Shirdi Airport is a planned airport for holy city of Shirdi in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 state of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. This will be another transport center after Shirdi railway station (Sainagar Shirdi

Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station

Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station is a railway station in the holy city of Shirdi, Maharashtra state, India. Sainagar Shirdi is a railway terminus and belongs to Central Railways of Indian Railways.- Trains :# Shirdi - Vijayawada Express....

). The Planned flights from here are to Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 (the capital of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 state) and Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

. This airport is about 14 km from Shirdi at Kakdi (Kopargaon Tahasil) village. This is expected to takeoff till December 2011.

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• Shirdi airport to be ready in a year
• Shirdi airport work in full swing: Official