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Birsa Munda Airport (BMA) is regarded a public domestic airport that serves the city of Ranchi, India. The airport is managed by the Airports Authority of India. Birsa Munda Airport is sited in the Hinoo locality, 7 km from the centre of the city. In terms of service the Birsa Munda Airport can easily be recognised as a small airport. But recently with massive growth of air traffic in India, the Birsa Munda Airport has gone through unexampled growth in the last 2 yrs. Many budget airlines have also added the destination to their routes. According to a record of AAI, around 200,000 passengers use the airport every year in order to make it one of the fastest growing airports in the country. In the recent past, the government had sanctioned plans to expand the airport. They have plans to construct an additional runway, a new terminal, few additional taxiways and also to provide better passenger facilities. Air Deccan (Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Raipur); Air Sahara (Delhi); Indian (Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Bhubaneshwar) are the airlines that touchdown the Birsa Munda Airport. Other airlines have also planned to cater to the airport.
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