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Silchar Airport is located in Silchar in the state of Assam, India built by the British in 1944 and is also a Civil enclave airport as it is under the control of Indian Air Force. The airport is situated on the foothills of the Barail range. It is the fourth busiest airport of the north-eastern India next to Guwahati, Agartala and Imphal. Silchar Airport handles about 230,000 passengers yearly. Approximately 30 flights per week depart from the Silchar Airport for cities like Imphal, Guwahati, Kolkata, Jorhat and Agartala. It is equipped with Instrument Landing System CAT I and Night landing facility. Plans are on to set up a new integrated terminal which would facilitate modern passenger comfort and accommodate more passengers. The Indian Air Force has not thought till now of starting the night landing facility at Silchar Airport. The airport area is surrounded by tea gardens, so one can enjoy a nice and a clear view of those tea gardens during take off and landing. On 15 March 2003 Indian Airlines (now Air India) started using ATR 42-320 (operated by Alliance Air) aircraft to Kolkata, Imphal and Guwahati routes. After a long wait for many years the runway and apron extension work finally stabilized on August 2007 and then the last Boeing 737-200 flight took off for Kolkata on 2 September 2007 which was operated by Alliance Air (present name Air India Regional) and from the next day itself Air India started operating Airbus A320 on Kolkata route as the old Boeing 737-200 aircraft were not in safety zone in terms of flying purpose. On May 2011 JetKonnect a subsidiary company of Jet Airways introduced daily flights on Kolkata and Guwahati routes using their ATR 72 aircraft. == History == It was constructed by the British during the Second World War in 1944. The full scale operation was started in March 1944 Led by Sqn Ldr Hem Chaudhuri, It participated in the siege of Kohima and Imphal during World War II.During this period Sqn Ldr Arjun Singh was decorated with DFC (Distinguish Flying Cross) for offensive against Japanese forces. In March 1966, No. 403 Air Force Station was formed at Kumbhirgram. After three years of formation of Air Force Station Kumbhirgram, 110 HU moved into the station from Tezpur on 08 Sep 1969. After its formation, a detachment of MI-4 helicopter was maintained at Kumbhirgram airfield to support the security forces against mizo insurgents. During the 1971 Indo Pak war, Hunter aircraft of 49 Sqn flew 49 closed Air Support missions sorties and Gnat aircraft of 24 Sqn close Air Support missions sorties from Kumbhirgram. Four special heliborne operations were carried out to Sylhet, Raipura, Narsinghai and Vaidali Bazar. In the year 1973-75 and 76, 110 HU undertook flood relief operations at Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram with the MI-4 helicopters. The unit also operated for flood relief operations in Orissa in 1979. The MI-4 helicopter was flown for 18 years by 110 HU in various operations within the country and as well in neighbouring countries for different missions. In 1981 this unit was equipped with MI-8 helicopters. The basic role assigned to the unit was air maintenance for Army paramilitary force in Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur. In 1981 equipment and stores of National Hydel Project Corporation were airlifted to Bhairabi in Mizoram. In the month of Dec 1981, during emergency in Mizoram the unit participated in Op `JIM-JAM'. In 1988, 110 HU had sent its aircraft to Sri Lanka in Op`PAWAN', where it flew extensively for various missions in support of IPKF. In the very next year, in 1989-90, its undertook flood relief operations in Bangladesh, Tripura and Assam. No. 403 Air Force Station was upgraded to 22 Wing, AF and the station celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1991. In the same year the unit was involved once again in relief operation when Cyclone had hit Bangladesh. In 1992, the 110 HU actively involved itself in operation `HAMMER' with the Army and Paramilitary forces. Four helicopters took part in the operation from a disused airfield in Palel. In the early nineties, three unit helicopters were involved in Op `SURAJ,Op MALAR' and `Op RAJAT' from Chakabama. In 1995 it got involved in Op `GOLDEN BIRD' with 04 helicopters. Also, in the same year, it undertook land slides and flood relief operation at Mizoram. From 23 to 26 Jul 1996, the unit carried out flood relief operations in West Bengal where it flew 124 sorties on 104 hrs and dropped 107 tones of load. In 1996 the unit took part in Ops `VAJRA'. Back in 1948 Jamair used to operate flights between Kolkata and Silchar providing air supply necessities. Previously silchar was also served by Vayudoot between late 80's and 90's and then by Air Deccan which started flights between kolkata and silchar back in November 2005 then later on it became Kingfisher Red in 2008 but the airline stopped operating from silchar on February 2012. In December 1985, Indian Airlines (now Air India) operated the first all-woman crew flight in the world from Kolkata to Silchar using a Fokker F-27 Friendship aircraft which was commanded by Captain Saudamini Deshmukh along with first officer Nivedita Bhasin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silchar Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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