 The airport was constructed in 1953, and initially had a runway.In the 1980s, Vayudoot operated services to Kadapa from Hyderabad.The State Government and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) entered into a memorandum of understanding in March 2007 for developing the existing airports at Kadapa and Warangal to handle ATR-42 and ATR-72 type of aircraft.