The runway at the airport is 3.25 km long, which is the second longest in Karnataka after the Bengaluru International Airport.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is set to inaugurate the newly built airport in Kalaburagi on Friday. The airport is located 5 km from Kalaburagi city and will be a new addition to India's aviation map. BJP MP Umesh Jadhav visited the airport for an inspection on Thursday. He confirmed that Yediyurappa will reach the airport in a Star Air flight for the inauguration on Friday afternoon. HS Suresh, Executive Director (Engineering), Airport Authority of India said that the runway at the airport was sufficiently wide for operating bigger aircraft like the Airbus 320. He also noted that 742 acres of land was available at the airport which will aid future expansion including operation of exclusive chartered flights for Haj pilgrims, The Hindu reported. The runway is 3.25 km long and is the second longest in Karnataka after the Bengaluru International Airport. Following the formal inauguration ceremony, commercial flights will begin flying out of the airport on the same day. Star Air will operate flights between Kalaburagi and Bengaluru on three days a week - Monday, Friday and Sunday. The flights will depart Bengaluru at 12:20 pm and arrive Kalaburagi at 1:25 pm and return from Kalaburagi at 1:55 pm and land in Bengaluru at 3 pm. Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Higher Education Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Transport Lakshman Savadi, Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar, and Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai will participate in the event. BJP MP Umesh Jadhav attempted to downplay concerns over the lack of invitation extended to former MP Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress for the inauguration ceremony. Kharge is considered to have had an influential role in ensuring that funds were released from the Centre for the completion of the airport. Umesh Jadhav however said that other political leaders from opposition parties were invited for the ceremony, Deccan Herald reported. Yediyurappa had laid the foundation stone for the airport in 2008.
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