Shimla Airport

Shimla Airport (IATA: SLV, ICAO: VISM) is an airport located in Jabarhatti, 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Shimla in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

The Airport was constructed by cutting down a mountaintop and leveling the area to form the single runway. The small apron has space for two small aircraft (Dornier Do 228) to park simultaneously. The small terminal can handle 50 persons for arriving flights, but only 40 for departing flights.

Kingfisher Airlines, operating the sole daily flight from Delhi, could not carry more than 28 passengers on its return journey because of load restrictions imposed on the aircraft due to Shimla's high altitude. It ceased operations to Shimla in September 2012.

Commercial operations were resumed by Alliance Air, the regional subsidiary of Air India from 27 April 2017.  Alongside the airline, helicopter service is also provided by Pawan Hans.

The nearest International Airport from Shimla are Chandigarh Airport and Delhi Airport, roughly 100 km and 265 km respectively by road.

The Airport is manage and operate by Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Airlines and Destinations

Currently, Alliance Air serves scheduled commercial flights to various cities in India as stated below:

Airlines	Destinations
Alliance Air	Delhi, Dharamshala, Kullu

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