Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would inaugurate the newly-constructed Malkangiri Airport on January 9, reports said.
Ahead of the inauguration, a trial run of a VT-100 flight was conducted successfully at the airport on Sunday.
The airport’s runway is 1,500 meter in length and 30 meter in width.
In the first phase, nine-seat aircrafts are likely to operate from the airport while larger aircrafts will provide services later.
Authorities of the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar have provided necessary technical assistance for making the Malkangiri Airport operational.
The airport has been constructed on over 94.5 hectares of land at an expenditure of around Rs 33 crore.
The functioning of the airport is expected to bring rapid economic development in the region.
This is the second significant connectivity project in the district after the Gurupriya bridge, which was inaugurated by the Chief Minister in 2018. The bridge has been providing road connectivity between the cutoff areas of the district (Swabhimana Anchala) and mainland.
