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BLR Airport overview

Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Spread over 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi), it is located about 35 km (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 the increasingly congested HAL Airport, the original commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bengaluru. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar. The airport is the 3rd busiest airport in India, behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai. It is the 25th busiest airport in Asia and the 56th busiest airport in the world. In CY2024, the airport handled over 40.73 million passengers and 496,227 tonnes (546,997 short tons) of cargo. The airport offers connecting flights to all six inhabited continents, and direct flights to five. The airport has two passenger terminals that handle both domestic and international operations, and two runways, the second of which was commissioned on 6 December 2019. The second terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2022 and began domestic operations in January 2023. All international operations were moved to the new terminal in September 2023. There is also a cargo village with three cargo terminals. The airport is as a hub for Air India, Alliance Air, DHL Aviation, FedEx Express, and Star Air, as well as an operating base for Air India Express, Akasa Air, and IndiGo.

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