Uttar Pradesh now has the highest number of operational airports; here is a list

Among the airport terminal buildings inaugurated by PM Modi were those in Lucknow, Aligarh and Azamgarh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the foundation stone laying and inauguration ceremony of various developmental projects, in Azamgarh. (PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a slew of developmental projects in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, including 12 new airport terminal buildings, which took the number of operational airports in the state to 15, the highest in any state in the country.

The new terminal buildings of the state were inaugurated in Lucknow, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Moradabad and Shravasti airports.

Here is a list of the 10 operational airports in Uttar Pradesh:

Agra airport
Aligarh airport
Ayodhya’s Maharishi Valmiki International Airport
Azamgarh Airport
Bareilly Airport
Chitrakoot Airport
Ghaziabad’s Hindon Airport
Gorakhpur Airport
Kanpur Airport
Kushinagar International Airport
Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Moradabad Airport
Prayagraj Airport
Shravasti Airport
Varanasi’s Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport

Gujarat comes second with 10 airports, while Karnataka and Maharashtra stands third with nine airports each.

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