Keshod AirportKeshod (Junagarh) Airport
at

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is a public

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located in

Keshod Keshod is a town (Now a City) and a Taluka in Junagadh District. History on the name It has been told by many old aged people of this city that the name of the city came from a very interesting incident happened during the Mahabharata time. K ...

, in the state of

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. It primarily serves the cities of

Junagadh Junagadh () is the headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. Literally ...

and

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and the surrounding region.

History

Keshod Airport was built by the ''Nawab of Junagadh'', Mahabatkhanji III for his private use, by acquiring land from Kotadias (the Patel community). The airport was refurbished and revived in the late 1980s to facilitate scheduled operations. The last airline to fly here was

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, which ceased flying to Keshod in 2000.

Airlines and destinations

Alliance Air was supposed to start a flight to

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from 1 April 2019 as per UDAN scheme launched by the government, but due to shortfalls in the airport facilities observed during inspection had to postpone the commencement of flights. Alliance Air finally announced that it will commence flights to

from 12th March 2022.

References

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* {{Airports in India Junagadh district Airports in Gujarat Junagadh Year of establishment missing