Plans for airports and air strips have been unveiled for India's Andaman and Nicobar islands. Here's more.<br /><br />The Andaman and Nicobar Command, or ANC, unveiled plans to create airports and airstrips on Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<br /><br />[B. K. Joshi, Chief of Command, ANC]:<br />"That the four air strips that we have at Port Blair you have landed in, you have seen that it is a full-length, full-fledged runway capable of operating all kinds of aircraft. The only limitations being that because of the Joggers Hill height on the eastern side it is currently a unidirectional airstrip which has its own limitations, and therefore our intention is to make it a bi-directional air field."<br /><br />The ANC was created in 2001 for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Coast Guard operate jointly.<br /><br />Two other airports, the Shibpur in the north and Campbell Bay Airport in the south are slated for development.<br /><br />Andaman and Nicobar consist of 572 islands. This Union Territory of India is stretched over a distance of more than 435 miles from north to south with 36 inhabited islands.
