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I enjoyed passing through the tiny Andal airport
I’d totally forgotten that there existed a tiny airport serving Durgapur.
I had a family wedding to attend in Durgapur, which is a three hour drive northwest from Kolkata, and a dear friend’s wedding the following day in Delhi. I had initially planned to return to Kolkata and take a flight from there in the late afternoon. But then my mother reminded me of the Andal airport.
Located at Andal, Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport serves Durgapur and Asansol. As of December 2019, the only two airlines serving it are Air India and Spicejet. While India’s flag carrier flies from here to Delhi and Hyderabad, Spicejet connects to Chennai and Mumbai. Continue reading I enjoyed passing through the tiny Andal airport