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Korba Airport
IATA: none ICAO: IN-0026
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Government of Chhattisgarh
Operator	Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO)
Serves	Korba
Location	Rumgara, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
Coordinates	22°24′47″N 82°43′10″E / 22.41306°N 82.71944°E / 22.41306; 82.71944
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 3,900 1,188 Asphalt

Korba Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: IN-0026) is a private airport located at Korba, in Chhattisgarh, 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 Government of Chhattisgarh 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 145 km (90 mi) north of Korba.

References

1. "Unserved Airports" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
2. "Chhattisgarh Govt keen to develop Korba airport". The Pioneer. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
3. "Monthly Allowance To Unemployed Youth, Focus On Metro, Sports & Infra: CM Baghel Tabels Chhattisgarh Budget". ABP News. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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