Gandhinagar Airport
| Gandhinagar Airport गांधीनगर विमानतळ Gāndhīnagara Vimānataḷa | |||||||||||
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Combat Army Aviation Training School | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Army | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Army Aviation Corps | ||||||||||
| Serves | Nashik, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||
| Location | Nashik Road | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 483 m / 1,585 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°57′49″N 073°48′27″E / 19.96361°N 73.80750°ECoordinates: 19°57′49″N 073°48′27″E / 19.96361°N 73.80750°E | ||||||||||
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 Maharashtra in India | |||||||||||
  VANR Location of the airport in Maharashtra | |||||||||||
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Gandhinagar Airport (IATA: ISK, ICAO: VANR) was a public airport serving the city of Nashik, in the state of Maharashtra, India until when it was taken over by the Indian Army to convert the airport into a Military Airbase.
History
Indian Airlines used to operate a daily flight between Nashik and Mumbai from 1972 to 1989. Vayudoot then took over and operated a Dornier 228 till June 1992. For five years, there was no air service available from Nashik, till April 1997, when the Maharashtra-Span Air — a joint venture of state government and Span Aviation Ltd — inaugurated its daily service to Mumbai. It operated a 12-seater Beechcraft on the route as a part of the government's ambitious plan to connect important districts in the state by air. The service was abruptly discontinued on June 30, 1997.
The airfield is now converted into a full-fledged Army Aviation Base where training is imparted to all candidates at the Combat Army Aviation Training School (CATS) at Nashik.
The Cheetah helicopter simulator has been set up at Combat Army Aviation Training School (CATS). It is expected to reduce substantial cost in training and also to reduce pilot risk during training. The simulator is designed to expose the trainee to different weather conditions like snow, rain, storm and different terrains in addition to night flying training in handling emergencies, tactical handling of the flying machine, its different maneuvers and more. The project to install a simulator was proposed in December 2000 and approved in April 2002, with CATS Nashik chosen as the centre for installation. Macmet Technologies Ltd, which won the bid over Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), completed the project by 2005 at a cost of Rs 16.26 crore. After stringent checks, the facility was accepted by the army in December 2005.
Airlines and destinations
No commercial services
See also
References
- ↑ Airport information for VANR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- ↑ Airport information for VANR at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ Airport information for Gandhinagar Airport at Search (for) Travel website.
- ↑ "After 3 yrs, Nashik to get flights again". Indian Express. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2012.