Karad Airport

Karad Airport
IATA: none ICAO: VA1M
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	M.A.D.C.
Operator	M.A.D.C.
Serves	Karad
Location	Karad, Maharashtra, India
Elevation AMSL	1,890 ft / 576 m
Coordinates	17°17′09″N 074°09′29″E
Map
Karad Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 4,200 1,280 Paved
World Aero Data^[usurped]

Karad Airport (ICAO: VA1M) is in the Satara district of Maharashtra state in India. Its airstrip was built in 1955 by the Public Works Department^[1] to facilitate the Koyna dam project.^[2] The airport is currently used for general aviation and piloting.^[3]

It currently covers 65 acres; the acquisition of more than 100 acres has been proposed.^[2] Runway 10/28 is 1280 metres long and 30 metres wide with a 60-by-60-metre apron.^{[citation needed]} No navigational aids or night landing facilities are available on the airstrip.^{[citation needed]}

Future Plans

The central run Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) plans to extend the 1,250 metres airstrip by another 1,500m and widen it by 150m.^[4] The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has submitted its technical feasibility report to the MADC for examination which in turn has handed it over to the Maharashtra Government for final approval.^[5]

References

1. "Airstrips in Maharashtra". Maharashtra Public Works Department. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
2. "Farmers oppose acquisition of land in Prithviraj Chavan's den". DNA. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
3. "Aptech Aviation". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
4. "Prithviraj Chavan plan to extend hometown airstrip faces farmers' resistance". DNA. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
5. "Karad airstrip may get a runway soon". DNA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.