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2. SITE ANALYSIS

2.1. OVERVIEW OF THE SITE

• Telangana is completely served by Rajiv Gandhi International
airport (RGIA), RGIA is designed by predicted to handle 34 million

passengers by 2028. But, in 2023 the transfer traffic increased from
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13% to 22%, RGIA can predict even quicker growth, reaching

capacity can be happen as early as 2025 - 2026.
• RGIA is handles nearly 39.3% air traffic and 1.7% cargo of the

country.

• So, the government officials of previous government of Telangana

requested AAI to revive the existing airport in Warangal.
• Warangal airport is located 7.8km to south of Warangal city.

Figure 1: Location map of warangal

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