Aviation Wanderlust – 50 Airports In India That Connected Me To Beautiful Towns and Cities

Aviation Wanderlust is real! I love the sight of the aircraft, big or small, they are enchanting. I have as much interest in these modern big birds as I have in ancient history. Fortunately I could travel and traverse distances due to availability.Airports in India helped me explore new towns and cities. Here below is the list that took me on an Aviation Wanderlust trip. It is because of the UDAN scheme that made this possible. UDAN is Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik scheme founded by our Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modiji.  Ozar airport

I have travelled to 49 different cities that are connected by airports in India.

The actual number of airports that my wanderlust took me through are 51 airports. (April 2021)

For me, founder of travel karmas  I made the most boarding/landing from the previously operated airports in the cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore.

This was the time when Bengaluru was not renamed Bangalore. Before the turn of the 21st century, there were only two airlines that offered flight services for domestic travellers, namely Indian Airlines our national carrier and the savvy cool Jet Airways! 

My frequent travel began when I had to go on short trips/day trips to Bengaluru on business. All I had to do was get to the airport, which was 3 km away from home, buy the ticket at the counter outside and get into the NTR terminal at Begumpet airport. Those were the days when I took the humble Autorickshaw to drop me. It was so simple and easy. 

Even the business class cost was less than 4k, I recall that I paid around 3.5-3.75k for one way. And about 2k for the economy class.

Both flights served amazing breakfast and that meant my meal was sorted. I was Good to go as I was fuelled up for the day’s work ahead.

The memories created between these two airports are immense, moments from Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad and HAL Airport, Bengaluru gets added to this humble list of airports I traversed in my #dekhoapnadesh series. Thus making the count to 51 airports.

Names of Airports/Places that connected me to Cities and Towns across India.

Andhra Pradesh

1. KADAPA CDP

2. TIRUPATI TIR

3. VIJAYAWADA VGA

4. VISAKHAPATNAM VTZ

Assam

5. GUWAHATI GAU

Bihar

6. PATNA PAT

Chandigarh

7. CHANDIGARH IXC

Chhattisgarh

8. RAIPUR RPR

Daman and Diu

9. DIU DIU

Delhi

10. DELHI DEL

Goa

11. DABOLIM GOI

GUJARAT

12. VADODARA BDQ

Himachal Pradesh

13. SHIMLA SLV

Jammu and Kashmir

14. JAMMU IXJ

15. SRINAGAR SXR

Jharkhand

16. RANCHI IXR

Karnataka

17. BANGALORE  HAL

KGIA BLR

18. MANGALORE IXE

19. MYSORE MYQ

20. BELLARY VDY

21. BELAGAVI IXG

Kerala

22. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM TRV

23. KOCHI COK

24. KOZHIKODE CCJ

25. KANNUR CNN

Madhya Pradesh

26. BHOPAL BHO

27. GWALIOR GWL

28. INDORE IDR

Maharashtra

29. AURANGABAD IXU

30. KOLHAPUR KLH

31. MUMBAI BOM

32. NAGPUR NAG

33. NANDED NDC

34. NASHIK ISK

35. PUNE PNQ

Odisha

36. BHUBANESWAR BBI

Puducherry

37. PUDUCHERRY PNY

Rajasthan

38. BIKANER BKB

39. JAIPUR JAI

40. JODHPUR JDH

Tamil Nadu

41. CHENNAI MAA

42. COIMBATORE CJB

43. MADURAI IXM

44. TIRUCHIRAPALLI TRZ

Telangana

45. HYDERABAD HYD

Begumpet old airport

Uttar Pradesh

46. KANPUR KNU

47. LUCKNOW LKO

48. VARANASI VNS

Uttarakhand

49. DEHRADUN DED

West Bengal

50. KOLKATA CCU

51. BAGDOGRA IXB