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LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,VARANASI
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Monday, 19 December, 2016
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Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
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Cargo Terminals

Terminal Terminal Area (Sq. Mtrs.) Facility
Located at half km away from Airport Terminal Building. Cargo complex is in the premises of UP Export Co. Ltd.

Cargo Terminals

Customs Counters & Facilities
Airport Terminal at Cargo Complex Custom Counter Warehouse & fork life cranes for handling cargo
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Prohibited Item List

 

The following items that are banned for carriage on person/hand baggage on board flights operating from civil airports in India; and Indian Registered aircrafts from foreign airports :

Personal Items

  1. Lighters
  2. Scissors-metal with pointed tips
  3. Realistic replica of toy weapon

Sharp Objects

  1. Box Cutters
  2. Ice Axes/ Ice Picks
  3. Knives (any length and type except round-bladed, butter, and plastic cutlery)
  4. Meat Cleavers
  5. Razor-Type Blades such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors
  6. Sabers
  7. Scissors – metal with pointed tips
  8. Sword

Sporting Goods

  1. Baseball Bats
  2. Bows and Arrows
  3. Cricket Bats
  4. Golf Clubs
  5. Hockey Sticks
  6. Lacrosse Sticks
  7. Pool Cues
  8. Ski Poles
  9. Spear Guns

Guns and Firearms

  1. Ammunition
  2. BB guns
  3. Compressed Air Guns
  4. Firearms
  5. Flare Guns
  6. Gun Lighters
  7. Gun Powder
  8. Parts of Guns and Firearms
  9. Pellet Guns
  10. Realistic Replicas of Firearms
  11. Starter pistols

Tools

  1. Axes and hatchets
  2. Cattle Prods
  3. Crowbars
  4. Hammers
  5. Drills (including cordless portables power drills)
  6. Saws (including cordless portable power saws)
  7. Screwdrivers (except those in eyeglass repair kits)
  8. Tools (including but not limited to wrenches and pliers)
  9. Wrenches and Pliers

Martial Arts / Self Defense Items

  1. Billy Clubs
  2. Black Jacks
  3. Brass Knuckles
  4. Kubatons
  5. Mace/ Pepper Spray
  6. Martial Arts Weapons
  7. Night Sticks
  8. Nunchakus
  9. Martial Arts/ Self Defense Items
  10. Stun Guns/ Shocking Devices
  11. Throwing Stars

Explosive Materials

  1. Blasting Caps
  2. Dynamite
  3. Fireworks
  4. Flares (in any form)
  5. Hand Grenades
  6. Plastic Explosives
  7. Realistic Replicas of Explosives

Flammable items

  1. Liquid/Aerosol/Gel/Paste or items of similar consistency (Allowed separately, in small quantities required for the duration of journey, in one clear transparent re-sealable one liter size plastic bag. Each item should, however, not exceed 100 ml in quantity). Exception : Medicine/inhaler accompanied by prescription and baby food.
  2. Fuels (Including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel)
  3. Gasoline
  4. Gas Torches
  5. Lighter Fluid
  6. Strike-anywhere Matches
  7. Turpentine and paint Thinner
  8. Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries

Disabling Chemicals and other Dangerous Items

  1. Chlorine for Pools and Spas
  2. Compressed Gas Cylinders (including fire extinguishers)
  3. Liquid Bleach
  4. Spillable Batteries (except those in wheelchairs)
  5. Spray Paint
  6. Tear Gas

Note : The above mentioned are only indicative lists of items. Commonsense, however, shall prevail in assessing whether an object can be used as a weapon for committing any act of unlawful interference with civil aviation operations.

 

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VEBN AD 2.1 AERODROME LOCATION INDICATOR AND NAME
VEBN - VARANASI/ DOMESTIC
VEBN AD 2.2 AERODROME GEOGRAPHICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
1 ARP coordinates and site at AD 252705N 0825131E 267°/1170M From Extremity of Rwy27.
2 Direction and Distance from City 320°/18KM from Varanasi Railway Station.
3 Elevation/Reference temperature 270 FT / 42.0°C
4 MAG VAR/Annual change 0.50°W (1985) /0.017W
5 AD Administration, address, telephone, telefax, telex, AFS Airport Director Airports Authority of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, Varanasi, Varanasi- 221006 Tel +91-542-2622155,2622081-85 Tel +91-9415223071 Fax: +91-542-2622320 AFS: VIBNYHYX  
6 Types of traffic permitted IFR/VFR
7 Remarks

Vertical Datum: EGM 08

Aerodrome Reference Code: 4C

Non scheduled aircraft operators are required to file their slot request on apdvnsataai [dot] aero for clearance.

All non scheduled / General Aviation movements will be subject to

positive approval from Airport Director.
VEBN AD 2.3 OPERATIONAL HOURS
1 Aerodrome operator MON-FRI : 0400-1200 UTC (0930-1730 IST) SAT,SUN+ HOL : Nil
2 Customs and immigration AS ATS See remark No.12 serial No.2
3 Health and sanitation AS ATS
4 AIS briefing office As ATSAs ATS
5 ATS reporting office (ARO) As ATS
6 MET briefing office As ATS
7 ATS H24
8 Fuelling AS ATS
9 Handling AS ATS
10 Security AS ATS
11 De-icing Nil
12 Remarks 1. Customs and immigration facilities are provided on limited basis to cover operations of scheduled intl. Flights. The facilities can be arranged to cover any authorized non-sked operations O/R with 24HRS PN to Airport Director.

2.Non Sked flights to obtain positive Clearance prior to departure due shortage of parking stands.

3.The ATS Approved Hourly Runway Traffic Handling Capacity is as Follows:

For RWY27

Maximum Number of Arrival and Departure- 12 Maximum Number of Arrival Only – 08 Maximum Number of Departure Only – 10

For RWY 09

Maximum Number of Arrival and Departure- 12 Maximum Number of Arrival Only – 06 Maximum Number Of Departure Only – 15
VEBN AD 2.4 HANDLING SERVICES AND FACILITIES
1 Cargo-handling facilities Manual - Limited
2 Fuel/Oil types Jet A1/ Nil
3 Fuelling facilities/capacity

10 BOWSERS:1 of 27000Ltrs, 7 of16000 Ltrs., 1 of 11000 Ltrs & 1 of

6000Ltrs.;13.3Ltrs/Sec
4 De-icing facilities Nil
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Airport Contact Information: 
Name: 
Puneet Gupta, Airport Director
Address: 
Airports Authority of India,L.B.S.I Airport ,Babatpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh- 221006
Email: 
apdvns@aai.aero
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+91-542-2622155
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91-542-2622320
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Airport Terminal Manger
Address: 
Airports Authority of India,L.B.S.I Airport ,Babatpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh- 221006
Email: 
terminal.vns@aai.aero
Telephone: 
0542-2623060/+918887161522
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Safety Investigation Coordinator
Address: 
Airports Authority of India,L.B.S.I Airport ,Babatpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh- 221006
Email: 
vibn.ats@aai.aero
Telephone: 
9123154873
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