Jeypore Airport

Jeypore Airport (IATA: PYB, ICAO: VEJP) is located 3 km north-west of the town of Jeypore in Odisha, India. The airstrip was constructed in 1962 along with the establishment of a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory nearby at Sunabeda.

The Airport are used by Vayudoot in 1980s to operated a daily Bhubaneswar-bound flight via Visakhapatnam but later stopped due to lack of passengers.

The Airport is spread over 60 acres. It has one asphalt runway, oriented 16/34, 3000 feet (914 m) long and 1,952 feet (595 m) elevation above sea level.

The state government has asked the Koraput district administration to identify another 310 acres of land adjoining the existing airstrip to facilitate its expansion. The Odisha government has made a provision of Rs 6 crore for the renovation of the airstrip.

The Airport is managed and controlled by Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Airlines and Destinations

Air Odisha is starting chartered services to Jeypore Airport on July 2015 from its main hub at Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar.

Daily return flights to Bhubaneswar are slated to launch later this year (2016) using the carrier's fleet of Cessna (single turboprop) Grand Caravan 208Bs. Air Odisha says it is still awaiting security clearance as well as the nod from the airport's operator to commence flights.

On October 20, 2022, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted Jeypore Airport the license to carry out commercial flight operations under the regional connectivity scheme.

In October 31, 2022, the regional airline carrier, IndiaOne Air, began direct flight services from the Airport to Bhubaneswar.

Airlines	Destinations
IndiaOne Air	Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam

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