Ludhiana Airport
Ludhiana Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Punjab | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ludhiana | ||||||||||
| Location | Sahnewal, Ludhiana district, Punjab, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 254 m (833 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°51′17″N 075°57′09″E / 30.85472°N 75.95250°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Ludhiana Airport | ||||||||||
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  LUH Location of airport in Punjab  LUH LUH (India) | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (April 2025 - March 2026) | |||||||||||
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| Source: AAI[1][2][3] | |||||||||||
Ludhiana Airport (IATA: LUH, ICAO: VILD) is a domestic airport serving the city of Ludhiana in Punjab, India. It is located near the town of Sahnewal, 12 km (7.5 mi) south-east of Ludhiana on the Grand Trunk Road. There is a flight training club based in the airport.
Development
[edit]The airport was mainly used for government flights, air force exercises and training flights. The only commercial airline the airport had was Alliance Air, which connected it to Delhi with regular flights until April 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the airport remained closed, until when in September 2023, the low-cost regional carrier, FlyBig, restarted flight operations to Dehradun with a stopover at Ghaziabad on 6 September 2023, as part of the government's UDAN Scheme.[4]
As the airport is too small to accommodate future traffic and demands, and due to zero scopes available to expand the airport because of urban growth around it, in 2019, the Ministry of Civil Aviation decided to build a passenger terminal at the existing Indian Air Force's base at Halwara, located 34 km (21 mi) south-west of Ludhiana. After its supposed time of completion in the end of 2023, the Sahnewal airport was to be closed for commercial operations.[5][6]
However, due to multiple delays that hindered the opening of the new airport, as of April 2025, Sahnewal still continues to operate with the help of regular flights operated by FlyBig to Ghaziabad.[7] The new airport is currently slated to be opened on 15 May 2025.[8]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]No destinations as of now
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Annexure III: Airport-wise Passenger Traffic Statistics for March 2026 (PDF) (Report). Airports Authority of India. April 2026. Archived from the original on 25 April 2026. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Annexure II: Airport-wise Aircraft Movement Statistics for March 2026 (PDF) (Report). Airports Authority of India. April 2026. Archived from the original on 28 April 2026. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Annexure IV: Airport-wise Freight Traffic Statistics for March 2026 (PDF) (Report). Airports Authority of India. April 2026. Archived from the original on 24 April 2026. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Jain, Nitin (4 September 2023). "Ludhiana gets Dehradun, Delhi air link from this week". The Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ↑ "Ludhiana international airport halwara: GLADA takes possession of land at Halwara for construction of international civil terminal". Indian Express Limited. Ludhiana. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ↑ Jain, Nitin (19 August 2023). "Flights from upcoming Halwara international airport soon: Centre". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ↑ Majeed, Shariq (28 April 2025). "Empty seats soar as hopes for Halwara International Airport take off in Ludhiana". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ↑ "Ludhiana Airport Misses Deadline, Aims for May 15". Construction World. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official site at the Airports Authority of India Archived 21 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine