About Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (IATA: NAG, ICAO: VANP) is an international airport serving the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. In 2005, it was named after B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. The airport handles around 4,000 passengers per day and caters to four domestic airlines and one international airline connecting Nagpur to Sharjah and 12 domestic destinations. The airport spread over 1,460-acres is also home to AFS Nagpur of the Indian Air Force.

A maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) facility, built by the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing, occupies 50 acres of land at the airport. Construction began in January 2011.

Air India’s MRO unit, Air India Engineering Services (AIESL), which was hived into a separate company in 2013, will start operating the MRO facility by June 2015. The $100 million project is part of a deal between the Air India and Boeing and has two 100 x 100 meter hangars, constructed by Larsen & Toubro, to accommodate wide-body aircraft like Boeing 777 and 747-8 and another 24,000 sq meters area for allied work.

Nagpur was chosen for the project because of its central location and its high temperatures, favorable for aircraft manufacturing, as they are away from corrosion and sea water contamination.

The new Integrated Terminal Building was inaugurated on 14 April 2008. Eight new parking bays were added to take the number of bays to 18. For improving city-side connectivity, a new approach road to connect the terminal building with the main highway has been constructed. To improve the navigation facilities at Nagpur Airport, AAI plans to construct a new control tower and technical block with all modern CNS ATM facilities.

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