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Amritsar Sri Guru Ram ATQ Airport Overview

Amritsar Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport ATQ serves India's Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, as well as parts of Himachal Pradesh, including Kangra valley. It is Norh India's primary airport with a promising future, and it will see many changes in the coming years.

The Airport is located near the village of Raja Sansi, 11 km northwest of the City of Amritsar, on the Amritsar-Ajnala Road (and just 32 miles east of Lahore, Pakistan).
Amritsar is home to the 'Golden Temple', the Harmandir Sahib, and is the spiritual and cultural center of the Sikh Religion.

With a long runway and an estimated 0.7 million passengers a year, Amritsar International Airport is served Air India, Jet & Kingfisher, and by a number of international airlines, offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe.

The integrated passenger terminal at Amritsar International Airport opened in 2009 .The new glass and steel structure is fully air-conditioned, has 30 check-in counters, 26 immigration counters, 10 custom counters, inline X-ray baggage inspection system integrated with the baggage conveyor system, escalators, public address system and flight information system Peak hourly passenger handling capacity is now 1,200 passengers.

Services and amenities inside the passenger terminal: The departure hall offers currency exchange, a book store, and other shops, while both departure and arrivals halls have duty-free shops, free trolleys, paid portage, free medical station, a VIP Room, and Lost & Found.  There are also restaurants, a CENCA convenience store and an Information counter for general and for tourist information. ATM machines are available from Santander and Cardtronics.  Rental car counters are in the arrivals area.  A new helpdesk, open 24/7, was recently added to help travelers get information about flights, customs & immigration, and more.

To get from Amritsar International Airport to your destination, you can rent a car from the rental car desks in front of the International Arrivals Hall, or take a taxi or a bus.  HarmandirSaahib). A prepaid taxi counter can be found in the Arrivals Area at City side. The general bus station is 13 km from the Airport. A free coach service is available to/from the Golden Temple (Shri. A good number of hotels, situated between 10 and 13 km from the Airport, provide their own shuttle service.

Plans are in place to launch regular bus services between the airport and other cities of Punjab, while Air India plans to provide regular bus services for its ATQ passengers to/from Jalandhar; and the State has also unveiled plans to build a monorail line, connecting the airport with the Golden Temple and Amritsar's railway station.


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Amritsar Sri Guru Ram ATQ Airport Update History

  • Updated ATQ Airports page - Apr 2, 2013
  • Updated ATQ Direct Flights page - Apr 2, 2013
  • Updated ATQ Airport Intro page - Mar 23, 2013