Swami Vivekananda Airport
Swami Vivekananda Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Raipur Metropolitan Region | ||||||||||
| Location | Mana, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1975 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | IST (+5:30) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 317 m / 1,041 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°10′53″N 081°44′26″E / 21.18139°N 81.74056°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Raipur Airport | ||||||||||
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Source: AAI | |||||||||||
Swami Vivekananda Airport (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VERP), formerly known as Mana Airport, is a domestic airport serving Raipur, the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. The airport is located at Mana, approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) south-east of Raipur and 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Naya Raipur, situated conveniently between the two cities. On 24 January 2012, the airport was renamed after Swami Vivekananda, the iconic Hindu monk and philosopher who spent three years of his youth in Raipur between 1877 and 1879.
In the period between April 2024 and March 2025, it handled around 2.6 million passengers, and has been the busiest airport in the state, the second-busiest in Central India after Indore and the 28th-busiest airport in India by passenger traffic. The airport boasts longest runway in Central India which extends to 3,250 m (10,660 ft).