 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 Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) , a public–private partnership between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Karnataka government. округу Bangalore.
The airport is named after the village of Bangalore in the Indian state of K