List of airports in Andhra Pradesh

Airports in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh, a state of India, has airports which have access to international flights, domestic and some non used airstrips for emergency purposes. All the airports in Andhra Pradesh are operated by either Airports Authority of India^[1][2] or Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Ltd. (APADCL).^[3]

Andhra Pradesh Airports provides services to tourists and the state population commuting to different parts of the state. Visakhapatnam Airport and Vijayawada Airport are the International Airports and gets the major attention for commercial reasons. Tirupati Airport is an international airport which serve major pilgrim population . Other airports in the state with domestic flights are located at Kurnool, Kadapa, Puttaparthi, Rajahmundry which are in operation.^[4]

Contents

This list contains the following information:

1. Area served – Town or city where the airport is located. This may not always be an exact location as some airports are situated in the periphery of the town/city they serve.
2. ICAO – The four letter airport code assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization. ICAO codes for India start with VA [West Zone - Mumbai Center], VE [East Zone - Kolkata Center], VI [North Zone - Delhi Center] and VO [South Zone - Chennai Center]
3. IATA – The three letter airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association
4. Airport Type – Type of the airport, including the terminology used by Airports Authority of India,^[5] as per the first table below
5. Airport Functional Status – Functional status of the airport as per the second table below

Airport Type	Description
International	Airport which handles both international and domestic traffic.
International (CE)	A civil enclave airport primarily used by Indian Armed Forces but has separate commercial terminal(s) to handle international and domestic traffic.
Customs	Airport with customs checking and clearance facility and handles domestic traffic throughout the year. A very limited number of international flights also operate from some of these customs airports for a limited period of time.
Domestic	Airport which handles only domestic traffic.
Domestic (CE)	A civil enclave airport primarily used by Indian Armed Forces but has separate commercial terminal(s) to handle domestic traffic.
Airstrip	A strip of ground set aside for the take-off and landing of aircraft.
Private	An airport, airfield or airstrip owned by individuals, trusts and corporations and are for private use only.
Flying School	An airfield or an airstrip used to train commercial pilots.

Airport Functional Status	Description
Operational	Implies airport has active commercial service for public use airports
Non Operational	Implies airport currently has no active commercial service but had or will have commercial service
Closed	Implies airport can no longer be operational for commercial service
Proposed/Under Construction	Implies airport is proposed or under construction

List

List of airports in Andhra Pradesh^[6]

Area served	Airport name	IATA	ICAO	Airport type	Airport functional status	Owned/Operated	Ref.
Dagadarthi	Nellore Airport	—	—	Domestic	Planned	APADCL
Donakonda	Donakonda Airport	—	VODK	Airstrip	Non Operational	AAI
Kadapa	Kadapa Airport	CDP	VOCP	Domestic	Operational	AAI
Kurnool	Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Airport	KJB	VOKU	Domestic	Operational	APADCL
Puttaparthi	Sri Sathya Sai Airport	PUT	VOPN	Private	Operational	SSSCT
Rajahmundry	Rajahmundry Airport	RJA	VORY	Domestic	Operational	AAI
Tirupati	Tirupati Airport	TIR	VOTP	International	Operational	AAI
Macherla	Nagarjuna Sagar Airport	—	VONS	Flying School	Non Operational	AAI
Vijayawada	Vijayawada International Airport	VGA	VOBZ	International	Operational	AAI
Visakhapatnam	Bhogapuram International Airport	—	—	International	Under Construction	GMR Group	[7]
	Visakhapatnam International Airport	VTZ	VOVZ	International (CE)	Operational	Indian Navy – AAI

Gallery

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  Visakhapatnam International Airport
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  Vijayawada International Airport
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  Tirupati Airport
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  Kurnool Airport
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  Rajahmundry Airport
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  Kadapa Airport

References

1. "Airports governance in AP". Airport Authority of India. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
2. "Airport map locator". Airports Authority of India. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
3. "APADCL".
4. "Airports In Andhra Pradesh". discoveredindia. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
5. "Airport Authority of India". Aai.aero. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
6. "List of Airports in Southern India:". Airports Authority of India. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
7. "GMR Group to invest Rs 5,000 cr on Bhogapuram Airport in Andhra Pradesh: GM Rao". The Economic Times. 3 March 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 23 November 2023.