Ramagundam Airport is a proposed airport located at Kesoram Cement Factory in Basanth Nagar serving the city of

Ramagundam Ramagundam is a city and municipal corporation in Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the most populous city in the district and falls under the Peddapalli revenue division. It is located on the banks of the Godava ...

, in the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

. The existing airstrip was served by

Vayudoot Vayudoot ( hi, वायुदूत, Vāyudūt, messenger who rides on the wind) was a regional airline in India established on 20 January 1981 as a joint-venture between the two state-owned carriers, Indian Airlines and Air India. The airli ...

in the 1980s until the airline was shut down. Currently, the Telangana State Government intends to further develop the airport.

History

The airstrip spread over at Kesoram Cement Factory was originally used the founders of the factory. In the 1980s, Vayudoot used to serve the airport. In 2008, the Government of undivided Andhra Pradesh invited for expressions of interest to develop eight minor airports in the state, including an airport at the existing Ramagundam airstrip. Each airport was expected to cost . The airports were to be built in . The construction of this airport was chosen because Ramagundam has an industrial potential with one of the largest thermal power plants run by NTPC. In July 2009, the government scrapped the plans as no companies posted bids for the construction of the airport. The companies believed the construction to be infeasible due to low expectation of revenues. In October 2009, the government has planned to invite fresh bids for 4 airports including Ramagundam airport, to be constructed in . The government has offered additional incentives including exemption from value added taxes and waiver of lease rentals for the first seven years once the airport is operational. In August 2020,

Airports Authority of India The Airports Authority of India, or AAI, is a public sector enterprise under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastruct ...

(AAI) has sought details about six proposed airports including this airport in the state of Telangana. AAI would be conducting a survey for the feasibility of constructing these airports, both infrastructure-wise and in terms of commercial returns.

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