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{{Short description|Airport of Andhra Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Kadapa Airport
| image = Kadapa Airport Building.jpg
| image-width = 260px
| caption =
| IATA = CDP
| ICAO = VOCP
| type = Public
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| stat-year = April 2019 - January 2020
| stat1-header = Passenger movement
| stat1-data = 91,395({{decrease}}-4.2%)

| stat2-header = Aircraft movement
| stat2-data = 1,766 ({{decrease}}-4.3%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Kadapa]]
| location = Kadapa, [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| elevation-f = 430
| coordinates = {{coord|14|30|36|N|078|46|22|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/cuddapah.jsp}}
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh#India
| pushpin_label = '''CDP'''
| r1-number = 11/29
| r1-length-f = 6,562
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Jan2k20Annex3.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Jan2k20Annex2.pdf</ref><ref name="traffic_stats1">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex3.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-III|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|format=PDF|page=3}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats2">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex2.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-II|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|format=PDF|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501224637/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex2.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats3">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex4.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-IV|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|format=PDF|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501224509/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex4.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="vocp">[http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/cuddapah.jsp Cuddapah Airport at the Airports Authority of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129070538/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/cuddapah.jsp |date=29 January 2012 }}</ref>
}}

'''Kadapa Airport''' {{Airport codes|CDP|VOCP}} is a [[regional airport]] located {{cvt|12|km}} north west of [[Kadapa]] (formerly Cuddapah) in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India. It is spread over {{Convert|669.5|acre}} of land and has been upgraded at a cost of Rs. 42 crore. The upgraded airport was inaugurated on 7 June 2015 by Indian Civil Aviation Minister, [[Ashok Gajapathi Raju]].<ref name = "BS1">{{cite news|title=Air Pegasus connects Bengaluru with Kadapa in Andhra |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/air-pegasus-connects-bengaluru-with-kadapa-in-andhra-115060700456_1.html |publisher=[[Business Standard]] |date= 7 June 2015 |access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> The terminal building has a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers at a time and the apron can accommodate two [[ATR-72]] type of aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kadapa Airport to be Inaugurated on June 7, 2015 |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=122268|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |date= 4 June 2015 |access-date= 5 June 2015}}</ref>

==History==
[[file:Kadapa Airport terminal.jpeg|thumb|left|Kadapa Airport terminal]]
The airport was constructed in 1953, and initially had a {{Convert|3500|ft|abbr=on|0}} runway. In the 1980s, [[Vayudoot]] operated services to Kadapa from [[Begumpet Airport|Hyderabad]]. The State Government and the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) entered into a [[memorandum of understanding]] in March 2007 for developing the existing airports at Kadapa and [[Warangal Airport|Waranga]]l to handle [[ATR-42]] and [[ATR-72]] type of aircraft.<ref name = "HINDU">{{cite news|title=Kadapa airport to be developed |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/31/stories/2007033113150500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101120911/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/31/stories/2007033113150500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 January 2008 |date= 31 March 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref>

In 2009, a new {{Convert|6562|x|150|ft|abbr=on|0}} runway was completed under the Build, Operate and Transfer basis at a cost of Rs. 21 crore. In addition, an 11-km long compound wall was constructed with an outlay of Rs. 24 crore. In the second phase, an air traffic control building, passenger terminal, parking bays and internal roads were built at a cost of Rs. 13 crore. Other facilities were developed at an estimated cost of Rs 8 crore.<ref name = "TOI">{{cite news|title=Kadapa to be on air map|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-31/hyderabad/27864484_1_air-map-air-connectivity-kadapa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120542/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-01-31/hyderabad/27864484_1_air-map-air-connectivity-kadapa |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 December 2013 |date= 31 January 2005 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=20 February 2012}}</ref>

Scheduled commercial flights to the airport resumed on 7 June 2015 when Air Pegasus launched thrice weekly [[ATR 72]] service to Bangalore.<ref name="BS1"/> However, flights were soon cancelled due to poor passenger loads.<ref name="opgoi">{{cite news |date=14 April 2016 |title=Air Pegasus investing Rs 100 crore to expand operations |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Air-Pegasus-investing-Rs-100-crore-to-expand-operations/articleshow/51831385.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |location=Bangalore |access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref> In April 2016, [[TruJet]] introduced flights to Hyderabad, which were cancelled after a few months.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/trujet-to-operate-flights-from-kadapa-from-today/article8448923.ece |title=Trujet to operate flights from Kadapa from today |date=8 April 2016 |website=The Hindu |access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>

Kadapa Airport was one of the 70 airports selected under [[UDAN]] (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) to increase regional air connectivity. In March 2017, Trujet introduced daily flights to Hyderabad in September 2017, to Mysore via Chennai in November 2017, and to Vijayawada in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.india.com/news/india/udan-scheme-list-of-45-new-airports-over-70-new-routes-announced-today-5-airlines-make-the-cut-1976363/|title=Udan scheme: List of 45 new airports, over 70 new routes announced today; 5 airlines make the cut|last=Sharma|first=Pragati Ratti|date=30 March 2017|work=India.com|access-date=20 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations ==
{{Airport-dest-list|3rdcoltitle=Refs.|3rdcolunsortable=yes
|[[TruJet]]|[[Belgaum Airport|Belgaum]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]]

|<ref>{{cite web|title=TruJet Schedule|url=https://d37ze9qx56fv1m.cloudfront.net/docs/Flight_Schedule_PDF_New.pdf|website=www.trujet.com|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120129070538/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/cuddapah.jsp Cuddapah Airport at the Airports Authority of India]

{{Airports in India}}

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[[Category:Airports in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Kadapa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kadapa district]]
[[Category:Transport in Kadapa district]]
[[Category:1953 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1953]]

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