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{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Amravati airport<br />
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| pushpin_label = '''Amravati Airport'''<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner = [[Government of Maharashtra]]<br />
| operator = [[Maharashtra Airport Development Company]] <br />
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| city-served = [[Amravati]]<br />
| location = Belora, [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
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'''Amravati Airport''',{{Airport codes}} is located in Belora, 15 kilometres south of [[Amravati]], [[Maharashtra]], India. It covers an area of 74.86 hectares and has a 4,500-foot runway, a {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on}} by {{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}} [[Airport ramp|apron]] and a Terminal building.<ref>{{cite web |title=M.I.D.C. |url=http://midcindia.org/Pages/SectorialStrength.aspx#2 |accessdate=2 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122747/http://www.midcindia.org/Pages/SectorialStrength.aspx#2 |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The airstrip, constructed by the Public Works Department in 1992,<ref>{{cite web |title=Airstrips in Maharashtra |url=http://www.mahapwd.com/statistics/airstrips.htm |publisher= Maharashtra Public Works Department |accessdate=3 February 2012 }}</ref> was taken over by the [[Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation]] (MIDC) in August 1997 and later transferred to the [[Maharashtra Airport Development Company]] (MADC). In February 2014, the Maharashtra government decided to lease the airport to the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) for 60 years for a monthly rent of Rs 100,000. The AAI will develop the airport over three years. The runway will be extended to 2,500 metres suitable for landing [[Airbus A-320]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maha cabinet approves Amravati airport upgradation plan|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-cabinet-approves-amravati-airport-upgradation-plan-114021801299_1.html |work=[[Business Standard]] |date= 18 February 2014 |accessdate=19 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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And as per latest updates, it is came to know that the BELLORA AIRPORT (AMRAVATI) is going to start through the starting of 2020 and will be very soon operational.<br />
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==Nagpur Flying Club==<br />
The Nagpur Flying Club has applied to [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Director General of Civil Aviation]] (DGCA) for permission to shift its flying operations to Amravati airport.<ref name = "TOI">{{cite news|title=Flying Club shifting ops to Amravati |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-23/nagpur/28626330_1_amravati-airport-nagpur-flying-club-air-traffic |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103223800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-23/nagpur/28626330_1_amravati-airport-nagpur-flying-club-air-traffic |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |date= 23 February 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nagpur flying club may shift flying to Amravati |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Nagpur-flying-club-may-shift-flying-to-Amravati/articleshow/20162162.cms?|work=[[Times of India]] |date= 21 May 2013 |accessdate=19 February 2014}}</ref> Later 336 Acres land was handover to MADC in January 2015 to MADC for expansion.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{Portal-inline|India}}<br />
* [[Akola Airport]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111118163624/http://www.madcindia.org/amravati.html Amravati Airport] at MADC web site<br />
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