Ludhiana Airport is a

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serving the city of

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. It is located near the town of

Sahnewal Sahnewal is a city and a municipal council in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is the hometown of the popular Deol family of Bollywood and the birthplace of Sunny Deol. Demographics As per the 2011 census, the population was ...

, south-east of Ludhiana on the

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. There is a flight training club based in the airport.

Development

The airport was mainly used for government flights, air force exercises and training flights. The only commercial airline the airport had was Alliance Air, which connected it to

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with regular flights until April 2021, due to the

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. Since then, the airport remained closed, until when in September 2023, the low-cost regional carrier,

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, restarted flight operations to

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with a stopover at

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on 6 September 2023, as part of the government's UDAN Scheme. As the airport is too small to accommodate future traffic and demands, and due to zero scopes available to expand the airport because of urban growth around it, in 2019, the Ministry of Civil Aviation decided to build a passenger terminal at the existing Indian Air Force's base at

Halwara Halwara (; ISO: ''Halawāṛā'') is a township in Punjab state in India in the Ludhiana Ludhiana () is the most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab.164.100.161.224 http://164.100.161.224 › file ...

, located south-west of Ludhiana. After its supposed time of completion in the end of 2023, the Sahnewal airport was to be closed for commercial operations. However, due to multiple delays that hindered the opening of the new airport, as of April 2025, Sahnewal still continues to operate with the help of regular flights operated by FlyBig to

. The new airport is currently slated to be opened on 15 May 2025.

Airlines and destinations

References

External links

Official site at the Airports Authority of India
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Development

Airlines and destinations

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