Biju Patnaik Airport

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Biju Patnaik Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesBhubaneswar
LocationBhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Opened17 April 1962; 62 years ago (1962-04-17)
Hub forIndiaOne Air, IndiGo
Elevation AMSL42 m / 138 ft
Coordinates20°14′40″N 085°49′04″E / 20.24444°N 85.81778°E / 20.24444; 85.81778
WebsiteBhubaneswar Airport
Maps
BBI is located in Odisha
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Location of airport in Odisha
BBI is located in India
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Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 1,379 4,525 Asphalt
14/32 2,743 9,000 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers4,600,615 (Increase 26.9%)
Aircraft movements35,368 (Increase 15%)
Cargo tonnage9,887 (Increase 0.7%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Biju Patnaik Airport (IATA: BBI, ICAO: VEBS) is an international airport serving Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, India. It is situated around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-west of Bhubaneswar Railway Station and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the city center.[4]

Named after Biju Patnaik, the former Chief Minister of Odisha and a famed aviator and freedom fighter, it is the 14th busiest airport in India and the 11th busiest among the airports maintained by the Airports Authority of India. It is the 18th busiest airport in India in terms of cargo traffic. In the fiscal year 2023-24, it handled over 4.6 million passengers and over 9.8 thousand metric tonnes of cargo.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Bhubaneswar Airport". Airport Economic Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.