The airport is located 4 kilometres south of Devanahalli and is 40 kilometres from the central business district of Bangalore, and covers 5,130 acres. Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving the Indian city of Bangalore. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Devanahalli and is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the central business district of Bangalore,
(30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Bangalore City Railway Station[3]) and covers 5,130 acres (2,080 ha).[4] It replaced the HAL airport. For the financial year 2011–12, it was the fourth busiest airport in the country in overall passenger traffic (12.69 million) and fifth busiest in international passenger traffic.It was awarded "India's best airport" for the year 2011 by the survey conducted by Skytrax. Kempegowda International Airport handled about 12.6 million passengers and had air traffic movements (ATM) of about 330 per day in 2011. The airport is expected to handle 18 million passengers in 2015. It is host to 10 domestic airlines and 21 international airlines connecting the city to about 50 destinations across India and rest of the world. It served as a hub for debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines until 20 October 2012 and serves as a focus city for Jet Airways, JetLite, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and GoAir.
