Rupsi airport ready for flight operations to boost air connectivity in North East!

NewsBharati    04-Nov-2020 13:49:36 PM
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Guwahati, November 04: Bolstering the air connectivity to the North East region, An Airport Authority of India (AAI) official announced that the Rupsi airport is ready to commence operations under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) -- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik).
 
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"The Rupsi airport will operate commercial flights under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN. The Rupsi airport connects Kokrajhar district, Dhubri town, and surrounding areas through the air," the AAI said.
 
With that announcement, Assam would get its seventh airport and the northeast its 14th airport connectivity. There are 13 existing airports in the northeast - Guwahati, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Tezpur and Lilalabari (all Assam), Tezu and Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh), Agartala (Tripura), Imphal (Manipur), Shillong (Meghalaya), Dimapur (Nagaland) and Lengpui (Mizoram).
 
The Rupsi airport is located in the Kokrajhar district of Assam. Dhubri is the nearest town to the airport and is located at a distance of 20 kilometers. The airport in Kokrajhar district in western Assam (bordering West Bengal) has been re-developed at an estimated cost of Rs 69 crore and has also received its license from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
 
The newly-developed airport has a terminal building with an area of 3,500 square meters and it has spread across 337 acres of land. The newly-built runway is also suitable for ATR-72 type aircraft.
 
"The airport is one of India's newest in RCS route which would cater local population providing direct connectivity to cities like Guwahati and Kolkata," the official said.
 
An AAI release said that the airport is also provisioned with sustainability features like rainwater harvesting system, solid waste management system and horticulture works besides being near a fenced forest with rich fauna and flora.
 
The airport will cater to the need of air travelers from four western Assam districts of Dhubri, Kokarajhar, Bongaigaon, and Goalpara as well as neighbouring states like West Bengal, Meghalaya, and some parts of Bhutan.