Datia Airport

Datia Airport is a proposed airport located in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The current airstrip does not have any scheduled services and is mainly used by private aircraft and air taxis.^[3][4][5] There are plans to open a flight school at the airstrip.^[6]

Datia Airport
IATA: DPP ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Airport Authority of India[1][2]
Serves	Datia, Jhansi
Location	Datia, Madhya Pradesh
Time zone	Indian Standard Time (+5:30)
Coordinates	25°38′59.9″N 078°30′11.4″E
Map
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Expansion

In 2023, Airport Authority of India started to upgrade the airstrip into a new airport which is also near historical Jhansi city of Uttar Pradesh.^[7][8] The proposed airport is 29 kilometres away from Jhansi City and will serve both cities of Datia and Jhansi.^[9] On 21 August 2023, India's civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia laid the foundation stone for the expansion of the airstrip into a full-fledged airport.^[10]