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Karipur Airport

Kerala Guide - Airports
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Karipur Airport

The Karipur Airport better known as Calicut International Airport is situated in Malappuram district near Kozhikode (Calicut). The airport has daily flights connecting several parts of the world.

The surrounding of the airport is full of hills and valleys. The most important part of his airport is its runway with about 6000m and with a special feature of lead-in lighting system.

This is the first airport to have this facility to avoid hazardous terrain. The whole system is designed in such a manner that one group of light is sighted from the preceding group and thus finally lead the aircraft to the proximity of threshold of the runway.