Monday, March 04, 2019

Sindhudurg Airport in Maharastra to be Operational Soon

It’s always great to have good flight connectivity through out the country; and another feather to the cap is the Sindhudurg Airport in Parule-Chipi area of Maharashtra’s Konkan region, that will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu on March 5.
The new civil airport at Sindhudurg in the Konkan region and other upcoming airports infrastructure projects in Maharashtra such as the one in Ratnagiri is likely to boost and tourism in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.
Sindhudurg Airport has been built at the cost of Rs. 520 crore, and the newly constructed terminal building is being estimated to handle a capacity of a modest 400 passengers per hour; with a passenger capacity of about 10 lakh on an annual basis. There’s a 2,500m runway at this airport that can handle single-aisle, narrow-body aircrafts such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.
Even though there’s not a lot of flights operating from the airport for the time being, this development will definitely help travellers to access some of Maharashtra’s most popular attractions easily. The airport is located along the Konkan coast between Malvan and Vengurla. Travellers can get to Tarkarli beach known especially for its diving and the Sindhudurg Fort in a matter of minutes from the airport.
04/03/19 Charu Chowdhary/India.com
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