraft's landing gear impacted with runway beacons, breaking them.[35] There were no casualties on board.[35]

  • On 10 June 2015 an argument between Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) personnel at the airport escalated into a gun battle, leading to one person's death and serious injuries to two others late on Wednesday night.[36]

  • On 25 April 2017 an Air India A321-200 suffered an engine failure during take off, resulting in a left tyre burst. The take off was aborted and flight cancelled.[37]

  • On 4 August 2017, a SpiceJet Bombardier Dash 8 skidded on landing and damaged the ILS beacons. No one was killed and the captain landed and taxied safely to the terminal.



See also




  • Aranmula International Airport

  • Cochin International Airport

  • Kannur International Airport

  • Sabarigiri International Airport

  • List of airports in India

  • List of the busiest airports in India

  • Trivandrum International Airport



References





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  15. ^ "Forum alleges conspiracy to downgrade Calicut airport". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2018-07-05. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-10.


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  19. ^ Reporter, Staff (2018-12-05). "Big birds back in Karipur". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-12-05.


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  26. ^ "Gulf Air unveils five-year expansion strategy - Construction Business News Middle EastConstruction Business News Middle East". Cbnme.com. Retrieved 2018-05-19.


  27. ^ "IndiGo New Flights". goindigo.in. Retrieved 2018-08-17.


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  31. ^ Reporter, Staff (2018-07-04). "Fly Bus services launched". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-07-14.


  32. ^ "Kozhikode Calicut International Airport – Taxi options". www.kozhikodeairport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-14.


  33. ^ "VT-DTH Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 January 2011.


  34. ^ Narrow escape for AI passengers The Hindu 8 November 2008


  35. ^ ab Jolly, Asit (30 November 2012). "On a Wing and a Prayer". India Today. Retrieved 2013-04-28.


  36. ^ Shooting incident International Business Times 11 June 2015


  37. ^ Engine failure: Narrow escape for 186 Air India flyers Times of India 25 April 2017




External links




  • Media related to Calicut International Airport at Wikimedia Commons


  • Calicut Airport at Airports Authority of India web site










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