VOPC
Pondicherry Airport
MVFR
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Name
Pondicherry Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
VOPC / PNY / VOPC
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
7:06 am (IST)
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Municipality
Puducherry (Pondicherry)
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Coordinates
11° 58′ 4″ N 79° 48′ 43″ E
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Elevation
141 ft (43 m MSL)
About Pondicherry Airport
Pondicherry Airport (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) is a domestic airport serving the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is located at Lawspet, situated 8.1 km (5.0 mi) from the international community of Auroville. The airport has scheduled flights and operations of the local flying training school. In 2007, the Government of Puducherry decided to expand the airport to accommodate larger aircraft and commissioned a new terminal building. The new terminal was inaugurated on 18 January 2013, with the arrival of a SpiceJet flight from Bengaluru. After a gap of three years, the airport was operationalised again under the UDAN scheme in August 2017, with daily flights to Hyderabad and Bengaluru.