Kadapa Airport (IATA: CDP, ICAO: VOCP) is a regional airport serving Kadapa (formerly Cuddapah) in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the city, and is spread over 669.5 acres (270.9 ha) of land and has been upgraded at a cost of ₹ 42 crore. The upgraded airport was inaugurated on 7 June 2015 by the then Minister of Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju.[4] The terminal building has a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers at a time and the apron can accommodate two ATR-72 aircraft.[5]
The airport was constructed in 1953, and initially had a 3,500 ft (1,067 m) runway. In the 1980s, Vayudoot operated services to Kadapa from Hyderabad. The State Government and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) entered into a memorandum of understanding in March 2007 for developing the existing airports at Kadapa and Warangal to handle ATR-42 and ATR-72 type of aircraft.[6]
In 2009, a new 6,562 ft × 150 ft (2,000 m × 46 m) runway was completed under the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis at a cost of ₹ 21 crore. In addition, an 11 km-long (6.8 mi) compound wall was constructed with an outlay of ₹ 24 crore. In the second phase, an air traffic control building, passenger terminal, parking bays and internal roads were built at a cost of ₹ 13 crore. Other facilities were developed at an estimated cost of ₹ 8 crore.[7]
Scheduled commercial flights to the airport resumed on 7 June 2015 when Air Pegasus launched thrice weekly ATR 72 service to Bengaluru.[4] However, flights were soon cancelled due to poor passenger loads.[8] In April 2016, TruJet introduced flights to Hyderabad, which were too cancelled after a few months.[9]
The airport was one of the 70 airports selected under the government's UDAN scheme to increase regional air connectivity. In March 2017, TruJet reintroduced daily flights to Hyderabad in September 2017, to Mysore via Chennai in November 2017, and to Vijayawada in March 2018.[10] The airport is now connected by IndiGo with Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.[11][12]
Annual passenger traffic at CDP airport. See Wikidata query.
References
^"Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^"Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^"Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ ab"Air Pegasus connects Bengaluru with Kadapa in Andhra". Business Standard. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^"Kadapa Airport to be Inaugurated on June 7, 2015". Press Information Bureau. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
^. The Hindu. 31 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^. The Times of India. 31 January 2005. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^"Air Pegasus investing Rs 100 crore to expand operations". The Times of India. Bangalore. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^"Trujet to operate flights from Kadapa from today". The Hindu. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^Sharma, Pragati Ratti (30 March 2017). "Udan scheme: List of 45 new airports, over 70 new routes announced today; 5 airlines make the cut". India.com. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ ab"IndiGo to start flights between Kadapa & five cities from March 27 onwards". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ ab"New Flights Information and Schedule". IndiGo. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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