🇮🇳 Begumpet Airport

Begumpet Airport (IATA: BPM, ICAO: VOHY) is located in Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was built in the 1930s by the Princely State of Hyderabad and served as the city's commercial airport for several decades.

Type of facility and operations: Begumpet Airport is now a military/public airport that caters to general and military aviation. It is home to the Begumpet Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force. The airport is used for flight training, and businesspeople, politicians, and others use it for private aircraft. It also hosts Wings India, a biennial civilian air show.

Notable features or history:

• The airport has one macadam runway, 09/27, measuring 3,230 by 45 meters (10,597 ft × 148 ft).
• During its commercial operation, it was officially called Hyderabad Airport and had two terminals: the domestic terminal named for N. T. Rama Rao and the international terminal named for Rajiv Gandhi.
• In the period between April 2006 and March 2007, the airport handled 5.8 million travelers, a 44% increase over the previous year.
• When scheduled service ended, Begumpet was the sixth busiest airport in India, served by 10 Indian and 13 foreign airlines.

Current status: Begumpet Airport ceased all commercial operations on March 23, 2008, with the opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. It is currently owned and operated by the Airports Authority of India.

*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, aai.aero, flightera.net*