Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) Government of West Bengal Changi Airport Group | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Durgapur Asansol | ||||||||||
| Location | Andal, Durgapur, West Bengal, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 18 May 2015 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 302 ft / 92 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°37′17″N 87°14′36″E / 23.62139°N 87.24333°E | ||||||||||
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Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (IATA: RDP, ICAO: VEDG), also known as Durgapur Airport,[5][6] is a domestic airport mainly serving the cities of Durgapur and Asansol. It is located at the Andal region of Durgapur in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is named after the renowned Bengali poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam. The airport is roughly 15 km from Durgapur’s City Centre and 25 km from Asansol’s City Bus Terminus.
The airport's hinterland comprises the towns and cities of Durgapur, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Bardhaman, Bankura, Bishnupur, Purulia, Raniganj, Sainthia, Suri, Bolpur, Rampurhat in West Bengal and Dhanbad & Bokaro in Jharkhand. It is part of the country's first private sector Aerotropolis, being developed by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) in Andal, Durgapur. The airport was officially inaugurated on 19 September 2013 by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.[7] According to 2023–24 data,the airport is the third busiest airport of West Bengal and the 58th-busiest airport of India.[8]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Durgapur Airport (RDP) or Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport". goindigo. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Jindal-led JSW Group to invest in Durgapur airport". The Times Of India. 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Profile on Kazi Nazrul Islam International Airport". CAPA. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 1 May 2019.