Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (A.P.,) is going to inaugurate Orvakal airport in Andhra Pradesh.
The most awaited Kurnool Airport in Andhra Pradesh is set to be launched today, the 25th of March. With this, commercial flight operations would begin formally from the Kurnool Airport in Orvakallu.
This will be the sixth civilian airport in the state after Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Vijayawada (all three international) and Rajamahendravaram and Kadapa (domestic). The airport has been categorized as ”3C” and is capable of handling turboprop aircraft like ATR-72 and Bombardier Q-400.
Developed on a 1,010 acre site at a cost of Rs 110 crore, the Kurnool airport has a 2000-metre runway with four aprons for parking of aircraft, sources said.
Indigo will operate commercial flights connecting Kurnool to Visakhapatnam, Bengaluru and Chennai from March 28, Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation granted aerodrome license to Kurnool on the 15th of January 15 2021.
Meanwhile, the first flight from Orvakal Airport (Kurnool Airport) would take off on the 28th of March, to Bengaluru. In addition, IndiGo would be first carrier.
