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{{Short description|Domestic airport in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Kanpur Airport
| nativename-a =
| image = Kanpur Airport 2.jpg
| caption =
| IATA = KNU
| ICAO = VECX
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India
| pushpin_label = '''KNU'''/VECX
| type = Public/Military
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Kanpur]]
| location = [[Chakeri]], Kanpur, [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 410
| elevation-m = 126
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.3994624|80.4269499|type:airport|display=inline}}
| website =
| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-length-f = 8325
| r1-length-m = 2536
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 322,252 ({{increase}} 13.3%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 2,210 ({{increase}} 5.8%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 116 ({{decrease}} 9.1%)
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''Kanpur Airport''' ({{airport codes|KNU|VECX|p=n}}), is a [[domestic airport]] and an [[Indian Air Force]] base that serves the city of [[Kanpur]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is located at [[Chakeri]], about {{cvt|17|km}} from the city centre, and operates from a new civil terminal. It provides connectivity to major tourist and historical attractions in the area such as [[Bithoor]], [[Sankissa]], [[Etawah Safari Park]], [[Kalinjar Fort]], [[Kalpi]], [[National Chambal Sanctuary]], [[Bhitargaon]] and [[Kannauj]].

==Infrastructure==

[[File:Kanpur Airport 3.jpg|thumb|Kanpur Airport]]

The previous terminal at Kanpur Airport had limited expansion options available and was subject to restrictions enforced by the [[Airports Authority of India]] due to a strong military presence. It was too small to handle the increasing traffic into [[Kanpur]] and projected future demand.<ref name="aai report">{{cite web | url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/national-register/Kanpur%20-%20%28Chakeri%29%20REPORT.pdf#page=4| title=Kanpur (Chakeri) Airport, Airport Authority of India| page=4| access-date=12 May 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081021/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/national-register/Kanpur%20-%20%28Chakeri%29%20REPORT.pdf#page=4| archive-date=13 May 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref> Therefore, a new terminal spread over 6,200 m². has been constructed near the threshold of the eastern end of the runway and to [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH-19]] through a new approach road.<ref>{{cite news | author1=ET Travel World| title=AAI undertaking development projects at Kanpur airport worth INR 144 crore, new terminal building to be ready by December 2022| url=https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/aviation/domestic/aai-undertaking-development-projects-at-kanpur-airport-worth-inr-144-crore-new-terminal-building-to-be-ready-by-december-2022/94026772| date=6 September 2022|access-date=24 November 2022|work=The Economic Times|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Kanpur Airport 1.jpg|thumb|Kanpur Airport]]

The new terminal comprises six hangars and a waiting room for 400 passengers, eight check-in desks, and four-lane approach roads to the nearby highway and to the outer ring road. It was inaugurated by the [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]], [[Yogi Adityanath]], the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]], [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]] and the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|State Civil Aviation Minister]], [[Nand Gopal Nandi]], along with others in a ceremony at the airport on 26 May 2023. Flights from the new terminal began on 7 June 2023.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shewaramani |first=Jatin | title=Long-awaited Kanpur Airport terminal inches closer to completion |url=https://www.knocksense.com/kanpur/long-awaited-kanpur-airport-terminal-inches-closer-to-completion|date=3 January 2023|access-date=4 January 2023 |work=Knocksense|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mitra|first1=Hritika|last2=Singh Pratap|first2=Vishal|title=CM Adityanath inaugurates new terminal building of Kanpur Airport – Details|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-airport-new-terminal-inauguration-cm-yogi-adityanath-jyotiraditya-scindia-details-pictures-latest-updates-2023-05-26-872680|work=India TV|date=26 May 2023|access-date=26 May 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chawla|first=Simer|title=Kanpur Airport gets new terminal building, first flight welcome with water salute|url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/kanpur-airport-gets-new-terminal-building-first-flight-welcome-with-water-salute/ar-AA1cf13Q?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01|work=India Today|date=7 June 2023|access-date=8 June 2023|language=en}}</ref>

It has been proposed to rename the airport the ''Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Airport'' after [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-airports-and-the-name-game-1351357-2018-09-27| title=Indian airports and the name game| work=[[India Today]]| date=27 September 2018| access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/kanpur-airport-to-be-named-after-ganesh-shankar-vidyarthi-yogi-adityanath/articleshow/60416492.cms |title=Kanpur airport to be named after Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi: Yogi Adityanath |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date= 8 September 2017 |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

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== Base Repair Depot, IAF ==
The Kanpur Airport hosts 1 Base Repair Depot and 4 Base Repair Depot under the [[Maintenance Command]] of the Indian Air Force. The 1 BRD overhauls [[Antonov An-32]] transport aircraft fleet while 4 BRD previously used to overhaul the [[Tumansky R-29|R-29]] engines of [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|MiG-23]] and [[Mikoyan MiG-27|MiG-27]] and currently the [[Snecma M53|M53 P2]] engines of [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]]. The airport also hosts the [https://service.hal-india.co.in/TAD-Kanpur%20Division/M__120 Transport Aircraft Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530094609/https://service.hal-india.co.in/TAD-Kanpur%20Division/M__120 |date=30 May 2024 }} (TAD) of [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] (HAL) which previously produced [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|HS 748 Avro]] and currently manufactures [[Dornier 228]] for Indian Armed Forces as well as commercial market.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Maintenance Command - IAF |url=https://indianairforce.nic.in/maintenance-command/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=indianairforce.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=4 Base Repair Depot, Indian Air Force - Database |url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/indianairforce/database/units/4%20BRD |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Bharat Rakshak |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dornier 228 planes: HAL delivers two Dornier 228 planes to Guyana Defence Force: Prez Ali - The Economic Times |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/hal-delivers-two-dornier-228-planes-to-guyana-defence-force-prez-ali/amp_articleshow/108952559.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=m.economictimes.com}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport-dest-list
| [[IndiGo]]| [[Kempegowda Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight Schedule|url=https://www.goindigo.in/booking/flight-select.html|website=[[IndiGo]]|access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/kvkndp/status/1823384431026946190?s=61|title=Indigo to launch Hyderabad to Kanpur flight from September 27|work=kvkndp|accessdate=14 August 2024}}</ref> [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai-Shivaji]] }}

== Statistics ==
It was the 5th most profitable airport in [[India]] in the year 2020–21.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/pune-airport-was-most-profitable-in-fy21-mumbai-delhi-biggest-lossmakers-7215011.html| title = Pune airport was most profitable in FY21; Mumbai, Delhi biggest lossmakers| date=23 July 2021 }}</ref>


== See also ==
* [[List of airports in Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110107124923/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/kanpur_generalinfo.jsp Kanpur Airport at AAI]

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