Here are five facts on the Shivamogga airport:
It has been constructed on on 662.38 acres of land and apart from the runway, terminal building, Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and fire station building, it has a taxiway, apron, approach road, peripheral road, and compound wall.
The foundation of the Shivamogga airport was laid in June 2020 by then Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) had landed one of its planes at the newly-built airport on Tuesday.
Mr Yediyurappa had said earlier this month that a suggestion to rename Shivamogga Airport after Rashtrakavi Kuvempu has been sent to the Centre.
Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa, popularly known as Kuvempu, was a renowned 20th-century Kannada poet and author. Born on December 29, 1904, in Mysore, he is the first among Kannada writers to get the prestigious Jnanpith Award.
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