Old Airport Road is a major arterial corridor in East Bengaluru, running about 17 km from the Trinity and Victoria Road end past the old HAL Airport toward Marathahalli and Varthur. It took its present name after the airport shifted to Devanahalli, and it remains a key high accessibility link between the central city and the Whitefield tech belt. The corridor is lined with hospitals, premium hotels, the HAL campus, apartment complexes, and offices. This page lays out what sits along Old Airport Road, which routes run it, where the busiest stops are, and who the buses reach.
The corridor strings hospitals, hotels, and the HAL campus along its length, with offices and apartments between them. Buses running the full road pass all of these in one stretch, which is what makes the corridor itself the high-visibility asset.
| Category | Along Old Airport Road |
|---|---|
| Hospitals & health | Manipal Hospital, the Command Hospital Air Force, and the medical clusters along the road |
| Hotels & hospitality | The Leela Palace, Sterlings MAC Hotel, and the premium hotels along the corridor |
| HAL & institutional | The HAL Airport campus and main gate, the ISRO satellite centre, and the cantonment land |
| Residential & retail | The Diamond District apartments, the Total Mall, Nilgiris supermarket, and the apartment and office complexes |
| Roads & junctions | The Trinity and Domlur end, Kodihalli, Murugeshpalya, the HAL main gate, and the Marathahalli Bridge end |
| Onward corridors | The link to Marathahalli and the ORR one way, and MG Road and the central business district the other |
The corridor has its own route family, the 320 to 339 series running from MG Road to HAL and Kadugodi, with the airport services and cross routes joining it. The routes below are the high-frequency ones. Numbers and exact stops are simple to verify on Google Maps or BMTC route search by entering a from-and-to point along Old Airport Road.
| Route number(s) | Connects | Key Old Airport Road points covered |
|---|---|---|
| 320 to 339 series | MG Road to HAL, Marathahalli, and Kadugodi | The full corridor, Domlur, Manipal Hospital, HAL, to Marathahalli |
| 333 series | City to ITPL via Old Airport Road and Marathahalli | The HAL, Marathahalli, and Kundalahalli stops |
| 334 series | Indiranagar and the corridor to ITPL via Whitefield | The Diamond District, Manipal, HAL, and Marathahalli stops |
| KIAS-6 airport service | Marathahalli and the corridor to Kempegowda International Airport | The HAL main gate, Manipal Hospital, and Domlur stops toward the airport |
| BIAS and ITPL company routes | The corridor to ITPL via Marathahalli | The Mayo Hall, Domlur, Diamond District, and HAL stops |
| 201 series | The corridor and HAL side to Koramangala and Domlur | The HAL and Old Airport Road facing stops |
Route numbers and coverage compiled from public BMTC route listings and map-based route search for the Old Airport Road corridor; services and frequencies are revised by BMTC from time to time.
Stops run the length of the road, clustering at the hospitals, the hotels, and the HAL gates. These are the busiest, where patient, office, and through footfall meet, so a branded bus halting here gets long viewing windows from a waiting crowd.
| Bus stop | What sits around it |
|---|---|
| Domlur | The western end stop near the Inner Ring Road and Embassy Golf Links |
| Diamond District | An apartment and office stop near the hotels |
| Manipal Hospital | The hospital stop opposite the Leela Palace, with very high footfall |
| Kodihalli | A commercial and residential stop on the corridor |
| Murugeshpalya | A dense residential and PG stop near HAL |
| HAL Main Gate | The HAL campus gate stop with shift footfall |
| Konena Agrahara | A residential stop toward the HAL side |
| New Tippasandra | A residential stop off the corridor |
| Marathahalli Bridge | The eastern end junction stop toward the ORR |
| Audience | Where they are on Old Airport Road |
|---|---|
| Hospital patients and visitors | At Manipal Hospital, the Command Hospital, and the medical clusters |
| Hotel and hospitality guests | At the Leela Palace, Sterlings MAC, and the corridor hotels |
| HAL and ISRO workforce | At the HAL campus and the ISRO satellite centre |
| Office and apartment residents | At the Diamond District and the office and apartment complexes |
| Through commuters | Travelling between the central city and Marathahalli and Whitefield |
| Service and gig workers | Along the corridor, with heavy reliance on BMTC for daily travel |
Tell us the stretch you want to reach — the Manipal and hospital cluster, the Leela and hotel belt, the HAL campus and ISRO side, or the full run from Domlur to Marathahalli — and we'll help you pick the routes and buses that reach that audience.