Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
Domestic airport in Durgapur, West Bengal, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (IATA: RDP, ICAO: VEDG) is a domestic airport mainly serving the city of Durgapur and also Asansol. It is located at Andal region of Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is named after the renowned Bengali poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam. The airport is roughly 39 km (24 mi) from Asansol and 21 km from Raniganj.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL) Changi Airport Group | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Durgapur Asansol | ||||||||||
Location | Durgapur, West Bengal, India | ||||||||||
Opened | 18 May 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-18) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 302 ft / 92 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°37′17″N 87°14′36″E | ||||||||||
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The airport's hinterland comprises the towns and cities of 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 Durgapur. The airport was officially inaugurated on 19 September 2013 by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.[5] According to 2023–24 data,the airport is the third-busiest airport of West Bengal and the 58th-busiest airport of India.[6]