Baljek Airport
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IATA: none – ICAO: VETU
 VETU
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government of Meghalaya | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tura, Meghalaya, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,760 ft / 536 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
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Baljek Airport (ICAO: VETU) (also known as Tura Airport) is a public airport located at Baljek, 33 km (21 mi) North-east of Tura in Meghalaya, India.
The proposal for the airport was sent to the Central Government in 1983 and the project was sanctioned in 1995. The airport was inaugurated in October 2008.[1] It was built at a cost of Rs 12.52 crore and was initially designed to handle 20 seater aircraft like the Dornier Do 228.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is developing the airport for operation of ATR 42/ATR 72 type of aircraft.[2] The 3,300 foot runway will be extended by another 1,200 feet.[3] A total of 58 acres of additional land was acquired at a cost of Rs 2.58 crore to aid the expansion of the airport.[4]
No scheduled commercial air service at this Airport at this time. The nearest airport is Shillong Airport which is operating scheduled flights from Shillong to Kolkata.
