Marhamtabad Airstrip is an airstrip situated at Marhamtabad in Kanpur Dehat of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is owned by the Uttar Pradesh Government.

Marhamtabad Airstrip
VT-UPR of Uttar Pradesh Government at Kanpur Dehat's Marhamtabad Airstrip (2018)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorU.P. Government
LocationMarhamtabad, Kanpur dehat, Uttar Pradesh, India
Elevation AMSL-- ft / -- m
Coordinates26°34′55″N 79°58′40″E / 26.581860°N 79.977667°E / 26.581860; 79.977667
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
--/-- 00 0 Asphalt

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) requested the Government of Uttar Pradesh to provide a 300-metre-wide and three-kilometre-long piece of land in the Kanpur Dehat district to develop an airport of international standards in 2013.[1] The project was approved in 2015 when the Civil Aviation Department of Uttar Pradesh granted the permission to set up an airstrip at Marahmatabad village near Shivli.[2] The construction work of the airstrip was completed by 2018 and trial run of an aeroplane was done by civil aviation department in 2018.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "International airport proposed near Kanpur | Kanpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "मरहमताबाद में बनेगी हवाई पट्टी, मिली हरी झंडी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
  3. ^ "कानपुर देहात की मरहमताबाद की हवाई पट्टी पर दौड़ा हवाई जहाज". Hindustan.