Ulundurpettai Airport

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Ulundurpettai Airport is an unused airport near Ulundurpettai town. This airport was operated as an airbase by the British during World War II, [1] who later it left unused and turned it into barren land, although the airstrip remains undamaged. [2]

The Coast Guard of India tried to convert and use this airport, but this work was shelved for unknown reasons. [3] This airstrip was last used during the opening ceremony of NLC India ltd, for which Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru attended, landing at this airstrip.

Now this airstrip has been taken by the government of India with plans to construct a new airport under the UDAN scheme. [4]

Reference

  1. "Land on the runway of memories". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  2. "New dot on aviation map". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  3. Nov 12, M. Gunasekaran / TNN /; 2009; Ist, 06:14. "Coast guard air station likely to be shifted to Ulundurpet | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-26.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Ramakrishnan, T. (2016-11-22). "Centre identifies 13 unserved airports in TN under Udan scheme". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2020-11-26.

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