Swami Vivekananda Airport
Swami Vivekananda Airport , formerly known as Mana Airport, is a domestic airport serving the state of Chhattisgarh, India. The airport is located at Mana, approximately south-east of Raipur and 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 2022 and March 2023, it was the busiest airport in Chhattisgarh, and the second busiest in Central India after Indore airport and the 26th busiest airport in India ( 2) by passenger traffic. Airfield Spread over an area of , Swami Vivekananda Airport has a single runway (06/24) measuring in length and in width. The runway has been extended to but has not been operationalised yet due to delays in transferring land for the construction of perimeter boundary wall alongside patrolling road inside the airport area. The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities such as ILS CAT II instrument landing system (ILS) at Runway 24, and navigational aids such as ADS-B, DVOR, DME, NDB, and PAPI. The apron has seven parking bays which can