<Tr> <Th> Cargo tonnage </Th> <Td> 348,403 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Source: AAI </Td> </Tr> <P> Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka . Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the city near the village of Devanahalli . It is owned and operated by Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public--private consortium . The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at HAL Airport, the original primary commercial airport serving the city . It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore . Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport developed by CleanMax Solar . </P> <P> Kempegowda Airport is the third - busiest airport by passenger traffic in the country, behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai, and is the 34th busiest airport in Asia . It handled over 25.04 million passengers in calendar year 2017 with over 600 aircraft movements a day . The airport also handled about 314,060 tonnes (346,190 short tons) of cargo . </P>

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