Imphal International Airport (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), formerly known as the Tulihal International Airport and currently officially renamed as the Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala.
A trilingual signboard in the airport displaying in Meitei (officially called Manipuri), Hindi and English
Statistics
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AirAsia India | Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata |
| Air India | Delhi, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata |
| Air KBZ | Charter: Mandalay |
| Alliance Air | Aizawl, Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Silchar |
| FlyBig | Guwahati, Tezu |
| IndiGo | Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong |
Development
A Child Care Room in the Imphal International Airport with a signboard in Meitei, Hindi and English languages, showing official multilingualism in India.
In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$430 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$90 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport. The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$75 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.
Accidents and incidents
- On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.
