Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport

Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport (IATA: IXA, ICAO: VEAT); (Bengali pronunciation: [Mɔharad͡ʒa bir bikrɔm bimanbɔndor]), also known as Agartala Airport, is a domestic airport situated 12 kilometres (7 miles) northwest of Agartala, the capital of Tripura. It is administered by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). It is the second busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport in Guwahati and 29th busiest airport in India. It is about to be the third international airport in North-East India, after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport and Imphal Airport as per Govt. Of India plan.

The current integrated terminal of the airport has 20 check-in counters, six parking bays, four aerobridges, conveyor belts and passenger-friendly modern facilities and amenities like In-Line Baggage System (ILBS), Escalators, Lifts, etc. In addition to the new terminal building, a new parallel taxiway to the runway and two new hangars are being built. Another terminal, along with the runway, will be built as an extension of the airport across the border with Bangladesh. This new terminal will serve Bangladeshis accessing the airport without having to enter Indian territory. This arrangement is worked out as similar to the Cross Border Xpress terminal of Tijuana International Airport in Mexico, which is located along the United States–Mexico border.