Swami Vivekananda Airport
Airport in Chhattisgarh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swami Vivekananda Airport (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VERP),[5][6][7] formerly known as Mana Airport, is a domestic airport serving the state of Chhattisgarh, India. The airport is located at Mana, approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) south-east of Raipur and 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Naya Raipur, situated conveniently between the two cities.[8] On 24 January 2012, the airport was renamed after Swami Vivekananda, the iconic Hindu monk and philosopher who spent three years of his youth in Raipur between 1877 and 1879.[9]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Raipur Metropolitan Region | ||||||||||
Location | Mana, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India | ||||||||||
Opened | 1975; 49 years ago (1975) | ||||||||||
Time zone | (+5:30) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 317 m / 1,041 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 21°10′53″N 081°44′26″E | ||||||||||
Website | Raipur Airport | ||||||||||
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In the period between April 2022 and March 2023, it was the busiest airport in Chhattisgarh, and the second busiest in Central India after Indore airport and the 26th busiest airport in India ( 2) by passenger traffic.