Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
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Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Kolkata Airport
Serves		Calcutta
Elevation AMSL		23 ft (7 m)
Coordinates		{{coor dms }}
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
01L/19R	7,872	2,400	Asphalt
01R/19L	11,900	3,627	Asphalt

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It has two parallel runways 1-19 L/R, of which the longer one, 1R/19L is used for takeoffs and landings, while the other one is used mostly as a taxiway.

It is located approximately 17 km from the city centre. The airport was, at one point of time one of the busiest in Asia. Today it is a small airport providing domestic as well as a few international connections. The airport has three terminals: a domestic terminal (opened in the early 1990s), an international terminal (the oldest terminal) and a cargo terminal.

Recently the airport has been given a facelift, making it one of the better airports in the country.

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Airlines

Air India - Dhaka, London, Mumbai
Air Sahara - Allahabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jorhat, Mumbai, Patna
Alliance Air - Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Dimapur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Nagpur, Shillong, Silchar, Tezpur
Air Deccan - Agartala, Aizwal, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dibrugarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Silchar
Indian Airlines - Agartala, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Bangkok, Chennai, Delhi, Dhaka, Dibrugarh, Gaya, Guwahati, Kathmandu, Mumbai, Port Blair, Yangon
Biman Bangladesh - Chittagong, Dhaka
British Airways - London
Cosmic Air - Kathmandu
Druk Air - Bangkok, Paro
Emirates - Dubai (w.e.f 01 Apr 2006)
GMG Airlines - Chittagong, Dhaka
Gulf Air - Muscat
Jet Airways - Agartala, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jorhat, Mumbai, Pune
Jetstar Asia - Singapore
Kingfisher Airlines - Bangalore, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Lufthansa - Frankfurt (tentatively Oct 2006)
Malaysia Airlines - Kuala Lumpur
Singapore Airlines - Singapore
Spice Jet - Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad
Thai Airways International - Bangkok
Tiger Airways (Subject to apporvals from the Indian Authorities)