The airport is located near Bajpe, around 20 km (12 mi) north-east of the city centre. Daily domestic flights are available to Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa, Kochi, Kozhikode and Chennai. Until 2005, its small 1,600 m (5,249 ft) runway meant that it could only handle Boeing 737-sized aircraft. Now Kingfisher Red use the Airbus 320 while Air India use an Airbus 319. Jet Airways and Air India Express operate the Boeing 737NG aircraft’s. Kingfisher Airlines operates short-haul flights from Bajpe Airport using ATR 72-500 aircraft’s.
The operation of international flights started in 2006 with Air-India Express flying to Dubai. While currently the airport has the status of a customs aerodrome [3][4], it is likely to get international status in the near future after the addition of the required infrastructure.
