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Rajahmundry
Airport
(IATA:
RJA,
ICAO:
VORY)
is
located
at
Madhurapudi,
18
kilometres
(11
mi)
north
of
Rajahmundry
in
the
state
of
Andhra
Pradesh,
India.
During
1985β1994,
it
was
used
by
Vayudoot.
The
Helicopters
of
ONGC
was
also
used
for
offshore
oil
exploration
operations
and
other
government
agencies.
The
airport
was
constructed
during
the
British
era
and
is
spread
over
an
area
of
366
acres
(148
ha).
It
was
served
by
Vayudoot
between
1985
and
1994
and
by
VIF
Airways
in
1995.[2]
The
Andhra
Pradesh
government
signed
an
MoU
worth
βΉ23
crore
(US$3.6
million)
with
the
Airports
Authority
of
India
(AAI)
in
February
2007
for
modernising
the
airport.[3]
Works
on
the
new
terminal
building
to
accommodate
150
passengers
and
a
control
tower
were
completed
in
2011
at
a
cost
of
βΉ38
crore
(US$5.9
million).
The
terminal
was
inaugurated
on
16
May
2012.[4]
The
AAI
is
extending
the
existing
runway
from
1,749
metres
(5,738
ft)
to
3,125
metres
(10,253
ft)
to
enable
landing
of
aircraft
like
the
Airbus
A320
,
Airbus
A321
.
Approximately,
800
acres
have
been
acquired
for
this
expansion.[4]
Limited
by
runway
length,
airlines
operate
smaller
70
seat
turbo-prop
aircraft
like
the
ATR-72
(Jet
Airways)and
the
Q-400
(SpiceJet)
into
Rajahmundry
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