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C.6.6 Standard Operating Procedure: SURAT

AIRPORT NAME Surat Airport

CITY, COUNTRY Surat, India
IATA CODE STV
ICAO CODE VASU
Apt Elev 25 (ft)
ARP coordinates N2107.0/E07244.5
Local Time UTC +0530

C.6.6.1 Company Routes

DELSTV, STVDEL, BOMSTV, STVBOM

C.6.6.2 Airport Characteristics

VASU is a Cat ‘B’ airfield because the runway length is less than 9000ft.
Its runway length is 7382ft (2250m).
(a) Surat Airport is a domestic airport (IATA: STV, ICAO: VASU),
located in Magdala, 11 kilometres south-west of Surat in the
western state of Gujarat. It currently caters to scheduled
airline services as well as private aircraft and is also home to
a Flying Training School.
(b) Topography: Flat terrain all around the airfield.
(c) Fire Fighting Facilities: RFFS required for B737 NG is 7
whereas RFFS of only 6 is available at Surat.
(d) Bird Activity: Light.
(e) Fuel: jet A1 available
(f) Apron: There are 4 Parking Bays for B737-800 category
aircraft (62/R/C/W/T). Refer Airfield and Apron Layout
Charts below.

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Figure 1: VASU Airfield Layout

C.6.6.3 Met
Surat has a tropical savanna climate, moderated strongly by the
Arabian Sea. The summer begins in early March and lasts till June.
April and May are the hottest months, the average maximum
temperature being 40 °C (104 °F). Monsoon begins in late June and
the city receives about 1,000 mm (39 in) of rain by the end of
September, with the avg maximum temp being 32 °C (90 °F) during
those months. October and November see the retreat of the
monsoon and a return of high temperatures till late November.
Winter starts in December and ends in late February, with average
temperatures of around23 °C (73 °F), and little rain.

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Very often heavy monsoon rain brings floods in the Tapi basin area.
In the last two decades, the city has witnessed major floods every
four years, the worst being the flood of August 2006, perhaps the
costliest in the city's history. In the second week of August 2006, a
massive flood caused severe damage to the city of Surat. In less than
three days, at least 150 people died directly due to flood and many
other due to water-borne diseases that followed.

C.6.6.4 Runway Characteristics

RWY ELEV TORA TODA ASDA LDA AVG WIDTH

SLOPE
(ft) (ft) (ft) (ft) (ft) (%) (ft)
04 22 7382 7382 7382 7382 0.09 148
22 29 7382 7382 7382 7382 -0.09 148

PCN: Rwy 04 : PCN 56/F/C/W/T

Rwy 22 : PCN 56/F/C/W/T

R/W Lighting: SALS, PAPI, Threshold Lighting, Runway End Lights, ,

Edge Blue Lights, Apron Flood Light.
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PAPI: Glide Slope 3
RVR: Not Installed
Transition Altitude: 4000 Ft
MSA: 2000 ft
Altimeter Setting: QNH below Tr Alt/Lvl.

C.6.6.5 Approach / Departure Information:

(a) ATC Communication:
Facility Call Sign Frequency

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TWR Surat Tower 118.55 MHz

ATIS ---- 127.07
(b) NAV Aids
Type of Aid Identity Frequency
VOR SUR 112.2 MHz
NDB SU 201
(c) Company Minima: Refer latest Company AOM Chart placed
in Jeppesen Airway Manual in the aircraft.
(d) SID’s/STAR’s: None.
(e) Arrival and Departure Procedures: No ‘Approach radar’. All
Instrument Approach arrivals either from overhead VOR/NDB
or VORDME arc. All departures under ATC vectors.

C.6.6.6 Landing Characteristics: Nothing unusual. Good Braking Action.

C.6.6.7 Company Alternate airfields for Diversion:

Airport ICAO IATA
AHMEDABAD VAAH AMD
MUMBAI VABB BOM

C.6.6.8 MISSED APPROACH/GO AROUND PROCEDURE:

As depicted in Jeppesen Approach Plates.

C.6.6.9 FUEL POLICY AND ALTERNATES: As per company policy/CFP.

C.6.6.10 TAKE OFF AND DEPARTURE PROCEDURES: No SID. All departures

under ATC vectors.

C.6.6.11 SINGLE ENGINE PROCEDURES: As per type SOPs.

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C.6.6.12 Special CREW QUALIFICATION:

(a) PIC: Nil.
(b) Co-Pilot: Nil.
(Self briefing required as SOP for a Cat B airfield)

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