Maharashtra’s Shirdi airport all set for upgrade
In a boost to temple tourism, the Shirdi airport will now be able to land bigger planes.
The over 350-hectare airport is located at Kakadi in Kopargaon, which is 14-km from Shirdi. The airport will soon be able to carry out flight operations at night. Work on a new passenger terminal to handle rising footfalls and a cargo terminal, which will increase exports of horticultural produce like flowers and fruits from the region to locations across India, will also begin at the facility.
It has surpassed airports like Aurangabad, Nanded, Nashik and Kolhapur in terms of passenger load and is the fourth busiest airport in Maharashtra after Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.
