Archive · 15 Jan 2026
Bhubaneswar Airport Handles 51.5 Lakh Passengers in 2025
Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport had a really busy year in 2025.
More than 51.5 lakh people traveled through the airport, which is a new record.
This makes it the 13th busiest airport in India.
The airport's success is because of two special plans: one by the state government called B-MAAN and another by the central government called UDAN.
These plans help make air travel better and more available for people in Odisha.
The airport is growing fast, showing that more people are traveling by air in the region.
Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar handled 51.5 lakh passengers in 2025.
The airport ranked 13th in India for passenger traffic in 2025.
The achievement was attributed to the coordination between the state government’s B-MAAN scheme and the central government’s UDAN scheme.
The B-MAAN scheme aims to modernize aviation infrastructure across Odisha.
The UDAN scheme focuses on boosting regional air connectivity.
- Who
- Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar
- What
- Handled 51.5 lakh passengers in 2025, ranking 13th in India
- When
- 2025
- Where
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Why
- Due to the strategic coordination between the state government’s B-MAAN scheme and the central government’s UDAN scheme
- Airport
- Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA)
- Passenger Count
- 51.5 lakh (5.15 million)
- Year
- 2025
- Rank in India
- 13th
- State Government Scheme
- B-MAAN (Building and management of aviation assets and network)
- Central Government Scheme
- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik)