Kempegowda International Airport VOBL
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL)
Serves Bangalore
Location Devanahalli, Karnataka, India
Opened 24 May 2008 (14 years ago)
Elevation AMSL 915 m / 3,002 ft
Coordinates 13°12′25″N 077°42′15″ GPS 13.20281, 77.706405
Runways
09L/27R 4,000m 13,123ft Asphalt
09R/27L 4,000m 13,123ft Asphalt IBLN 09R LOC-ILS 109.90 MHz IDVN 27L LOC-ILS 111.50 MHz
Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at HAL Airport, the original primary commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport developed by CleanMax Solar.
Kempegowda International Airport is the third-busiest airport by passenger traffic, air traffic movements and domestic and total cargo handled in India, behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai, and is the 29th busiest airport in Asia. In the FY 2021–22, the airport handled around 16.2 million passengers and 411,550 tonnes (453,660 short tons) of cargo.
Aerial view of Airport during evening
The airport has a single passenger terminal that handles both domestic and international operations, and two runways, the second of which was commissioned on 6 December 2019.A second terminal (Phase-1) is completed and will begin operations for only domestic traffic in December 2022, and later international operations from 2023
v1.0
complete reworked of airport
control tower at the right place
airport at the right elevation
added apron lights
added new rwy 09R/27L with ILS (IBLN 09R LOC-ILS 109.90 MHz IDVN 27L LOC-ILS 111.50 MHz)
added new taxiways with lighting and marking
modified and removed some aprons
aircrafts parkings
added some buildings
added various objects
added vegetation area
enhanced airport ground texture
added windsock
airport navaids (ILS)
approach lights
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