Hisar Airport
Hisar Airport (IATA: HSS, ICAO: VIHR), officially known as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport existing as domestic airport presently under upgrade by 30 March 2024, is a DGCA-licensed public airport serving Hisar in Haryana state of India. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-east of the city center on NH-9. Hisar is a National Capital Region Counter Magnet City (NCR CMC) on the 'Hisar-Narnaul Industrial Sub-corridor' of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project. Under the National Capital Region Transport Plan, Hisar International Airport and Noida International Airport are being developed as an alternate within NCR to national capital Delhi's IGI Airport.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Civil Aviation Department, Haryana | ||||||||||
Operator | Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
Serves | National Capital Region (NCR) | ||||||||||
Location | Hisar | ||||||||||
Opened | 31 March 2024 (11 days) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 213 m / 700 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°10′45″N 075°45′19″E | ||||||||||
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The airport is under expansion and upgrade to an international airport, MRO, aerospace university, aerospace and defence manufacturing industrial zone, logistics and food parks, etc. spread across 10,000 acres (4,000 ha). In 2021, the total cost of planned upgrade in 3 phases, including the actual spend and future approved allocations, is nearly ₹5,200 crore ($700 million).
Hisar airport is 165 kilometres (103 mi) west of national capital's IGI Delhi Airport, 255 kilometres (158 mi) northwest of Noida International Airport and 280 kilometres (170 mi) southwest of state capital's Chandigarh International Airport.