Kadapa Airport
Kadapa Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kadapa | ||||||||||
| Location | Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1953 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 430 ft / 131 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°30′36″N 078°46′22″E / 14.51000°N 78.77278°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Cuddapah Airport | ||||||||||
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Kadapa Airport (IATA: CDP, ICAO: VOCP) is a domestic airport serving Kadapa (formerly Cuddapah) in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the city, and is spread over 669.5 acres (270.9 ha) of land. It has been upgraded at a cost of ₹ 42 crore. The upgraded airport was inaugurated on 7 June 2015 by the then Minister of Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju.[4] The terminal building has a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers at a time and the apron can accommodate seven ATR-72 type aircraft.[5]
History
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The airport was constructed in 1953, and initially had a 3,500 ft (1,067 m) runway. In the 1980s, Vayudoot operated services to Kadapa from Hyderabad. The State Government and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) entered into a memorandum of understanding in March 2007 for developing the existing airports at Kadapa and Warangal to handle ATR-42 and ATR-72 type of aircraft.[6]
In 2009, a new 6,562 ft × 150 ft (2,000 m × 46 m) runway was completed under the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis at a cost of ₹ 21 crore. In addition, an 11 km-long (6.8-mile) compound wall was constructed with an outlay of ₹ 24 crore. In the second phase, an air traffic control building, passenger terminal, parking bays and internal roads were built at a cost of ₹ 13 crore. Other facilities were developed at an estimated cost of ₹ 8 crore.[7]
Scheduled commercial flights to the airport resumed on 7 June 2015 when Air Pegasus launched thrice weekly ATR 72 service to Bengaluru.[4] However, flights were soon cancelled due to poor passenger loads.[8] In April 2016, TruJet introduced flights to Hyderabad, which were too cancelled after a few months.[9]
The airport was one of the 70 airports selected under the government's UDAN scheme to increase regional air connectivity. In March 2017, TruJet reintroduced daily flights to Hyderabad in September 2017, to Mysore via Chennai in November 2017, and to Vijayawada in March 2018.[10] The airport is now connected by IndiGo with Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam.[11]
Facilities
[edit]Terminal
[edit]The existing terminal has mostly basic facilities available due to its small size. It has booking counters, check-in kiosks, seating areas, conveyor belts, baggage handling and scanning systems, washrooms, CCTVs, restaurants, a few retail stores and souvenir shops, a lost and found service, free WiFi, child care facilities, cargo handling services, medical facilities, facilities for physically challenged passengers, duty free, porter service, foreign exchange counters and tourist information desks.[12]
Airfield
[edit]The airport has a passenger terminal covering an area of about 1,250 m2 (13,500 sq ft) and is capable of handling over 100 passengers during peak hours and 100,000 passengers annually, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, a fuel and a fire station, a technical block, an apron for handling seven ATR-72 type aircraft, with two taxiways connecting to the runway, and the runway, oriented 11/29, which has been extended from 2,000 m (6,600 ft) to 2,514 m (8,248 ft) in February 2024, making it capable of serving narrowbody aircraft like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.[12]
Expansion
[edit]The airport has been under development since 2007. As of April 2024, the runway has been extended to 2,514 m (8,248 ft) with a width of 45 m (148 ft) from 1,517 m (4,977 ft) and 2,000 m (6,600 ft), respectively, and the apron has been expanded to handle seven ATR-72 type aircraft from only two aircraft at a time in 2023. The existing terminal was built in 2012.[7] In order to cater to the growing traffic, demands and stimulate socio-economic development and tourism in the state, a new terminal was proposed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Government of Andhra Pradesh, which will be much larger than the existing terminal. Hence, the new terminal's foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 March 2024.[13]
The new terminal will be built adjacent to the existing terminal to its east, at an estimated cost of ₹266 crore (US$32 million). It will be spread across an area of 16,455 m2 (177,120 sq ft) and will be equipped with 24 check-in counters, two conveyor belts, three X-ray baggage scanning machines, a parking space for accommodating 375 cars and three aerobridges. It will have a peak-hour serving capacity of 1,800 people and an annual footfall of 2.5 million passengers. The terminal will also have several other facilities and amenities to enhance passenger experience, ensure efficiency and conservation of the environment, like escalators, elevators, restaurants, retail stores, lounges, specialised facilities for physically challenged and senior citizen passengers, adequate greenery in its premises, rainwater harvesting systems and consuming electricity through solar power. In addition to the terminal, the key roads connecting Kadapa to Bengaluru, Tirupati, and Nellore will be widened to strengthen the district's connectivity and infrastructure, owing to increased traffic flow on the roads after the completion of the terminal. Construction on the terminal will begin in the latter half of 2024, and will be completed by 2-3 years, i.e., 2026/27.[14][15]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| IndiGo | Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada |
Statistics
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Air Pegasus connects Bengaluru with Kadapa in Andhra". Business Standard. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "Kadapa Airport to be Inaugurated on June 7, 2015". Press Information Bureau. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Kadapa airport to be developed". The Hindu. 31 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Kadapa to be on air map". The Times of India. 31 January 2005. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Air Pegasus investing Rs 100 crore to expand operations". The Times of India. Bangalore. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Trujet to operate flights from Kadapa from today". The Hindu. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Sharma, Pragati Ratti (30 March 2017). "Udan scheme: List of 45 new airports, over 70 new routes announced today; 5 airlines make the cut". India.com. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "New Flights Information and Schedule". IndiGo. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Cudappah Airport". Airports Authority of India. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Rangarajan, A. D. (10 March 2024). "Modi lays foundation stone for ₹266-crore terminal building at Kadapa airport". The Himdu. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Kadapa airport to have new terminal". Deccan Chronicle. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "PM Modi virtually lays stone for terminal building at Kadapa Airport". The New Indian Express. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
External links
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