Jindal Vijayanagar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | JSW Steel | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bellary,Hampi andHospet | ||||||||||
| Location | Toranagallu,Karnataka, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1997; 28 years ago (1997) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 508 m / 1,667 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 15°10′30″N76°38′03″E / 15.1750°N 76.6341°E /15.1750; 76.6341 | ||||||||||
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Jindal Vijayanagar Airport (IATA:VDY,ICAO:VOJV), also known asVidyanagar Airport, is a publicairport servingBellary,Hampi andHospet inKarnataka, India. It is located between Vidyanagar Township and asteel mill owned byJSW Steel inToranagallu. The airport was built by Jindal Vijayanagar Steel, which later changed its name to JSW Steel. It opened in 1997 and began handling commercial flights in December 2006.
Jindal Vijayanagar Steel built the airport next to its plant inToranagallu for use by senior employees.[4] It began operations in 1997.[5] In 2004, thegovernment of Karnataka announced that the airstrip would be upgraded to serve as the new commercial airport forBellary, which was 30 kilometres (19 mi) away.Air Deccan planned to fly to the airfield. Bellary already hadan airport; however, officials said its runway was not long enough and there was no room to extend it. The government also hoped that Jindal Vijayanagar Airport would attract tourists bound forHampi.[6] In 2006, the company, now known as JSW Steel, constructed a terminal building at a cost of₹25 crore (US$2.9 million).[4] Karnataka governorT. N. Chaturvedi inaugurated the airport in November 2006,[7] and Air Deccan launched flights to Bangalore and Goa the following month.[8]
As part of theIndian government'sUDAN scheme,TruJet began service to Hyderabad in September 2017.[9] In October 2022,Alliance Air started flying to Hyderabad and Bangalore.[10]
Jindal Vijayanagar Airport has one asphalt runway designated 13/31. It measures 1,589 by 30 metres (5,213 ft × 98 ft).[11] The waiting area in the terminal seats 50 people.[4]
Between April 2023 and March 2024, the airport handled 43,140 passengers and had 1,228 aircraft movements.[1][2]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alliance Air | Bengaluru,Hyderabad[10] |
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