Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

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The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport ( IATA: BOM, ICAO code: VABB ) is a major international commercial airport in Mumbai ( Bombay until 1995 ) in India. The airport is located about 15 km north of the immediate city center at 11 m above sea level. He was formerly the name Sahar International Airport, but was upon the Hindu Maratha ( Chhatrapati ) Shivaji 17th century renamed.

Statistics

The airport is one of the busiest in South Asia. Here run regularly 46 international airlines. Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and JetLite have its hub here. This airport recorded daily over 600 aircraft movements and 2010 over 28 million passengers. Thus, Mumbai was classified since 2007 as the first airport in India in the world league of major airports with over 25 million passengers; now (2010) has surpassed him of Advanced International Airport New Delhi.

Plant

The airport consists of an international terminal (Terminal 2, Sahar called ) and domestic terminals (Terminal 1, called Santa Cruz ). The terminals are divided " land side ", ie in the area of the security check, further into the regions 1A and 1B and 2B and 2C; the parts 1C and 2A were built or rebuilt by 2010.

The airport has two start and runways: 09-27 and 14-32. Runway 14-32 (2925 m) runs between the terminals 1 and 2, while the main railway 09-27 ( 3489 m) crosses it and runs south of the terminals.

The airport is already prepared for the Airbus A380. For this, the passenger boarding bridges and parking positions were extended and reinforced concrete ceiling of the slopes. In the period from 2006-2010, the airport was rebuilt in several stages, he has now (2011) reached a capacity of 40 million passengers and one million tons of cargo.

The new terminal was completed on 11 January 2014.