Chandrapur Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Chandrapur Airport
| nativename = चंद्रपूर विमानतळ
| image =
| IATA =
| ICAO = VA1B
| type = Public
| owner = M.A.D.C.
| operator = M.A.D.C.
| city-served = Chandrapur
| location = Chandrapur, India {{flagicon|India}}
| elevation-f = 625
| elevation-m = 191
| coordinates = {{coord|19.994467|N|079.222712|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| pushpin_map= Maharashtra
| pushpin_mark=Red_pog.svg
| pushpin_mapsize=250
| r1-number = 08/26
| r1-length-f = 3,128
| r1-length-m = 953
| r1-surface = Paved
| footnotes = {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130217030420/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN06702 World Aero Data]}}
}}
Chandrapur Airport {{Airport codes||VA1B}} is located at Morwa, 9 km north-west of Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India. The airstrip was constructed in 1967 by the Public Works Department{{cite web |title=Airstrips in Maharashtra |url=http://www.mahapwd.com/statistics/airstrips.htm |publisher= Maharashtra Public Works Department |access-date=1 February 2013 }} and is spread over 22 hectares.{{cite news|title=State plans two greenfield airports at Solapur and Chandrapur |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-15/mumbai/28176965_1_greenfield-airports-flight-operations-airport-land |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216065638/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-15/mumbai/28176965_1_greenfield-airports-flight-operations-airport-land |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |date= 15 July 2009 |work=The Times of India |access-date= 1 February 2013}} Neither navigational aids nor night landing facilities are available on the airstrip.
Development
The state run Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) that operates the airport has no plans to expand the current facility citing obstructions close to the airport. The chimneys of the thermal power plant to its west and overhead power lines all around the field restrict the scope of expansion of this airport.{{cite web |title= MADC Projects |url= http://www.madcindia.org/projects.html |publisher= MADC |access-date= 1 February 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120226054653/http://www.madcindia.org/projects.html |archive-date= 26 February 2012 }} However, the government has plans of developing a greenfield airport at another appropriate site.