Surat Airport is a domestic airport (IATA: STV, ICAO: VASU), located in Magdala, near Surat in the Western Indian state of Gujarat.The total area of the airport complex (including runway, tarmac and terminal) is 312 Hectares. The Surat airport will soon have a night landing facility. The Instrument Landing System imported from Germany for making night landing facility possible at the Surat airport has arrived. Setting up the system will take less than two months. Once operating, the night landing system will facilitate smooth operations during fog and rainy atmosphere too at the airport. Modern terminal building, Air Traffic Control tower, Fire station, DVAR systems are already activated at the airport. Runway of the Surat airport has been recently expanded to 2250 metre(7382 ft).
- Apron: 60 x 90 metres
- Taxiway: 23 x 200 metres
Surat airport is the result of the long struggle of Surtis for an international airport in Surat[1], which ended in a compromise - the establishment of a domestic airport. The airport was inaugurated on 6 May 2007 with an Indian Airlines Airbus 319 flight to Delhi on 1240 IST The flight was flagged off by Indian civil aviation minister Praful Patel.