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Agartala Airport is a domestic airport located 12 km (6.5 nautical miles) northwest of the city of Agartala, the capital of the state of Tripura in India. It is administered by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).〔(Civil Airport Agartala ) at Airports Authority of India〕 It is the third busiest domestic airport in northeast India after Imphal〔Traffic stats for 2015〕 and is proposed to be upgraded as an International Airport. A modern Air Traffic Control tower is being set up for the purpose.〔http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/agartala-airport-to-be-made-international-airport_1504063.html〕〔http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-07/news/47126400_1_agartala-airport-cpi-the-airport-authority〕 Presently IndiGo operates 4, SpiceJet 3 and Air India operates 1 daily scheduled passenger flight to & from this airport. ==History== The airport was designed and built in 1942 by the Maharaja of Tripura Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur.〔tiprasa.com/article/viewcomm/asp?identity=701〕 It had one primary runway, 05/23, which is now used as a taxiway to Runway 18/36. During World War II, the airport was used by the 4th Combat Cargo Group (4th CCG) of the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force, flying Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft over Burma. The airport was used as a supply point from which the unit air-dropped pallets of supplies and ammunition to the advancing Allied forces on the ground.〔Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4〕 The 4th CCG operated from the airport during December 1944 and January 1945, after which it moved to Chittagong. In 2015, Airports Authority of India started the upgradation of airport to international standards. 〔 (Upgradation of Agartala airport to start in Feb 2016: Minister )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agartala Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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