Warangal Airport also Mamnoor Airport is located at Mamnoor,

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...

in the

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. The largest airport at the time, remained in service until 1981. The

Government of Telangana The Government of Telangana also known as Telangana Government, is the governing authority of the state of Telangana in India. It consists of an executive, a judiciary and a legislative. The state government is headed by the Governor of Telan ...

is trying to revive the airport with some instate services. Around of land are available for the proposed airport.

History

Warangal Airport, the largest pre-independence era airport, was built at ''Mamnoor'' in Warangal district, in 1930. It was commissioned by the last Nizam,

Mir Osman Ali Khan Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 — 24 February 1967), was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad, the largest princely state in British India. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of ...

, along with one at

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, to benefit the businesses, at

Kagaznagar Sirpur-Kaghaznagar is a town and a municipality in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district in the state of Telangana in India. It is located around 16 km away from Sirpur (T). The town derives its name from the paper factory established during th ...

for the paper industry's convenience, and to help industries like the Azam Zahi mills at Warangal. Numerous PMs and Presidents have landed at the airport until 1981, and during the

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, it served as a hangar for government aircraft due to Delhi airport being a target in combat. Many cargo services and

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services have also used it as their hub.

Infrastructure

Warangal Airport was the largest airport in the country at the time, with in land, a 2 km runway, a pilot and staff quarters, a pilot training centre and more than one terminal.

Airlines and destinations

No scheduled commercial air service at this time. The

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has included Warangal airport in the list of under-served and unserved airports, suitable for the regional connectivity scheme.

Revival plans

In September 2020, the

planned to acquire 200 acres of additional land around the airport for its revival. The state government also requested the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the airport to be included in the

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UDAN ''Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik'' (Hindi for "Let the common citizens of the country fly"), known by its acronym ''UDAN'' (Hindi for "flight") is a regional airport development program of the Government of India and part of the Regional Connectivi ...

scheme. In October 2022,

allocated another to

(AAI) for the airport. Already, has been allocated by the government.. New push is made for warangal airport to be revived via the

scheme. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2022/sep/09/airstrips-at-warangal-peddapalli-to-developed-under-udanministry-of-civil-aviation-2496271.html

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