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Address:
VIP Road, Mana,
Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492015,
Mana, CT 492015
Phone: 077 12 418167
Code: RPR
Elevation: 317 m
Swami Vivekananda Airport (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VARP) formerly known as Mana Airport is located 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. In 2006, this Airport witnessed an 82% increase in passenger traffic (the highest in the country for that year). The Airport is one of the 35 non-metro airports presently being modernised by the Airports Authority of India.
On 24 January 2012, The Union cabinet of India approved the State government’s proposal for renaming Raipur airport after India’s greatest son and well known saint Swami Vivekananda who spent 2 years of his teenage in Raipur. It is currently served by Air India, Jet Airways, Jetlite and IndiGo while Kingfisher Airlines suspended its operations in Nov 2011 due to its bad financial condition.
Airlines and destinations
Scheduled airlines
Airlines Destinations
Air India Delhi, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam
IndiGo Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai
Jet Airways Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai,
JetKonnect Delhi, Mumbai
Non Scheduled airlines
Airlines Destinations
Chhattisgarh Air Link Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, Jashpur, Korba, Raigarh
Air Odisha Bhubaneswar