Korba Airport (

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: IN-0026) is a private airport located at Korba, in

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, India, and is operated by the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) for transport of cargo and steel from Korba Thermal and Steel Power Plant to other places. The

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intended to expand this airport in order to support passenger traffic by making it a commercial and domestic airport, to facilitate tourism and socio-economic development in the region by promoting employment and connectivity. However, in March 2023, the government discarded the plan to expand this airport due to a heavy restricted amount of space within the airfield and due to the city's extent, and proposed a new plan to develop a new domestic airport at Baikunthpur, which is located north of Korba.

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