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Kozhikode International Airport
Karipur Airport
IATA: CCJ – ICAO: VOCL
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Location Kozhikode, India
Elevation AMSL 342 ft / 104 m
Coordinates 11°08′08″N 75°57′18″E / 11.13556, 75.955
Website aai.aero/allAirports/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 9,383 2,860 Asphalt

Kozhikode International Airport (IATA: CCJ, ICAO: VOCL), also known as Karipur Airport, is located at Karipur in Malappuram district, near Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala, India.

The airport is located 26 km from the Calicut Railway Station and 27 km from Manjeri town. The closest railway station is Feroke.


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Due to the recent Billion-Rupee upgradation of existing facilities, the infrastructure at Kozhikode International Airport is ready to receive foreign airlines.

An inline baggage system, the first of its kind in India that will do away with the separate X-raying of baggage is being installed. Several airlines have sought night parking facility at the airport, which has presently 10 parking bays. Permitting night parking at the airport will greatly improve air connectivity. Airports Authority of India (AAI) will provide three aerobridges (plus options for two more) at the airport which will help passengers directly enter the terminal while alighting from an aircraft. A 15,000 square meter international arrival terminal has been opened to passengers, similar to the spacious modern international departure terminal that became operational on May 14, 2007. Three user-friendly conveyor belts are installed at the arrival terminal and 800 stainless steel chairs for passengers in the security-hold area. Escalators and elevators are also installed inside and outside the terminal building. Facilities for the passengers and visitors like fast-food counters, luggage room, jewellery shop, handicraft stall, traffic direction poles, restaurant, and cyber café are also opened at the airport.

The plush and practical interiors and convenient facilities, including leather sleeperettes for transit passengers, has definitely brought the airport to international standards; a great improvement from the stuffy and cramped area it once was.[1]

Domestic carrier Jet Airways has being granted permission to operate some international routes like Doha, Bharain and Muscut. The airline will start its operation from Calicut International Airport starting January 2008. It is expected that Deccan Airways will soon follow the path of Jet Airways in April 2008 when it will have completed five years of flying experience to be eligible for international routes.

The approach to Kozhikode airport runway is surrounded with hills and valleys. The approach funnel area of the runway 28 is having 30 to 70-meter deep undulated valley up to a distance of 6000 m, immediately following the tabletop runway of 2860 m long. This terrain needs a special type of Approach guidance lighting system to enhance safety for aircraft operations both during night and poor visibility conditions. Airports Authority of India have provided runway lead-in lighting system for the first time in India at Calicut airport as per the recommendations of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, at a cost of Indian Rupees 170 Lakhs.

The lead-in lighting system is a positive visual guidance to the pilot along a specific approach path for reason such as avoiding hazardous terrain, etc. It facilitates the pilot to follow the desired approach path. The system is designed in such way that one group of lights is sighted from the preceding group of lights, finally leading the aircraft to the proximity of threshold of the runway. As per standards the runway lead-in lighting system, consist of groups of lights positioned on the desired approach path at an interval of not more than 1600 m on the extended approach path of the runway. The desired approach path could be curved or straight line.

The lead-in-lighting system at Calicut airport provides desired approach path in the extended centerline of the runway and the group of light units are installed on the top of the 30 m high lattice towers at four locations: 1826 m, 3121 m, 4721 m and 6193 m from the threshold of runway 28. Each group of light consists of three sequential flashing lights in linear configuration. The lead-in-light units are powered through solar power system at each tower locations with battery banks and inverters. The lead-in-light system is planned with radio control units for remote operation. The System operates in three pre-selected intensity level at a flashing rate of 120 flashes per minute to meet the various ambient conditions.

The system has been put into service for night operations since October 2003. The Radio Frequency control for remote operations of the system from ATC tower is also planned.

Supplementing the above lead-in lighting system, solar-powered aviation obstruction lights are also provided at eight critical hilltops around the Calicut Airfield.

Many foreign airlines including Emirates, Qatar Airways, Kuwait Airways and Gulf Air as well as budget carriers like Mihin Lanka are eyeing Kozhikode as a potential destination in the near future, pending government approval. With the introduction of foreign airlines, Kozhikode Airport will definitely make large economic strides, keeping it at par, or even surpassing the standards of the other international airports of Kerala.

  1. ^ Arab News 11-AUG-2007, Ameen Ali Rafeek
  2. ^ Jet Airways schedule, 22-June-2007
  3. ^ SriLankan Airlines route map


Airports in India
International airports: | Ahmedabad – AMD/VAAH | Amritsar – ATQ/VIAR | Bangalore – BLR/VOBG | Calicut – CCJ/VOCL | Chennai – MAA/VOMM | Guwahati – GAU/VEGT | Gaya – GAY/VEGY † | Goa – GOI/VAGO | Hyderabad – HYD/VOHY | Indore – IDR/VAID † | Jaipur – JAI/VIJP † | Kochi – COK/VOCI | Kolkata – CCU/VECC | Lucknow – LKO/VILK † | Mangalore – IXE/VOML | Mumbai – BOM/VABB | Nagpur – NAG/VANP | New Delhi – DEL/VIDP | Patna – PAT/VEPT † | Pune – PNQ/VAPO † | Thiruvananthapuram – TRV/VOTV | Varanasi – VNS/VIBN †
† Designated as customs airports. A few international flights operate from here.


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