Jolly Grant Airport

Jolly Grant Airport, (IATA: DED, ICAO: VIDN) also known as Dehradun Airport, is a domestic airport located about 22 km (12 nmi; 14 mi) southeast of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, the airport resumed commercial operations on 30 March 2008 after a runway extension to accommodate larger aircraft. A new terminal building was inaugurated in February 2009. Located 20 km (12 mi) from Rishikesh, and 30 km (19 mi) from Haridwar, the airport allows easy access to the region. It is approximately a 20 minutes drive to Rishikesh and 45 minutes to Haridwar and Dehradun.

Jolly Grant airport became the center of operations for rescue effort in evacuating pilgrims from Kedarnath and the surrounding pilgrimage sites during the 2013 Uttarakhand floods. The airport, which used to handle 16 flights a day, had to handle more than 100 daily aircraft movements on some days mostly comprising Indian Air Force aircraft, Chartered flights and private jets ferrying VIPs.

Grant Airport

Grant Airport (FAA LID: 01C) is a privately owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Grant, a city in Newaygo County, Michigan, United States. The airport in uncontrolled, and is used for general aviation purposes.

Facilities and aircraft

Grant Airport covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) at an elevation of 815 feet (248 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a turf surface measuring 2,517 by 120 feet (767 x 37 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 50 per month. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.

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