Kurnool Airport
Kurnool Airport is an airport at Orvakal in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is situated on the east side of National Highway 40, 18 kilometres from Kurnool. The greenfield airport was built by the Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Limited, a special purpose vehicle owned by the Andhra Pradesh Government that was set up in May 2015.
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone in June 2017, and the airport was completed in 18 months, with a trial of the runway successfully executed in December 2018. The airport was inaugurated by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on 8 January 2019.
Kurnool is one of the 50 locations identified by the Central Government of India in 2013 for the development of low-cost airports in order to improve connectivity to remote areas.
The airport is spread over 639 acres, 456 acres of which are in Pudicherla, 115 acres in Orvakal and 67 acres in Kannamadakala. The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation had approved the Orvakal site in February 2016. The state government approved allocation of land in February 2017.
