Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport is an airport serving Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated in Amausi in the city of Lucknow, India and was earlier known as Amausi Airport before being renamed after Chaudhary Charan Singh, the fifth prime minister of India. It is the 11th busiest airport in India and is also the second busiest and largest in North and Central India after IGI Airport at Delhi. It handled about 3.97 million passengers in 2016-17. It was awarded as the second best airport in the world in category of 2-5 million passengers.It is also a focus city for IndiGo.HistoryThe airport was constructed in 1986 to facilitate corporate and government officials. With an increasing number of passengers, AAI decided to upgrade the airport. On 17 July 2008, the Government of India officially renamed it Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport. It was granted international status in May 2012.Lucknow Airport, previously called Amausi International Airport is now renamed as Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. It was constructed with the purpose of facilitating VVIPs, it was only in 2005 when the AAI took decision to upgrade the Airport owing to increased number of passengers and also because of introduction of private operators in the sector. A new terminal, equipped with latest technology, at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport is operative since June 2, 2012. It is being used both for arrivals and departures of domestic and international flights. The new terminal is a three-tier building which can accommodate around 650 passengers at a time.