Begumpet Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hyderabad | ||||||||||
| Location | Begumpet, Telangana, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | June 1936 | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | 23 March 2008 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 532 m / 1,744 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°27′11″N 078°28′03″E / 17.45306°N 78.46750°E | ||||||||||
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Begumpet Airport (IATA: BPM, ICAO: VOHY) is an airport that serves Hyderabad in Telangana, India. It is located in Begumpet and caters to general and military aviation. The airport is home to the Begumpet Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force. Begumpet was built by the Princely State of Hyderabad in the 1930s and served as the city's commercial airport for several decades. It eventually became overcrowded, with little room for expansion. After the opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad on 23 March 2008, Begumpet ceased all commercial operations.