Bellary Airport
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| Bellary Airport | |||
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| IATA: BEPI – ICAO: VOBI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Bellary | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 ft / 9 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15°09′46″N 076°52′58″E / 15.16278°N 76.88278°E | ||
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 Bellary Airport
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 12/30 | 1,106 | 3,630 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Bellary Airport (IATA: BEP, ICAO: VOBI) is the airport serving Bellary, a city in the Karnataka state of India. The airport served as an air strip during British rule, especially at the time of World War II. The airport lost its significance afterwards.
- In the 1980s, this airport served infrequent flights links to Bangalore run by the state owned Vayudoot.
- In the 2000s, with frequent flights were served by Air Deccan, linking to Bangalore and Goa.
Currently, there is no commercial service; Vidyanagar Airport is used instead.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
No scheduled commercial air service at this time.
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for VOBI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for BEP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
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