Bellary Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Bellary Airport
nativename =


IATA = BEP
ICAO = VOBI
type = Public
owner =
operator = Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd.
city-served = Bellary
location =
elevation-f = 30
elevation-m = 9
coordinates = coord|15|09|46|N|076|52|58|E|type:airport|display=inline
website =
metric-rwy = Y
r1-number = 12/30
r1-length-f = 3,630
r1-length-m = 1,106
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|VOBI|source=DAFIF] GCM|BEP|source=DAFIF]

Bellary Airport airport codes|BEP|VOBI is the airport serving Bellary, a city in the Karnataka state of India. The airport served as an air strip during British rule, especially at the time of World War II. The airport lost its significance afterwards. The renewed interest in the airport is due to hectic economic activities taking place due to vast reserves of high quality iron ore found in Bellary district and subsequent setting of integrated steel mills in the region.

Airline and destination

* Deccan (Bangalore)

References

External links

* [http://www.hampi.in/Maps/Airports_Map.htm Map of airports near Hampi]
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