Agartala Airport

Agartala Airport is a domestic airport located 12 km northwest of the city of Agartala, the capital of the state of Tripura in India. It is administered by the Airports Authority of India . It is the second busiest airport in northeast India after Guwahati Airport and is proposed to be upgraded as an international airport. A modern air traffic control tower has been set up for the purpose.HistoryThe airport was designed and built in 1942 by the Maharaja of Tripura Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur. It had one primary runway, 05/23, which is now used as a taxiway to Runway 18/36.During World War II, the airport was used by the 4th Combat Cargo Group (4th CCG) of the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force, flying Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft over Burma. The airport was used as a supply point from which the unit air-dropped pallets of supplies and ammunition to the advancing Allied forces on the ground.The 4th CCG operated from the airport during December 1944 and January 1945, after which it moved to Chittagong.The airport has experienced international operations in the distant past when Indian Airlines used to fly for various locations like Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport and Khulna in East Pakistan/Bangladesh from Agartala.