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The new airport was originally planned to accommodate 3.5 million passengers a year, but this has now been redesigned to handle 12 million passengers. The redesign resulted in an increase in the size of the terminal, number of aircraft stands, new taxiway layouts and supporting infrastructure.
A plan is also being processed for a direct rail service from Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station to the Basement Rail terminal at the airport. Access on the National Highway 7 is being widened to a six lane expressway, with a 3 feet (0.91 m) boundary wall, as construction moves ahead.
A new expressway was planned to connect the airport to the city's Ring Road. The expressway, expected to be a tolled road, would begin at Hennur on the Outer Ring Road. However the State government, citing a study report of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), has told the Karnataka High Court that the proposed super expressway connecting the Outer Ring Road and Bangalore International Airport (BIA) is not feasible.
Location: The Bangalore / Bengaluru International Airport is located 35km (21 miles) North of Bangalore city center (M.G Road) and off National Highway 7 (Bangalore-Hyderabad Highway). Note: For directions to Hebbal and from there take the Bangalore-Hyderabad NH7.
Airport specifications
The passenger terminal is a single, fully air-conditioned, four-level building capable of accommodating international and domestic operations. The basement houses the retail storage, rest areas and services. The arrival and departure areas are separated vertically with a modern, simple, straight-ahead flow system. The domestic and international departure lounges, and the majority of the retail outlets are located on level 2 (first floor). The check-in facilities and baggage reclaim are located on level 1 (ground floor). The terminal is designed for ease of operation and minimum maintenance.
The total floor area is approximately 171,000 m2 (1,840,000 sq ft). The terminal building is designed to accommodate 4,733 passengers at peak hour. The design reflects the best industry practice and caters for 24-hour-operations, under all weather conditions. All facilities provided will meet IATA standards.
The airport can handle 14 million people per annum with 50aircraft movement per hour and an estimated 550 movement in May 2008.
Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) enabled check-in counters: 117 and 66 self check in counters.
The airport has 40 gates, 18 aero-bridges, including nine double arm and 19 remote bus bays. There are a total of 82 aircraft stands, all of which have a fueling pit. This is the first time in Indian airports that the parking stands have the fueling pits. The underground pits helps the aircraft to fuel from the stand itself.
In the first phase of development, a car park for 4,000 cars in front of the terminal building at the ground level has been developed for the convenience of passengers and visitors to the airport.
The airport has one runway as of now. The runway can accommodate all types of aircraft including the Airbus A380. There are plans to build a second runway when the annual traffic of the airport reaches 18 million passengers per year which is currently estimated to reach around 2013-2014.
The runway, orientated 09/27, is 4,900 m (16,076 ft) by 45 m (150 ft) with light light paved shoulders making it 60 m (200 ft).
The frequencies in use at BLR are:
| ATC Frequencies at BLR | |||
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| Call Sign | Used for | Frequency |
| 1 | Bangalore Tower | Runway to 6,000 ft (1,800 m) | 123.45 MHz |
| 2 | Bangalore Approach | 6,000 ft (1,800 m) feet to 12,000 ft (3,700 m) | 121.25 MHz and 121.75 MHz |
| 3 | Bangalore Ground | Ground movement - off runway | 121.65 MHz |
| 4 | Clearance delivery position | All departures to contact 15min prior to pushback giving the departures/ flight details | 121.825 MHz |
| 5 | Bangalore ASR/TAR | Information | 119.45 MHz |
Most aircraft move to Chennai ATC airspace immediately before or after Bangalore. Chennai ATC is operated on 119.5 MHz.
Cost: Rs 2,470 crore (approx. $600 Million USD) A User Development Fee of Rs. 1070 will be collected from all outbound international passengers using the Bengaluru International Airport. The User Development Fee is towards the cost for construction and operation of the airport and has been approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India.
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