Lalitpur Airport | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public |
| Owner | Airports Authority of India |
| Operator | Airports Authority of India |
| Serves | Lalitpur |
| Location | Lalitpur,Uttar Pradesh,India |
| Elevation AMSL | 1,181 ft / 360 m |
| Coordinates | 24°43′2.952″N78°24′53.507″E / 24.71748667°N 78.41486306°E /24.71748667; 78.41486306 |
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Lalitpur Airport is a proposed domestic airport and defunct airstrip inLalitpur,Uttar Pradesh,India owned by theAirports Authority of India.[1][2][3][4]
390 acres of land was marked for the proposed airport.
An Airstrip was built duringWorld War 2 inLalitpur, but has been defunct ever since. The state government had plans twice to develop the existing airstrip into an airport as there is a large amount of land around the airport. It is owned by the central government'sAirports Authority of India.[1][2] Under the state's current chief ministerYogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh Government gave approval for the development of an airport inLalitpur in March 2021.[5][6] A previous attempt by former chief minister ofUttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav was made to develop the airstrip but the plans never took off.[7]