The historic The Brahmapur Airport(Rangeilunda) is located at a distance of around 5 km from the Silk city and adjacent to administrative tower of Berhampur University

Berhampur University

Berhampur University is a university near Berhampur, Orissa, India. It is one of the oldest and major universities of Orissa, the others being Utkal at Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur University.-History:...

. The Rangeilunda Airport base was built by the Britishers during the second world war period and it remained as an air strip since then.

The runway is 900 meters (around 2800 ft) long and is periodically maintained by the state government of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

. There is a suitable helipad

Helipad

Helipad is a common abbreviation for helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. While helicopters are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can safely...

 too. The runway is basically an air strip

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 functional for small aircraft take off and landing.

The runway is currently used by the defence establishment, state government, private companies and VIPs to reach Berhampur and other places in south Orissa.

State's second flying training Institute is coming up at Berhampur Airport in Rangeilunda. The Air Traffic Control Tower (MSSR site) Wind direction indicator and AAI offices are located close to the Airport.
Recently efforts are being made by the government to make it a full fledged domestic Airport.

Distance from Rangeilunda Airport- (Berhampur University

Berhampur University

Berhampur University is a university near Berhampur, Orissa, India. It is one of the oldest and major universities of Orissa, the others being Utkal at Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur University.-History:...

- 0 km, Berhampur city 5 km, Gopalpur-On-Sea

Gopalpur-on-Sea

Gopalpur is a town and notified area in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Orissa. Gopalpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 1 metres ....

-5 km, famous Tara Tarini Hill Shrine 30 km, Jaugada

Jaugada

This site was first documented in 2001 by a team from the University of Heidelberg.'-References:Paul Yule, Early Historic Sites in Orissa ISBN 81-89645-44-7...

: World famous for Ashok's 2271 years old kalingan inscription-35 km, Taptapani-50 km, Chilka- 40 km, World famous Rushikulya rookery: The biggest mating grounds of Olive Ridleys in the world-20 km, Bhairabi Temple- 15 km, Chatrapur-10 km).