<In places such as Visakhapatnam, the very location of the airport needs to be reviewed. During the monsoon season and in winter, this airport in coastal Andhra Pradesh, remains out of commission most of the days.>{In The Hindu's editorial 'Overcoming a Bottleneck']
http://www.thehindu.com/2007/07/17/stories/2007071755630800.htm The Navy's airbases have civilian airports which are (or were or yet to be) outliers. Is it learning naval aviation at the cost of the average air traveler? Consider: Vishkhapatnam is too wet or waterlogged or fog bound. Arrakonam is too long (4 km). Kochi was too small. Goa is too cool (as an R&R base). Mumbai is a neat helipad (presently only for the Naval Colony). Seabird/Karwar is flightless so far.