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Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar city, is an international airport about northwest of the city of Amritsar, India. It is located on the Amritsar-Ajnala Road, near the village of Raja Sansi. Besides Amritsar, the airport serves neighbouring areas of Punjab, Western districts of Himachal Pradesh and Southern districts of Jammu and Kashmir. The new integrated terminal has double the capacity of the old terminal. ==Expansion and renovation== The arrivals section of the old terminal was inaugurated in September 1995, and the departures section was made operational in March 2006. A new integrated terminal building, built in glass and steel and equipped with modern facilities like an inline X-ray baggage inspection and conveyor system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), and CCTV for surveillance among others, was inaugurated on 25 February 2009, with an area of approximately marking an improvement over the earlier facility. The new terminal building is a blend of modern and Indian designs, constructed in glass and steel with Indian style arches and colours. The airport registered a passenger growth of 64.6% during April–December 2009 which made it the fastest growing airport in India.〔(Traffic, fliers' flow grow at Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport – The Times of India )〕 The integrated terminal building at Amritsar has an annual capacity of 1.46 million passengers with a peak hour capacity of 1,200 passengers. The integrated building has 30 check-in counters, 4 X-ray scanners (for baggage), 26 immigration Counters, 10 custom counters, 12 security check booths, and 4 conveyor belts for arrivals. The apron has been extended to cater for parking of a total of 14 aircraft (8 Category 'E’, 3 Category 'D’ and 3 Category 'C’ types of aircraft) from the earlier capacity of ten aircraft and strengthened for parking of Category 'E’ type of aircraft. The departure and arrival halls operate duty-free shops. The departure hall also accommodates foreign currency exchange service, a book store, restaurants and other shops for the convenience of departing passengers.:.〔Press Release By PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=47938〕 The airport also has: * A brand new cargo handling facility due to demands from exporters in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. * A site for the Permanent Perishable Cargo Center, located close to the air cargo complex, which has a capacity of per day. * Passenger terminal building of size . * Four new jet bridges installed, of which two are operational. * 14 Parking, increased from previous 5. * The runway, extended by to a total length of . * A new car park for passengers and visitors. The development and modernisation plans for the city-side of the airport completed by 2010, through a public-private partnership (PPP). AAI takes care of the air-side development of the airport. The government wants the consortium of the selected bidder and the AAI to commercially operate the airports and maintain their terminal buildings. It would also be responsible for developing and operating cargo facilities at these airports, besides undertaking the city-side development. Airports Authority of India (AAI) had placed orders for equipment required for a CAT II Instrument Landing System (ILS) from a German-based flight safety equipment firm Thales.〔(Rajasansi airport to update landing system )〕 The ILS became operational on 23 December 2011. The upgrade of the system to Category II required improving the airport infrastructure, the removal of obstacles in and around the airport and training for the air traffic controllers and maintenance personnel. Soon the latest version of ILS CAT III, similar to the one at New Delhi Airport will be installed at this airport, which will make landing conditions more favorable during foggy conditions. The present CAT II system has reduced the visibility requirement for an aircraft landing at Amritsar Airport from the existing 650 metres to 350 metres benefiting airlines in terms of increased safety and avoiding diversions to other airports resulting in better operational and environmental efficiency.〔(Amritsar Airport ushers in CAT II Instrument Landing System )〕 The airport modernisation process is part of the upgrade process of 35 non-metro airports in the country by 2010. The latest ILS installed at Amritsar Airport has performed well enough such that some of the international flights which cannot land safely at Indira Gandhi International Airport are diverted to Amritsar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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