Tezpur Airport of Assam: Flight services will be closed for one and a half years from October for maintenance work at Tezpur Airport in Assam. Tezpur Airport Director G Shiva Kumar said that passenger flights will be closed from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026.
He said, “This is being done for runway reconstruction and other projects aimed at improving facilities at the terminal.”
Tezpur Airport is near Tezpur Base
Tezpur Airport is adjacent to the Indian Air Force’s ‘Tezpur Base’ and its runway is used for both commercial and fighter aircraft. Tezpur Air Force Base had already informed the Tezpur Salonibari Passenger Airport Authority about the maintenance work due to which passenger flight services will be temporarily suspended.
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Helicopter service will run from Tezpur to Guwahati
Kumar said that in the meantime, the authority is considering providing helicopter service from Tezpur to Guwahati, but it is yet to be finalised. Currently, a 90-seater SpiceJet flight flies daily direct from Tezpur to Kolkata.
Apart from this, two airlines operate daily flights to Kolkata via Guwahati, Pasighat and Tezpur.
