Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (IATA: LKO, ICAO: VILK) is an international airport serving Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in Amausi, 14 km (8.7 mi) from the city centre, and was earlier known as ''Amausi Airport''. It is named after Chaudhary Charan Singh, the fifth Prime Minister of India. It is owned and operated by the Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL), a public–private consortium led by Adani Group.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Adani Group | ||||||||||
| Operator | Lucknow International Airport Limited | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lucknow Metropolitan Region | ||||||||||
| Location | Amausi, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1986 | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | IndiGo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 123 m / 404 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°45′38″N 080°53′25″E | ||||||||||
| Website | CCSIA Lucknow | ||||||||||
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The airport is the 11th busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in India. It handled around 6.2 million passengers, with more than 45,500 aircraft movements in the fiscal year 2023–2024, and handled around 5.5 million passengers, with 38,494 aircraft movements in the fiscal year 2019–2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passenger traffic declined by 55.1% in the FY 2020-2021 and aircraft movements by 40.4% in the same year. The airport has three operational terminals, of which Terminal 3 was inaugurated and opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 March 2024.