Editing Mysore (section)

=== Air ===
[[File:Mysore Airport.jpg|thumb|Mysore Airport]]
[[Mysore Airport]] is a domestic airport and is located near the village of Mandakalli, 10 kilometres south of the centre of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Handy Mysore airport information from Skyscanner.|url=https://www.skyscanner.co.in/airports/myq/mysore-airport.html|access-date=13 December 2020|website=www.skyscanner.co.in|language=en-GB}}</ref> It was built by the kings of Mysore in early 1940s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vattam |first=Krishna |date=19 October 2009 |title=Tale of an airstrip: Then and now |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31260/down-memory-lane.html |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |access-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521213725/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31260/down-memory-lane.html |archive-date=21 May 2016}}</ref> Mysore Airport currently serves the city of Mysore and is connected to multiple domestic locations including [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 September 2017|title=Flight operations resume from Mysore Airport|url=https://starofmysore.com/flight-operations-resume-mysore-airport/|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]].  The current runway is not able to handle big flights and hence a runway expansion is about to take place expanding the runway from 1.7&nbsp;km to 2.8&nbsp;km and will be upgraded to international airport after the expansion.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 November 2020|title=Expand Mysore Airport runway to facilitate operation of Boeing planes|url=https://starofmysore.com/expand-mysore-airport-runway-to-facilitate-operation-of-boeing-planes/|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref> The nearest International airport is [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore Airport]].