Upcoming Airports in Odisha Jeypore Rourkela and Utkela
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Jharsuguda Airport in Odisha on Saturday. It will become the second airport in the state. The first airport is Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik International Airport.
Three more airports are in the offing in Odisha. The infrastructures of three airports are being developed in Jeypore (Koraput), Rourkela (Sundergarh) and Utkela (Kalahandi) at an investment of over Rs 100 crore. These airports are expected to be operational by 2019, informed Airports Authority of India (AAI) member (planning) AK Pathak.