Porbandar Airport

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Porbandar Airport is a public airport in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. Currently, civilian flights are not operational. Apart from civilian operations it also has a military presence in the form of INAS 343 of the Indian Navy and CGAE Porbandar of the Indian Coast Guard. A new terminal building was opened in April 2008. There are currently no scheduled passenger flights from the airport.

Structure

The airfield is spread over 278.32 acre, has a 4500 ft long runway and an apron that can accommodate 2 ATR 72 aircraft. The new 4000 sqm Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport has been built at a cost of inr 135000000. The building has six Check-in Counters and two Conveyor Belts in the Arrivals hall and can handle 100 arriving and 100 departing passengers at a time.

Military Enclaves

Naval Air Enclave

CGAE Porbandar

Coast Guard Air Enclave, Porbandar, was commissioned on 12 June 2008. It provides logistical and administrative support to the Dornier Flight and 850 Sqn (ICG) which operates the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH).

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