List of airports in Uttar Pradesh

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This includes a list of airports in Uttar Pradesh . The list includes domestic, training and international airports.

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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, [1] as per the first table below
  5. Airport functional status – Functional status of the airport as per the second table below
Airport typeDescription
InternationalAirport 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
CustomsAirport 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.
DomesticAirport 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
DefenceAn airfield under the control of Indian Armed Forces where commercial and private flights do not operate. The ones listed here are apart from Air Force stations, Naval air stations & Air Force training facilities.
PrivateAn airport, airfield or airstrip owned by individuals, trusts and corporations and are for private use only
Flying schoolAn airfield or an airstrip used to train commercial pilots
Airport functional statusDescription
OperationalImplies airport has active commercial service for public use airports
Non-operationalImplies airport currently has no active commercial service but had or will have commercial service
ClosedImplies airport can no longer be operational for commercial service
Proposed or under constructionImplies airport is proposed or under construction

List

Area servedAirport nameIATAICAOAirport typeAirport functional statusOwned/operated by
Agra Agra Airport AGRVIAGDomestic (CE)Operational MoD and AAI
Aligarh Aligarh Airport HRHVIAHDomesticOperational Govt. of UP and AAI [2]
Ayodhya Maharishi Valmiki International Airport AYJVEAYInternationalOperational AAI
Azamgarh Azamgarh Airport AZHVEAHDomesticOperational Govt. of UP and AAI [3]
Bareilly Bareilly Airport BEKVIBYDomestic (CE)Operational MoD and AAI
Chitrakoot Chitrakoot Airport CWKVECTDomesticOperational Govt. of UP and AAI [4]
Ghaziabad Hindon Airport HDOVIDXDomestic (CE)Operational MoD and AAI
Gorakhpur Gorakhpur Airport GOPVEGKDomestic (CE)Operational MoD and AAI
Jhansi Datia Airport ——DomesticUnder construction AAI
Kanpur Flight Laboratory, IIT Kanpur ——Flying school— IIT Kanpur
Kanpur Airport KNUVICXDomestic (CE)Operational MoD and AAI
Kushinagar Kushinagar International Airport KBKVEKIInternationalOperational AAI
Lalitpur Lalitpur Airport DomesticProposed AAI
Lucknow Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport LKOVILKInternationalOperationalLIAL [†]
Moradabad Moradabad Airport MZS—DomesticOperational AAI [5]
Noida Noida International Airport DXNVINDInternationalUnder construction Zurich Airport AG
Prayagraj Prayagraj Airport IXDVEABDomestic (CE)Operational MoD and AAI
Raebareli Fursatganj Airfield —VERBFlying school— MoCA
Shravasti Shravasti Airport VSVVISVDomesticOperational Govt. of UP and AAI [6]
Sonbhadra Muirpur Airport —VI1DDomesticUnder construction Govt. of UP and AAI [7]
Varanasi Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport VNSVEBNInternationalOperational AAI
Saharanpur Sarsawa Airport NANADomestic (CE)Under construction MoD and AAI [8]
Meerut Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Airstrip NANADomesticProposed AAI [9]
Sultanpur Amhat Airstrip NANADomesticProposed Govt. of UP
Etawah Saifai Airstrip NANADomesticProposed Govt. of UP
Ghazipur Andhau Airstrip NANADomesticProposed Govt. of UP
Farrukhabad Mohammadabad Airstrip NANADomesticProposed Govt. of UP
Ambedkar Nagar Akbarpur Airstrip NANADomesticProposed Govt. of UP
Lakhimpur Kheri Palia Airstrip NANADomesticProposed Govt. of UP
Kanpur Dehat Marhamtabad Airstrip NANADomesticProposed Govt. of UP

† LIAL (Lucknow International Airport Limited) is a consortium of Adani Group and AAI

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References

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  2. ↑ "UP govt signs MoU with AAI to operate 5 airports". ANI News. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "UP govt signs MoU with AAI to operate 5 airports". ANI News. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "UP govt signs MoU with AAI to operate 5 airports". ANI News. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "MoU Signed for Development of Airports in UP". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
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