Patna Airport has witnessed the highest volume of passenger traffic growth last year which places it above all 46 Airports in India.
The number of domestic travelers at Patna Airport has grown by over 500 percent in past 6 years. This was quoted in the Bihar Economic Survey report presented by Dy. CM Sushil Modi.
This data is upto August 2011 after which there has been even more influx of Tourists in Bihar due to Kalchakra Celebrations in December and Discover Bihar Campaigns being run India wide.
In 2009-10, the Patna airport had handled a total of 5,52,440 passengers. It had had registered a growth of 42.2 per cent in terms of passengers’ flow in 2009-10, which was also highest in the country.
It has to be noted that due to its short runway AAI has declared the Patna Airport unsafe and efforts are being made to shift the Airport to a different location.
The freight movement has also tripled since 2005. It was 5,865 tonnes by August last year.