The long pending demand of the people of Uttara Kannada district finally came true in July this year when the domestic airport got sanctioned.
It was originally proposed by the Navy to build an airport for their fighter aircraft and has now been expanded so that civil aircraft can be operated from here too. The site for the proposed airport is on 97.1 acres of land in Ankola Taluk between Alageri and Bhaviker villages. The people in the villages of Bhavikeri, Belakeri and the surrounding areas had given up their lands for the Seabird project. After the naval project, Ankola taluka, will now get an airport at Alagiri village. The lands are fertile, the farmers make a living out of their limited resources by growing coconut, arecanut, paddy and other commercial crops.