A I R P O R T S A U T H O R I T Y O F I N D I A

History Present Airport is development of Air Strip built by

British during world war II (1942-43).

This site was chosen for its inherent advantage

of being center of Indian sub-continent.

Prince Philip landed on this Air Strip in 1984 to

have a feel of presence of Royal Air Force.

Old remains of British structure can still be seen

in vicinity of Airport.

Remains of British structure

Geography Longitude - 80o18’ E and Latitude - 21o32’ N.

Airport is located at Birsi village of Gondia,

district in the state of Maharashtra, 16 Kms from

Gondia Railway Station.

Gondia is on Howrah-Mumbai Railway Route.

Milestone________________

AAI took over the Runway Strip/Terminal Buildingfrom MIDC on 31st Dec. 2005

AAI Board of Directors meeting dated 14.11.2005,16.03.2006 accorded approval for infrastructuredevelopment work at Birsi Airport.

Indian parliament accorded approval forestablishment of NFTI at Birsi Airport on 07.11.2007,an amount of Rs 108.07 crores was sanctioned toundertake infrastructure development of Birsi Airport.

Designed with Space Frame Structure, Spider Glazing,

Kalzip roofing along with bull nosing.

Total plinth area : 900 Sqm.

PA S S E N G E R L O U N G E

Air Traffic Services are housed in ATS Complex.

Area 2900 Sqm.

The height of control tower

is 28 m. above ground level

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Gondia Airport has world class Air Traffic Control Tower with VHF,

NDB, DVOR, DME & ILS(on commissioning phase).

Airport is equipped with modern CNS/ATM facilities (VHF, NDB, DVOR,

DME & ILS)

Airport caters to Flying Training requirements being a dedicated

training airport.

Regular watch is provided from 0800 hrs. to 1800 hrs (six days a week).

Airport is well equipped with Night Landing Facilities.

There are 220 Aircraft movements (average/per day) of NFTI / IGRUA

(winter operations)

Air Traffic Services

Air-Traffic Control Tower

A p r o n / R u n w a y

Runway Length 2290 x 45 mtrs – A320 operations

Parallel Taxi Track - 1697 mtrs

Apron – 13750 sq mtrs – can accommodate 20 Training Aircrafts

Helipad (50M x 50M)

EXTENSION PLANS

Extension of Runway from 2290 Mtrs to 4000 Mtrs and cost Rs 35 Crores.

Extension of Apron by another 65X84 Mtrs and cost Rs 1 Crore.

Departure Terminal 1305 Sqm of parameter and Rs. 10 Crores.

E X T E N S I O N P L A N S

Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute(Company Name : National Flying Training Institute)

Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute_______________

Canteen

Administration Block

Sports ComplexCadets Quarters

Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute_______

NFTI is a joint venture between CAE and Airports

Authority of India (51 / 49%)

The objective is to provide ab-initio training for

Commercial Pilot License Member of CAE Global

Academy, a network of 10 international flight

schools

First flight started on 23 Feb 2009

NFTI operates the most modern training aircraft

Currently 8 Diamond DA-40 Single Engine

Glass Cockpit aircraft

1 DA-42 (Multi-Engine)

One DA-40 and One DA-42 Flight Navigation

Procedure Trainer is already in operation

Commercial Pilot’s License course consists of

200 hours flight training and comprehensive

theoretical classes.

The total duration of the course is 14 months

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy

(IGRUA)_____________________________

The state-of-art Airport Facilities at Gondia supports winter operations of

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy, because of weather &

geographical advantages. Management and Operations are presently

being entrusted to Cae inc., Canada.

National Institute of Aviation Training and Management (NIATM), Gondia

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

Cost : 41.21 Crores Area : 17 Hect.

N I A T M – H O S T E L

No. of Rooms : 212

Capacity : 419

NIATM – HOUSING BLOCK

No. of Blocks = 08

Total No. of Quarters = 32

Sl. No. Courses

Fees/ Student/

Year (Course)

Rs. In lacs

No. of

Students per

Year

Proposed

Duration

1. Basic Course in AME License 2.50 120 3 years

2. Flight Dispatchers Course 1.80 50 34 weeks

3. Load & Trim Sheet Course 0.45 50 12 weeks

4 Operations & Maint. of Ground

Communication & Navigation

Equipments

2.00 50 32 weeks

5 Airline Management Course 0.45 50 8 weeks

6 Airport Terminal Management

Course0.58 40 5 weeks

7 Airport Apron Management Course0.87 40 8 weeks

8 Airport Security Course 0.60 90 10 weeks

Courses Planned in NIATM

To cater to the current volume of air traffic , 2500 ATCOs

are required. Present strength is around 1800.

To cater to the increased intake of JE (ATC) , training has

been initiated at NIATM, Gondia w.e.f 16-08-2010.

The first batch of JET (ATC) of 41 Trainees have

graduated from the institute on 02-02-2011.

ATC Training at NIATM_________________

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