Lok Sabha Question No. 4679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Night Landing Facility at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Jugal Kishore Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 4679 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  31st March 2022 )

## NIGHT LANDING FACILITY AT AIRPORTS

4679.    SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether night landing facility is not available at several airports in the country including West Bengal and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  upgrade  the  technology  to introduce night landing facility at the above airports;
- (c) if so, whether any time-limit has been fixed for this purpose; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (GEN.

(DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

- (a)  All  the  operational airports in the country having scheduled flight operations have night landing facility, except in 23 airports, details of which are given in Annexure.
- (b) to (d) The upgradation of airports, including provision of night landing facility  is  a  continuous  process,  which  depends  upon  operational requirements,  traffic  demand,  commercial  feasibility  etc.  and  varies from airport to airport in the country.

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Annexure

## Operational Airports with Scheduled flight operations without night landing facility:

|   S. No. | State             | Name of the airport   | Operator                    |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Cudappah              | Airports Authority of India |
|        2 |                   | Kurnool               | State Government            |
|        3 | Assam             | Rupsi                 | Airports Authority of India |
|        4 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu                  |                             |
|        5 |                   | Passighat             | State Government            |
|        6 | Daman & Diu       | Diu                   | Airports Authority of India |
|        7 | Haryana           | Hisar                 | State Government            |
|        8 | Himachal Pradesh  | Dharamshala           | Airports Authority of India |
|        9 |                   | Kullu                 |                             |
|       10 |                   | Shimla                |                             |
|       11 | Karnataka         | Kalaburagi            |                             |
|       12 | Lakshadweep       | Agatti                |                             |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | Kolhapur              |                             |
|       14 |                   | Sindhudurg            | State Government            |
|       15 | Punjab            | Ludhiana              | Airports Authority of India |
|       16 | Puducherry        | Puducherry            |                             |
|       17 | Sikkim            | Pakyong               |                             |
|       18 | Tamil Nadu        | Salem                 |                             |
|       19 | Uttarakhand       | Pantnagar             |                             |
|       20 |                   | Pithoragarh           | State Government            |
|       21 | Chhattisgarh      | Bilaspur              | Airports Authority of India |
|       22 |                   | Jagdalpur             | State Government            |
|       23 | Uttar Pradesh     | Kushinagar            | Airports Authority of India |