Orvakal airport cleared by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

​The Orvakal airport on the outskirts of Kurnool city has got the approval of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after completion of all the mandatory safety inspections and creation of infrastructure. The airport though located at Orvakal will be called Kurnool Airport, Kurnool. The licence has been given to the Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Limited to operate flights. This airlines would start operating flights from March itself, adding that it was the first airport in South India to be entirely developed by a State government. the government had spent ₹150 crore on the fledgeling airport in 2020 and that it would give a fillip to industrial development in the backward region.