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Peelamedu Airport
Airport Directory » India » Coimbatore » Peelamedu AirportAirport information for Peelamedu AirportCountry: IndiaLocation: Coimbatore Coordinates: 11.01.00N / 077.02.00E IATA Code: CJB Timezone: GMT +5.3 Direct flights form Peelamedu Airport Direct flights to Peelamedu Airport Find connecting flights to Peelamedu Airport Find connecting flights from Peelamedu Airport |
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Coimbatore International Airport (IATA: CJB, ICAO: VOCB) is an international airport turn up in Peelamedu, assisting Coimbatore. It was antecedently known as Peelamedu Aerodrome or Coimbatore Civil Aerodrome. It is approximately 13 Kms from the town center.
History
Coimbatore airport 1st set about functioning in the 1940s as a polite airport, with Indian Airlines functioning Fokker F27, Douglas DC-3 and Hawker Siddeley's Avro 748. In its early solar days, services were principally to Chennai and Mumbai. Later services to Cochin and Bengaluru were added. In the early 1980s, the airport was shut down for landing track enlargement, to adapt modern jet plane like the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. Temporarily, air hose were using the nearby Sulur Airbase. In 1987, after pass completion of the landing track enlargement and a new depot, the airport restarted services. In 1995, Indian Airlines start out international services to Sharjah, and in 2007 functioning were get to the international destinations of Colombo and Singapore.
Airport Structure
Coimbatore Airport now has 1 depot, and 1 under building
There are 2 depots, 1 for private bearers and 1 for the Coimbatore Flying Club. The parkland embayments in the airport is able to adapt a maximal of 6 aircraft, and the airport also has a firehouse.
The airport has 1 landing track that is 9,760 human foot (2,970 m) in length - antecedently the landing track was 8,500 foot (2,600 m) in length. Because of this landing track enlargement, the airport is able to adapt aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A330. An Instrument Landing System (ILS) is also being set up
The further advised enlargement of the airport includes the building of a parallel taxi strip to the landing track. This will minimize the landing track tenancy clip and reversion of aircraft, as aircraft now cab on the landing track. Two more parkland embayments shall be added, raising the aggregative figure to 8. The depot will also be overhauled with sliding door, aero-bridges, and modern systems for baggage-handling
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