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Safdarjung Airport

Safdarjung Airport is an airport in , , in the of the same name. Established during the British Raj as Willingdon Airfield, it started operations as an aerodrome in 1929, when it was India's second after the in Mumbai.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in India
  • Also known as: “New Delhi / Safdarjung”, “VIDD”, and “Willingdon Airfield”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tomb of Safdar Jang and Lodi Gardens.

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safdarjung's tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum in , . It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for Nawab Safdarjung. The monument has an ambience of spaciousness and an imposing presence with its domed and arched red, brown and white coloured structures.

Park
Photo: Amaninder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city park situated in . Spread over 90 acres, it contains Muhammad Shah's tomb, the , the Shisha Gumbad and the .

Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur, CC BY 2.0.
is a paid-entrance open-air market, food plaza, and craft bazaar located in . The area is run by Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation, and unlike the traditional weekly market, the village Haat, is permanent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laxmibai Nagar and Safdarjung.

Neighborhood
Laxmi Bai Nagar is a VIP residential colony in , . Laxmi Bai, meaning "city of Lakshmibai", is named for the Rani of the Maratha-ruled Jhansi State in , which is now a province of modern state.

Neighborhood
area consists of mainly two localities in South Delhi, namely Enclave and Development Area. There are several districts in located south of the tomb of , the second Nawab of Awadh, an important administrator in the Mughal Imperial courts in Delhi, under Muhammad Shah in the 18th century.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood and a large market in South West Delhi district of , India.

Safdarjung Airport

Latitude
28.58499° or 28° 35′ 6″ north
Longitude
77.20591° or 77° 12′ 21″ east
Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)
Operator
Airports Authority of India
ICAO airport code
VIDD
Open location code
7JWVH6M4+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44193643
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6301096
Wiki­data ID
Q3595637
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Safdarjung Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار صفدر جنك”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Safdarjung”
  • Cebuano: “Safdarjung Airport”
  • Chinese: “Safdarjung机场”
  • Chinese: “Safdarjung機場”
  • Chinese: “萨夫达君机场”
  • Chinese: “薩夫達君機場”
  • French: “aérodrome de Safdarjung”
  • French: “चF66”
  • French: “सफ़दरजंग SAFDARJUNG”
  • French: “सफ़दर्जंग SAFDARJUNG”
  • Hindi: “सफ़दरजंग वायुसेना स्टेशन”
  • Hindi: “सफदरजंग विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “सफ़दरजंग विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “सफदरजंग हवाई अड्डा”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Safdarjung”
  • Indonesian: “VIDD”
  • Japanese: “サフダルジャング空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Safdarjung”
  • Malayalam: “Safdarjung Airport”
  • Malayalam: “സഫ് ദർജംഗ് എയർപോർട്ട്”
  • Malayalam: “സഫ് ദർജംഗ് വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Malayalam: “സഫ്ദർജംഗ് എയർപോർട്ട്”
  • Malayalam: “സഫ്‌ദർജംഗ് വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Malayalam: “സഫ്ദർജംഗ് വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Marathi: “सफदरजंग विमानतळ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سفدرجونگ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صفدر جنگ”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Safdarjung”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱟᱯᱷᱫᱟᱨᱡᱩᱝ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
  • Swedish: “Safdarjung Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сфдрҷунг”
  • Tamil: “சஃப்தர்சங் வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Сафдарджанґ”
  • Ukrainian: “Делі-Сафдарджанг”
  • Urdu: “صفدر جنگ ہوائی اڈا”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ministry of Civil Aviation and Safdarjung Airport Terminal.

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