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Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport
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Mahendra Manikya
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Kirit Vikrama Kishor Manikya
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Dhanajaya Thakur
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Airport (IATA: IXA, ICAO: VEAT), which is used to known as Agartala Airport,is an international airport situated 12 kilometres (7 miles) northwest of Agartala, the capital of Tripura. It is administered by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Detailed explanation-2: -Agartala International Airport (IXA) - IATA, Pin Code Information | IndiGo.
Detailed explanation-3: -Etymology. Agartala is a derivative of two words, namely agar, a valuable perfume and incense tree of genus Aquilaria, and the suffix tala, meaning underneath, a reference to the density of agarwood trees in the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport was originally built by the US Air Force during the Second World War (1939-45) in collaboration with King Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarman of the erstwhile princely State. It was formerly known as the Agartala Airport and was renamed in 2018.
Detailed explanation-5: -In terms of flight movements, Guwahati is the busiest airport in the region with 3,498 aircraft movements, followed by Agartala at 1,052.