Bhogapuram International Airport Inaugurated on August 1, 2026

Exam-focused facts from the 3 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Bhogapuram International Airport is located in Andhra Pradesh.
The airport is officially named Visakhapatnam Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport.
The airport was built at a cost of nearly ₹4,727 crore.
The airport has a 3,800-metre Code-E runway capable of handling wide-body aircraft.
The airport is designed to handle six million passengers annually in the first phase, with a master plan to expand to 40 million passengers annually.
The airport was developed by GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Limited (GVIAL) under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.