Back Kempegowda Internasionale Lughawe AF مطار كيمبيغودا الدولي Arabic কেম্পেগৌড়া আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ AS কেম্পেগৌড়া আন্তৰ্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর Bengali/Bangla Kempegowda International Airport CEB Bengaluru International Airport Danish Flughafen Bengaluru German Aeropuerto Internacional Kempegowda Spanish Kempegowda rahvusvaheline lennujaam ET فرودگاه بینالمللی کمپگوودا FA
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL)
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| Serves | Bengaluru | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Devanahalli, Bengaluru Rural district, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 24 May 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 915 m / 3,002 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°11′56″N 077°42′20″E / 13.19889°N 77.70556°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Spread over 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi), it is located about 35 km (22 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to the increasingly congested HAL Airport, the original commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bengaluru. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar.[9][10]
The airport is the 3rd busiest airport in India,[11] behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai. It is the 25th busiest airport in Asia and the 56th busiest airport in the world.[12] In FY 2023–24, the airport handled over 37.5 million passengers and 439,495 tonnes (484,460 short tons) of cargo.[6][8] The airport offers connecting flights to all six inhabited continents, and direct flights to five.
The airport has two passenger terminals that handle both domestic and international operations, and two runways, the second of which was commissioned on 6 December 2019.[13][14] The second terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2022 and began domestic operations in January 2023. All international operations were moved to the new terminal in September 2023.[15][16] There is also a cargo village with three cargo terminals. The airport is as a hub for Air India, Alliance Air, DHL Aviation, FedEx Express, and Star Air,[3] as well as an operating base for Air India Express, Akasa Air, and IndiGo.
- ^ "Prem Watsa's Fairfax now owns Bengaluru Airport – Times of India". The Times of India. 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ BLR Airport [@BLRAirport] (19 February 2024). "We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in Bengaluru's journey towards being a global aviation hub. Air India Limited has chosen BLR Airport as its hub in South India" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Twitter.
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- ^ url=https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/bengaluru-based-akasa-air-unveils-new-livery-the-rising-a/785950/
- ^ a b "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "CleanMax Solar to power Chennai Metro – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Kempegowda International Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Top 5 Airports of India by cargo traffic in 2020". 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "2023 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. April 2024. p. 32.
- ^ "L&T bags Bengaluru airport contract to build terminal two". Economic Times. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "First flight takes off from second runway at Bengaluru airport". The Hindu. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "PM inaugurates swanky Terminal-2 of Bengaluru airport". The New Indian Express. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "All international flights from Bengaluru airport will move to Terminal 2 from September 1". The Times of India. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.