Hosur Aerodrome
Hosur Aerodrome (TAAL Airfield) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private Licensed Aerodrome/Airfield | ||||||||||
| Owner | Taneja | ||||||||||
| Operator | Taneja Aerospace and Aviation | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hosur | ||||||||||
| Location | Near Hosur | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,050 ft / 930 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°39′40″N 077°46′01″E / 12.66111°N 77.76694°E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.taalaerodrome.com | ||||||||||
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Hosur Aerodrome is an aerodrome located in the Belagondapalli suburb, 10 Kilometres southwest of Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India.
The airfield is owned by Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited (TAAL), established in 1994 as the first private sector company to manufacture General Aviation aircraft in India.[citation needed] TAAL uses the airfield for its Aircraft Manufacturing, Sales, and MRO businesses. This aerodrome is approved and licensed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation under the private use category.[1] The aerodrome complex also houses MRO facilities of Air Works India[2] and widebody aircraft painting facilities of Air Livery.[3] Many Indian carriers notably SpiceJet, GoAir and Vistara send their aircraft to Hosur for 'C' checks and inspections by Air Works Ltd., and for aircraft painting done by Air Livery. Recently, Air India Express sent their first Airbus A320neo (acquired from AirAsia India, post-merger) to Hosur for repainting into the new livery launched by the Tata Group. [citation needed]
Structure[edit]
Hosur Aerodrome has one asphalt runway, oriented 09/27, 7012 feet long and 150 feet wide, capable of accepting Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft, and has night landing facilities which are awaiting approval. At the moment, the airfield is purely VFR lying in the local flying area of the HAL Airport, the former civilian airport in Bengaluru; approach control to aircraft is provided by ATC in Bengaluru and terminal advisory control is provided by Hosur ATC. [citation needed]
Navigational aids at Hosur include PAPI lights and an Aerodrome beacon. It has aprons measuring 110 × 90 and 110 × 80 meters for jet aircraft and another one measuring 40 × 19 meters for Turboprop and light aircraft.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "National Register of Airports" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "AirWorks website". Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Air Livery website". Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "TAAL website". Retrieved 21 January 2012.