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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport in Karnataka, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox airport <br />
| name = Jindal Vijayanagar Airport<br />
| image = Jindal Vijaynagar Airport terminal, Jan 2007.jpg<br />
| image-width = <br />
| caption =<br />
| IATA = VDY<br />
| ICAO = VOJV<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner-oper = [[JSW Steel]]<br />
| city-served = [[Bellary]], [[Hampi]] and [[Hospet]]<br />
| location = [[Toranagallu]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| elevation-f = 1667<br />
| elevation-m = {{convert|1667|ft|0|disp=number}}<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|15.1750|76.6341|type:airport_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website = <br />
| opened = {{start date and age|1997|||df=y|p=n|br=n}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India<br />
| pushpin_label = '''VDY'''<br />
| pushpin_mapsize = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Karnataka<br />
| metric-elev = y<br />
| metric-rwy = y<br />
| r1-number = 13/31<br />
| r1-length-f = {{convert|1589|m|0|disp=number}}<br />
| r1-length-m = 1,589<br />
| r1-surface = Asphalt<br />
| stat-year = April 2023 – March 2024<br />
| stat1-header = Passengers<br />
| stat1-data = 43,140<br />
({{increase}} 80%)<br />
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| stat2-header = Aircraft movements<br />
| stat2-data = 1,228<br />
({{increase}} 34.9%)<br />
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage<br />
| stat3-data = —<br />
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]]<ref name="AAI3">{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k24Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="AAI2">{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k24Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k24Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref><br />
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'''Jindal Vijayanagar Airport''' {{airport codes|VDY|VOJV}}, also known as '''Vidyanagar Airport''', is a public [[airport]] serving [[Bellary]], [[Hampi]] and [[Hospet]] in [[Karnataka]], India. It is located between Vidyanagar Township and a [[steel mill]] owned by [[JSW Steel]] in [[Toranagallu]]. The airport was built by Jindal Vijayanagar Steel, which later changed its name to JSW Steel. It opened in 1997 and began handling commercial flights in December 2006.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Jindal Vijayanagar Steel]] built the airport next to its plant in [[Toranagallu]] for use by senior employees.<ref name="outlook">{{cite magazine |last=Dey |first=Sudipto |date=6–19 April 2008 |title=The Second Coming |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjEEAAAAMBAJ |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook Business]] |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=58–61 |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> It began operations in 1997.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rediff.com/amp/money/2007/feb/06airport.htm | title=Govt may allow airports on private land | work=Business Standard | date=2007-02-06 | accessdate=20 February 2024 | via=Rediff.com}}</ref> In 2004, the [[government of Karnataka]] announced that the airstrip would be upgraded to serve as the new commercial airport for [[Bellary]], which was {{convert|30|km|0}} away. [[Simplifly Deccan|Air Deccan]] planned to fly to the airfield. Bellary already had [[Bellary Airport|an airport]]; however, officials said its runway was not long enough and there was no room to extend it. The government also hoped that Jindal Vijayanagar Airport would attract tourists bound for [[Hampi]].<ref name="th704">{{cite news |date=16 July 2004 |title=Bellary flights to use Jindal airstrip |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> In 2006, the company, now known as JSW Steel, constructed a terminal building at a cost of {{INRconvert|25|c}}.<ref name="outlook" /> Karnataka governor [[T. N. Chaturvedi]] inaugurated the airport in November 2006,<ref>{{cite news |date=3 November 2006 |title=Hampi gets air connectivity from Bangalore, Goa |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/03/hampi-gets-air-connectivity-from-bangalore-goa-1162620390.html |work=[[Oneindia]] |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> and Air Deccan launched flights to Bangalore and Goa the following month.<ref name="dec1">{{cite news |date=1 December 2006 |title=Jindal airport opened for commercial operations |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/12/01/jindal-vijaynagar-airport-opened-for-commercial-operations-1164982130.html |work=[[Oneindia]] |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Facilities==<br />
Jindal Vijayanagar Airport has one asphalt runway designated 13/31. It measures {{convert|1956|x|30|m}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aim-india.aai.aero/eaip-v2-02-2024/index-en-GB.html | title=Aeronautical Information Publication for Jindal Vijayanagar Airport | work=Airports Authority of India | date=2024-01-11 | accessdate=3 February 2024}}</ref> The waiting area in the terminal seats 50 people.<ref name="outlook" /><br />
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==Airlines and destinations==<br />
Between April 2023 and March 2024, the airport handled 43,140 passengers and had 1,228 aircraft movements.<ref name="AAI3"/><ref name="AAI2"/><br />
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{{Airport-dest-list<br />
| [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] | [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]]<ref name="lm1022">{{cite web|author1=Narayan, Subhash|title=Jindal Vijayanagar Airport hosts Alliance Air's new flights to Hyd, Bengaluru|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/jindal-vijayanagar-airport-hosts-alliance-air-s-new-flights-to-hyd-bengaluru-11667125081893.html|work=Livemint|date=30 October 2022|access-date=31 October 2022|language=en}}</ref><br />
| {{nowrap|[[Star Air (India)|Star Air]]}} | [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]]<ref>https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/star-airs-new-daily-flight-route-from-bengaluru-to-hampi-set-to-transform-tourism-landscape-in-ballari-and-vijayanagara-districts-starting-november/</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of airports in Karnataka]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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