Agra Airport | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Agra | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Kheria, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 15 August 1947[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 551 ft / 167.94 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°09′43″N 77°58′15″E / 27.1618309°N 77.9707261°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Agra Airport | ||||||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||||||
  AGR Location of airport in Uttar Pradesh  AGR AGR (India) | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024) | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Agra Airport (proposed to rename Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport)[5] [6][7] (IATA: AGR, ICAO: VIAG), also known as Kheria Airport,[1] is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the Indian Air Force. On 15 August 2017, the airbase celebrated its 70th anniversary.
- ^ a b "Kheria Airport (Agra Airport)". www.cityseeker.com.
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Yogi Govt Renames Gorakhpur and Agra Airports". The Quint.
The Agra Airport will be renamed after RSS ideologue Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay airport.
- ^ "Indian airports and the name game". India Today. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "IndiGo announces new flight between Agra and Bangalore!". Financial Express. 8 January 2020.