Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Airport (IATA: IXA, ICAO: VEAT), also known as Agartala Airport, is a domestic airport situated 12 kilometers (7 miles) northwest of Agartala, the capital of Tripura. It is administered by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) It is the second busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport in Guwahati and 29th busiest airport in India. It is the third international airport in North-East India, after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport and Imphal Airport.