Rewa Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rewa | ||||||||||
| Location | Chorhata, Rewa,Madhya Pradesh,India | ||||||||||
| Time zone | Indian Standard Time (+5:30) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°30′12″N081°13′13″E / 24.50333°N 81.22028°E /24.50333; 81.22028 | ||||||||||
| Website | Rewa Airport | ||||||||||
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  REW Location of airport in Madhya Pradesh Show map of Madhya Pradesh REW REW (India) Show map of India | |||||||||||
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| Source:AAI[3][4][5] | |||||||||||
Rewa Airport (IATA:REW,ICAO:VERW) is adomestic airport serving the city ofRewa in the state ofMadhya Pradesh,India.[6] It is located at Chorhata, 11 km (6.8 mi) away from the city centre. The airport is part of the government'sUDAN regional connectivity scheme.[7][8][9] It is connected by flights toJabalpur andSingrauli under the PM Shri Tourism Air Services operated by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board (MPTB).[10][11][12]Aliance air has started regular flights betweenRewa &New Delhi operating direct flight thrice a week.[13]IndiGo has announced daily flight betweenRewa &Indore starting service from 22 December 2025.
Rewa airstrip was built and owned by the State government of Madhya Pradesh and was used only by government, VIP, private aircraft and helicopters. At that time, the airstrip covered an area of about 62 acres, containing a runway of 1,400 metres with a small building of 150 sq.m.To boost connectivity and facilitate development in theVindhya region, the State Government in 2016 demanded that the airstrip be converted into a full airport and that it be included in the Government'sUDAN scheme.[14][15][16][17]
In December 2022, the State Government handed it over the airstrip to theAirports Authority of India. Thefoundation stone for the expansion project was laid by theCivil Aviation Minister,Jyotiraditya Scindia and theChief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,Shivraj Singh Chauhan on 15 February 2023. AAI planned an expansion to 290 acres for making the airport suitable for handlingATR-72 type aircraft operations in future. Out of 290 acres of land, 137 acres were required forVFR operations and 153 acres were required forIFR operations. The state cabinet approved the proposal to acquire 246 acres of private land and approved the compensation of ₹ 206 crore towards payment to the landowners. The total cost of the expansion project would be ₹ 300 crores and the total area of the under construction terminal building would be 750 sq.m.[18][19]The expansion project completed by October 2024.The airport received approval from theDGCA in September 2024, making it the sixth operational airport in the State.[20][21]Prime MinisterNarendra Modi inaugurated the new terminal building on 20 October 2024.[22]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alliance Air[23] | Delhi |
| IndiGo | Indore |
| Flyola[24] | Bhopal,Jabalpur |
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