Kuppam Airport
Kuppam Airport is a public airport under construction at Kuppam, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The greenfield airport will be built by the Infrastructure Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited. The project site is located at Shantipuram Mandal, from the proposed eight-lane Bangalore - Chennai Expressway, and will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore.
In 2015, INCAP conducted a feasibility study for the development of five greenfield airports in the state. Kuppam was among the five sites proposed by INCAP. The Central Government of India cleared the proposal for an airstrip at Kuppam on 2 August 2018. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, laid the foundation stone for the airport project on 3 January 2019. Construction is expected to be completed by June of 2021.
