Kadapa Airport

Kadapa Airport (IATA: CDP, ICAO: VOCP) is located 12 km north west of Kadapa (formerly Cuddapah) in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is spread over 669.5 acres (270.9 ha) of land and has been upgraded at a cost of Rs. 42 Crore.

The upgraded airport was inaugurated on 7 June 2015 by Indian Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju. The Airport terminal building has a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers at a time and the apron can accommodate 3 ATR-72 type of aircraft.
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 Rs. 21 crore. In addition, a 11-km long compound wall was constructed with an outlay of Rs. 24 crore.

In the second phase, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) building, passenger terminal, parking bays and internal roads were built at a cost of Rs. 13 crore. Other facilities were developed at an estimated cost of Rs 8 crore.

The nearest International Airport from Kadapa is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, roughly 325 km from Kadapa.

Airlines and Destinations

Scheduled commercial flights to the airport commenced on 7 June 2015 when Air Pegasus launched its thrice weekly ATR-72 service to Bangalore. However, flights were soon cancelled due to poor passenger loads. In April 2016, TruJet introduced flights to Hyderabad and later Vijayawada.

Kadapa Airport was one of the 70 airports selected under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) to increase regional air connectivity. In March 2017, Trujet introduced daily flights to Hyderabad in September 2017, to Mysore via Chennai in November 2017, and to Vijayawada in March 2018.

Currently, IndiGo serves scheduled commercial flights to various major cities as stated below:

Airlines	Destinations
IndiGo	Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam

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