Begusarai Airport (also known as Ulao Airport) is a small airport located in Begusarai, Bihar,

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. The airport is located in the

Begusarai district Begusarai District is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Begusarai is its administrative headquarters and is part of the Munger division. History Begulsarai was established in 1870 as part of Munger Dist ...

, near the banks of the river

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. The airport's owner is the

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History

Begusarai Airport is an airport that is located on the east side of

Begusarai Begusarai is the industrial and financial capital of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai district, which is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The district lies on the northern bank of th ...

. There are no scheduled flights to and from this airport. There have been demands for air services from this airport but no work has been done by the

to start this airport. The runaway of the airport is very short and expansion works would need to be carried out in order for larger aircraft to fly to the

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. In July 2022, V.K Singh from the Ministry of Civil Aviation clarified that the Begusarai Airport is included in the list of airports under the Udan Scheme, but no proposals have been received from

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to start flight operations from the airport. It has also been proposed that a greenfield airport be built in

, but government officials have said there are no current plans to do so. Begusari is a growing city in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

, and there are a large amount of industries located in the city. Many local business owners and

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have also been recently demanding to start air services from Begusarai as the city is expanding and to boost

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, an airport will be necessary. Several large

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are located near the airport such as

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, and

Urvarak Nagar Barauni Urvarak Nagar Barauni is an Fertilizer plant and township in Barauni, District Begusarai in the Indian state of Bihar. Barauni Fertiliser Plant of Hindustan Fertilizers Corporation Limited (HFCL) is located here in 480 acres. Barauni Fertiliser ...

. The airport is also located near the

Barauni Refinery Barauni Refinery is an oil refinery located in Begusarai city in the state of Bihar, operated by Indian Oil Corporation. It was the dream project of Shri krishna Sinha the first chief minister of Bihar. It was built in collaboration with the ...

which is owned by

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, and starting an airport would help further improve connectivity to industrial cities like Begusarai.

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