Bir Tikendrajit International Airport

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Bir Tikendrajit International AirportTemplate:Efn[1][2] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), also known as Imphal Airport,Template:Efn and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport,Template:Efn is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second-largest and the third-busiest airport in Northeast India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. The airport had functioned as an all-weather Royal Air Force (RAF) base during World War II. It replaced civilian operations from Koirengei Airfield in 1959.[3]

Development

In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented Template:Indian rupee3,400 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|3400|7||USD|year={{{year}}}}}) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. Template:Indian rupee720 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|720|7||USD|year={{{year}}}}}) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[4] The project includes a Template:Indian rupee600 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|600|7||USD|year={{{year}}}}}) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[5]

The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with four aerobridges and eight parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, two link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[6]

Airlines and destinations

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Statistics

Busiest flights

Busiest flights out of Imphal per weekly, as of 20 May 2025.[7]
Rank Destinations Frequency (weekly)
1 Template:Flagicon Guwahati 37
2 Template:Flagicon Kolkata 36
3 Template:Flagicon Delhi 11
4 Template:Flagicon Dibrugarh 7
5 Template:Flagicon Agartala 4
6 Template:Flagicon Aizawl 4
7 Template:Flagicon Shillong 3
8 Template:Flagicon Dimapur 2
9 Template:Flagicon Silchar 2

Accidents and incidents

Gallery

See also

Notes

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References

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