Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (IATA: RDP, ICAO: VEDG), also known as Durgapur Airport, is a domestic airport serving the cities of Durgapur and Asansol in West Bengal, India. It is located in the Andal region of Durgapur. It is named after the Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The airport is roughly 17 km from Durgapur's city centre and 34 km from Asansol's City Bus Terminus. The airport's hinterland comprises the cities of Durgapur, Asansol, Bardhaman, Bankura, Purulia, Bolpur in West Bengal and Jamtara, Dumka, Dhanbad and Bokaro in Jharkhand. It is part of the country's first private sector Aerotropolis, being developed by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) in Andal, Durgapur. The airport was officially inaugurated on 19 September 2013 by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. According to 2023–24 data, the airport is the third busiest airport of West Bengal and the 58th busiest in India.
Location
23.622°N, 87.243°E · 91 m s. n. m. (300 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
History
Construction planning
The project was conceived in 2006–07 during the Left Front government. The construction of the airport was completed on 2013. For several reasons, the airport did not receive final operational clearance from the aviation regulator DGCA until 24 April 2015, following which regular commercial flights started.
Commencement of the airport
On 10 May 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first passenger to use the new airport when he flew to Delhi aboard an Indian Air Force Boeing 737 VIP aircraft, even before commercial airlines started their regular service from the airport. Scheduled commercial operation commenced on 18 May 2015. Another airline, Zoom Air, also began flights on the Delhi – Durgapur – Kolkata route, but after three months the flight was stopped due to lack of passengers. The airport gained popularity in 2018 with connections to Delhi and Hyderabad by Air India and to Mumbai and Chennai in October 2019 by SpiceJet.
Airlines operating here · 1
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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BibTeX
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