Vijayawada Airport, (IATA: VGA, ICAO: VOBZ) is an international airport serving the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.[4][5][6][7][8] The airport is located at Gannavaram, where National Highway 16 connecting Chennai to Kolkata passes through. The Government of India granted international status to the airport on 3 May 2017. The airport is internationally connected to the Middle Eastern countries of United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait.
It is under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Customs(Preventive) with functions of Customs Preventive and Anti Smuggling.
To cater to the increasing passenger traffic, the foundation stone for a new interim terminal building was laid in October 2015.[11] The terminal, designed to handle two million passengers per annum was opened on 12 January 2017. It was expected to be sufficient for passenger needs for the next four-five years until a larger integrated terminal was built.[12] After domestic operations were shifted to the interim terminal, the old airport terminal building was closed and was prepared to handle international services. The terminal was equipped with a customs and immigration section and additional facilities and security arrangements.[13] The Central Government granted international status to the airport on 3 May 2017
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