Bengaluru Airport information

Kempegowda International Airport
Kempegowda International Airport
	Terminal 1
	IATA: BLR; ICAO: VOBL;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) Fairfax India Holdings (54%); Siemens Project Ventures GmbH (20%); Airports Authority of India (13%); Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd. (13%);
Serves	Bangalore
Location	Devanahalli, Bangalore Rural district, Karnataka, India
Opened	24 May 2008; 15 years ago
Hub for	Air India; Air India Express; AIX Connect; Akasa Air; Alliance Air; DHL Aviation; FedEx Express; IndiGo; Star Air; Vistara;
Focus city for	SpiceJet;
Elevation AMSL	915 m / 3,002 ft
Coordinates	13°12′25″N 077°42′15″E / 13.20694°N 77.70417°E
Website	Bengaluru Airport
Map
	BLR Location of airport in Karnataka BLR BLR (India)
Runways
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers
Passengers	37,528,533 ( 17.6%)
International passengers	4,667,631 ( 23.3%)
Aircraft movements	244,891 ( 9.7%)
Cargo tonnage	439,495 ( 7.1%)
	Source: AAI

Bengaluru Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL), officially Kempegowda International Airport, is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at HAL Airport, the original primary commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar.^[8]^[9]

The airport is the third-busiest airport by passenger traffic, air traffic movements and domestic and total cargo handled in India,^[10] behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai, and is the 26th busiest airport in Asia. In FY 2023–24, the airport handled over 37.5 million passengers and 439,495 tonnes (484,460 short tons) of cargo.^[5]^[7] The airport offers connecting flights to all six inhabited continents, and direct flights to five of them.

The airport has two passenger terminals that handles both domestic and international operations, and two runways, the second of which was commissioned on 6 December 2019.^[11]^[12] The second terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2022 and began domestic operations in January 2023, with all international operations moved to the new terminal in September 2023.^[13]^[14] There is also a cargo village and three cargo terminals. The airport serves as a hub for AIX Connect, Alliance Air, Go First, IndiGo, Star Air and DHL Aviation^[4] and is a focus city for Air India and SpiceJet.

^ "Prem Watsa's Fairfax now owns Bengaluru Airport – Times of India". The Times of India. 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ BLR Airport [@BLRAirport] (19 February 2024). "We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in Bengaluru's journey towards being a global aviation hub. Air India Limited has chosen BLR Airport as its hub in South India" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Twitter.
^ url=https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/bengaluru-based-akasa-air-unveils-new-livery-the-rising-a/785950/
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^ ^a ^b "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "CleanMax Solar to power Chennai Metro – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
^ "Kempegowda International Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ "Top 5 Airports of India by cargo traffic in 2020". 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "L&T bags Bengaluru airport contract to build terminal two". Economic Times. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "First flight takes off from second runway at Bengaluru airport". The Hindu. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ "PM inaugurates swanky Terminal-2 of Bengaluru airport". The New Indian Express. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
^ "All international flights from Bengaluru airport will move to Terminal 2 from September 1". The Times of India. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[1] "Prem Watsa's Fairfax now owns Bengaluru Airport – Times of India". The Times of India. 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[2] BLR Airport [@BLRAirport] (19 February 2024). "We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in Bengaluru's journey towards being a global aviation hub. Air India Limited has chosen BLR Airport as its hub in South India" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Twitter.

[3] url=https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/bengaluru-based-akasa-air-unveils-new-livery-the-rising-a/785950/

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[AAI3-5] "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[6] "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[AAI4-7] "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[8] "CleanMax Solar to power Chennai Metro – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.

[9] "Kempegowda International Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[10] "Top 5 Airports of India by cargo traffic in 2020". 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[11] "L&T bags Bengaluru airport contract to build terminal two". Economic Times. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[12] "First flight takes off from second runway at Bengaluru airport". The Hindu. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[The_New_Indian_Express-13] "PM inaugurates swanky Terminal-2 of Bengaluru airport". The New Indian Express. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[The_Times_of_India-14] "All international flights from Bengaluru airport will move to Terminal 2 from September 1". The Times of India. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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