Surat International Airport, Dumas Road,Surat. Editorial Image

Surat Airport is a international Airport. Surat Airport was built by the state government of Gujarat in early 1970s. The first airline to operate was Safari Airways owned by Vijaypat Singhania of Raymonds group with flights to Bombay and Bhavnagar with small aircraft, most probably a Douglas DC-3 Dakota [VT-CEB], in the early 1970s, which was eventually discontinued in a year or two. During the 1990s, Vayudoot and Gujarat Airways flew to Surat Airport, but discontinued their flights in May 1994 and January 2000, respectively. The airport, with a 1,400-metre 4,600 ft airstrip and an adjoining 60 by 40 metres 200 ft × 130 ft apron was then transferred to the Airports Authority of India AAI in 2003, who began to modernise the airport.