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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Gaya, India

Website
  
Gaya Airport

Elevation
  
116 m

Yearly aircraft movements
  
1,635

Serves
  
Gaya

Elevation AMSL
  
380 ft / 116 m

Code
  
GAY

Phone
  
0631 221 0129

Gaya Airport

Operator
  
Airports Authority of India

Address
  
GAYA International Airport, Gaya, Bihar 823004

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Gaya airport


Gaya Airport, also known as Bodhgaya Airport, (IATA: GAY, ICAO: VEGY) is a public airport serving Gaya, Bihar, India. This airport is 5 kilometres away from the temple city of Bodhgaya which is Gautama Buddha's place of enlightenment. It is the second busiest airport in Bihar after Patna.This airport operates mainly pilgrimage flights from Thailand,Myanmar,Bhutan and Sri lanka as being the gateway to the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage site in the world Bodh Gaya.

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Overview

Gaya airport is spread over an area of 954 acres. An additional 100 acres of land is under encroachment while another 100 acres of land from four villages is to be acquired for runway expansion. The airport terminal building, spread over 7,500 square metres can handle 250 incoming and 250 outgoing passengers. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to develop the airport as a standby to the Kolkata Airport.

Minister of State for Civil Aviation K C Venugopal had informed the Rajya Sabha on 28 August 2013 that Airports Authority of India (AAI) has requested the government of Bihar for a further acquisition of around 200 acres to allow the airport to be expanded.

This airport is mainly seasonal and primarily caters to Buddhist tourists coming from Sri Lanka and South East Asian countries like Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, etc.

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Gaya Airport Wikipedia