AviatDataSri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport ATQ / VIAR
Amritsar, Punjab · India · Airports Authority of India (AAI) — Government of India statutory body
2.9Mpax · 2025-26
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAVIAR / ATQ
OperatorAirports Authority of India (AAI) — Government of India statutory body
Coordinates31.7078°N, 74.7992°E
Elevation756 ft · 230 m
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30, no DST)
Passengers / yr2,941,017 (2025-26)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceVIAR — AIP India (AAI eAIP, AD 2 VIAR Amritsar)
Operating hoursTreated as H24 given a CAT III-B fog-category ILS (fitted 2016-17, low-visibility procedures live since October 2017) — a capability AAI installs specifically to keep operations running through Punjab's dense December-January radiation fog, of little value without extended or continuous watch hours — plus year-round Qatar Airways (Doha) and seasonal Kuala Lumpur/Milan international service needing customs and immigration coverage outside a narrow daytime window; no published ATC watch-hours table or curfew notice was independently verified in sources reached, so check the current India eAIP AD 2 VIAR or NOTAMs before planning operations outside normal daylight hours.
TerminalsSingle integrated glass-and-steel terminal commissioned 25 February 2009 (approx. 40,175 sqm), ground-floor arrivals and first-floor departures with separate customs and immigration wings; 30 check-in counters, 26 immigration counters, 12 customs counters, 4 aerobridges. Design capacity of roughly 2.5 million pax/year has been exceeded in recent years (FY2024-25 record about 3.54 million); the 3,658m runway has long supported wide-body long-haul aircraft, with the 2016-17 addition being CAT III-B ILS/low-visibility capability rather than a further lengthening.
Runways (1)
- 16/34 · 3,658 m / 12,000 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT III-B (fitted 2016-17; low-visibility procedures since Oct 2017)
Airport contact
Punjab's principal international gateway and the main air link for pilgrims visiting the Golden Temple, sited at Raja Sansi close to the India-Pakistan border; renamed from Raja Sansi International in November 2010, with the current integrated terminal opened 25 February 2009. Pakistan's closure of its airspace to India-registered carriers from 24 April 2025 and the four-day India-Pakistan conflict of May 2025 hit Amritsar harder than almost any other Indian international airport given its border proximity, forcing a temporary shutdown of operations and cutting international frequencies through the 2025 peak summer season; FY2025-26 traffic fell 17.0% to 2,941,017 passengers against the FY2024-25 record of about 3.54 million, with only a partial recovery visible from November 2025. Air India's Amritsar-London Gatwick service was separately suspended for roughly four months in mid-to-late 2025 (through 30 September) after the June 2025 Ahmedabad 787 crash triggered a wider network review, resuming 3x-weekly under the Winter 2025-26 schedule from late October 2025 alongside continuing Birmingham service; Qatar Airways (Doha) remains the mainstay year-round long-haul international link, while AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines both serve Kuala Lumpur and Neos runs a seasonal Milan charter. SpiceJet also flies Amritsar-Dubai year-round, alongside Air India Express and IndiGo on Dubai/Sharjah. Domestic core carriers are IndiGo, Air India, Air India Express and SpiceJet.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Indo Thai Airport Management Services Pvt Ltd
Corrects the draft: ground handling at ATQ is NOT self-provided by AAI -- it is concessioned to Indo Thai Airport Management Services Pvt Ltd, confirmed independently by the company's own LinkedIn and Facebook pages ("an authorized ground services provider at Amritsar, Jaipur, Lucknow, Dehradun, Udaipur, Varanasi, Chandigarh...", "a concessioner of Airports Authority of India for providing Comprehensive Ground Handling Services") and corroborated by a 2015 Indian Aviation News Net article naming Amritsar among its then-current stations. AISATS and Encalm indeed do not serve Amritsar, as the draft found, but the search stopped short of finding the actual incumbent.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IndianOil Aviation Service)
Upgraded from unconfirmed to confirmed: the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas's own emergency-contact directory lists an "Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Aviation Fuel Station, Amritsar Airport, Amritsar" with landline ••• -- i.e. a dedicated on-field into-plane ATF station, not merely a nearby retail pump (the "IndianOil, Veejay & Co" road-fuel pump the draft flagged was correctly excluded). IndianOil's own channels also documented its Amritsar aviation team fuelling a stranded Malindo Air rescue flight. Note: HPCL separately lists an "Amritsar ASF" aviation fuel facility at Raja Sansi on its own facilities page, so IndianOil may not be the sole ATF supplier at ATQ, but its own presence is now independently confirmed rather than inferred.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
TajSATS Air Catering Limited
TajSATS's own site lists Amritsar as one of its flight-kitchen locations, alongside Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Goa, supplying inflight meals to airlines operating from ATQ. Independently corroborated by a Justdial business listing for "Taj Sats Air Catering Ltd" in Airport Colony, Amritsar (category: in-flight catering, daily hours listed). TajSATS is the IHCL(Tata)/SATS joint venture and India's largest airline caterer (~60% market share).
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Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available
Airports Authority of India (AAI)
Confirmed: AAI operates Amritsar's cargo terminal departmentally -- the airport was commissioned as one of AAI's interim Common User Domestic Air Cargo Terminals (CUDCT) in 2017, and AAI's own Amritsar-airport social accounts have repeatedly posted operational cargo-tonnage updates (e.g. an "AAI Cargo team at Amritsar Airport" post citing >80 MT of export cargo to South Korea, Australia, London plus ~100 MT domestic in a reporting period). There is no separate third-party cargo concessionaire at ATQ.
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Aviation security
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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
CISF is the statutory aviation-security force deployed at ATQ. Independently confirmed across at least six separate outlets (The New Indian Express, The Statesman, MillenniumPost, Mid-Day, BW Police World, Aviation Jeta, plus CISF's own Facebook/Instagram) all dated 4 Aug 2026, describing the same interdiction: CISF screening staff at Amritsar found USD 31,500 concealed on a departing passenger. This confirms active, current CISF deployment performing passenger/baggage screening at the airport.
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Passenger & crew transport
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Flight support
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Hotel & travel
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