Kempegowda International Airport Bangalore

The distance from Prestige Raintree Park to Bangalore Airport is 37 km via SH 104, which takes 1 hour and 31 minutes. Alternatively, taking the Satellite Ring Road takes 1 hour and 43 minutes to cover the 57.9 km distance to the airport.

Kempegowda International Airport Bangalore is an airport serving Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka. It covers an area of 4,700 acres and has been serving the city's people since 2008. It was named after Kempe Gowda I, the city's founder. The Airport became the first fully solar-powered Airport in the state, and CleanMax Solar developed it.

BIAL operates the airport, and it is 30 kilometers north of the city. The airport opened in 2008 as an alternative to HAL Airport. It was the original primary airport serving the city, and due to the increased traffic, this new airport was opened.

Some features of Kempegowda International Airport Bangalore are

• It was opened in 2008, and it is named after the founder of the city
• It is the 3rd busiest airport by both passenger traffic and air traffic, behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai
• It is the 29th busiest airport in whole Asia
• It is the fully solar-powered airport in the state
• It is over an area of 4,700 acres.
• It offers connecting flights to all 6 continents and direct flights to 5 of them.

Terminals in the airport

There is a cargo village and 3 cargo terminals. The airport has 2 passenger terminals and 2 runways. The second terminal was started on 6 December 2019. Narendra Modi opened it in December 2022. It began domestic operations in Jan 2023. All other operations will be moved to the new terminal in Sep 2023.

How Kempagowda Airport was formed

HAL was started in 1942 for military purposes, and it started domestic operations for the first time in the 1970s. In 1990, the first international flights started, and Air India was the first airline to offer flights to Singapore. In 2000, the first foreign airline started from HAL Airport, with Nepal Airlines, followed by A340 a year later.

As passenger traffic rose, HAL Airport, with a single runway, could not cope with the traffic. So, in 1991, a panel was selected to find the site for a new airport. The panel decided on the new area, which is about 30 kilometers north of the city. Then, plans were made to build the airport, which was approved in 1994.

Construction started in July 2005, was completed in 32 months, and the launch date was set to March 2008. But due to delays in control services at this airport, the launch date was pushed to 24 May 2008. Some services in the airport include

• Full-service dining
• Wheelchairs
• Medical services
• Baby care rooms
• Refreshments and Duty-free shopping.

How Kempagowda Airport got its name

The airport was originally named Bangalore International Airport. In 2009, a proposal was sent to rename it after the city's founder, but no action was taken. So, they passed another for the name change in December 2011, and it was accepted in 2012 and approved in July 2013. Finally, it was renamed Kempegowda Airport in December 2013.

The airport can be reached from any city area easily by Intercity bus, Airport bus, Car rentals, Airport taxi, and App-based cabs. People can use free Wi-Fi in the airport for up to 45 minutes with a login. There is also a choice of using paid Wi-Fi at reasonable rates. Only people with local numbers or roaming packs can access Wi-Fi due to the OTP process. The area near the airport is developing fast due to the excellent transport network and the potential for the area's economic growth and rising demand.

Prestige Group prelaunch apartment is Prestige Raintree Park.