Ahmedabad Airport
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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 first Deputy Prime Minister of India. The airport is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Gujarat, and is the seventh busiest airport in India.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Operator | Ahmedabad International Airport Limited[1] | ||||||||||
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Location | Hansol, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India | ||||||||||
Opened | 1937; 87 years ago (1937) | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 58 m / 189 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°04′38″N 072°38′05″E | ||||||||||
Website | ahmedabad | ||||||||||
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In fiscal year 2023-24, it handled over 11 million passengers, making it the seventh-busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in India.[5] The airport serves as a focus city for Air India and IndiGo. 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.