AAI and other private airport operators have taken up the development of new and existing airports with a projected capital expenditure of around Rs. 98,000 crore over the next five years.

New Delhi: In order to meet the challenges presented by this unprecedented growth in air traffic, the Airports Authority of India is undertaking development of infrastructure at the airports, depending upon the commercial viability, traffic demand, availability of land etc.

Further, in order to boost the growth in the aviation sector, AAI and other private airport operators have taken up the development of new and existing airports with a projected capital expenditure of around Rs. 98,000 crore over the next five years.

Government of India (GoI) has accorded ‘In-Principle’ approval for setting up of 06 Greenfield Airports namely, Dholera (at a sanction of Rs.1305 crore) and Hirasar (Rs.1405 crore) in Gujarat, Dagadarthi (Rs.293 crore), Bhogapuram (Rs.2500 crore) and Oravakal (Kurnool) (Rs.187 crore) in Andhra Pradesh and Donyi Polo (Rs.646 crore), Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh during the last 7 years. Out of these, Oravakal and Donyi Polo airports have been operationalised.

Details of major development work carried out by AAI at its airports and details of major works being undertaken by AAI is attached as Annexure – I and II, respectively.

Kailashahar Airport has been earmarked for starting operation under RCS UDAN. AAI has spent more than Rs. 2 crore for renovation of existing Terminal Building which is presently being used for Helicopter operation during VIP movements. The existing runway Length of 800 meter is not suitable for fixed wing aircraft operation. Accordingly, AAI has projected a land requirement of 52 acre for extension of runway from 800 meter to 1200 meter and 17 acre for cityside development of the Airport for operation of ATR type of Aircraft.

				Annexure-I
Major Works for New Airports/ New Terminal Building- Completed
SN	State	Airport	Name of work	Project Cost (Rs. In Cr.)
1	Punjab	Chandigarh	Work for establishment of New Civil Enclave at Chandigarh Airport.	452.00
2	Assam	Guwahati	Modification and expansion of existing Terminal Building at LGBI Airport, Guwahati	10.06
3	Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	New Integrated Terminal Building at Tirupati Airport with apron and associated work	174.08
4	Madhya Pradesh	Khajuraho	Construction work of new Integrated Terminal Building at Khajuraho Airport.	75.32
5	Gujarat	Vadodara	Construction of New Expandable Modular Integrated Terminal Building at Vadodara Airport.	160.20
6	Andhra Pradesh	Vijaywada	Construction of Terminal Building, Ceremonial Lounge and Associated works at Vijayawada Airport – Design & Build	161.64
7	Karnataka	Hubli	Construction of NTB.ATC tower cum tech block cum fire station, substation & other ancillary buildings and services	36.41
8	Karnataka	Belgaum	Construction of New Terminal Building, ATC Tower cum Technical Block cum Fire Station, Sub Station and other Ancillary Buildings and Services	37.07
9	Odisha	Jharsuguda	Development of Jharsuguda Airport for A-320 operations	200.00
10	Sikkim	Pakyong	C/o new Airport at Pakyong, Sikkim.	605.59
11	Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	Facelift works of Terminal Building at Coimbatore International Airport	10.04
12	Kerala	Calicut	Construction of new International arrival block, Internal Modification of existing International Passengers Terminal Building, Apron and associated works at Calicut Airport	120.19
13	Uttar Pradesh	Gorakhpur	Constructrun of New Passenger Terminal Building at Gorakhpur Civil Enclave (Phase-I & II)	22.34
14	Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad	Development of New Civil Enclave at Allahabad Airport – Design & Build (including Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Firefighting, HVAC, Airport System, IT, Furniture & Furnishing and other ancillary buildings).	164.07
15	Assam	Rupsi	Development and operationalization of Rupsi Airport, Assam	69.00
16	Uttar Pradesh	Kushinagar	Construction of Interim Terminal Building at Kushinagar	27.21
17	Uttar Pradesh	Bareilly	Development of New Civil Enclave at Bareilly	67.10
18	Uttar Pradesh	Hindon	Construction of Pre-engineered Airport Terminal Building & associated works at Hindan	46.76
19	Tripura	Agartala	Construction of” NITB at Agartala Airport	438.28
20	Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	Construction of New Domestic Terminal Building and associated works at Coimbatore Airport.	146.00
21	Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	Linear Expansion of existing Integrated Terminal Building at C.E Visakhapatnam.	70.86
22	Jharkhand	Deoghar	Development of Deoghar Airport.	401.34
23	Punjab	Adampur	Establishment of Civil Enclave at Adampur (Pb.) – on design & Build basis (i/c Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Fighting, HVAC Airports System, Furniture and other Ancillary Buildings.	125.00

Annexure-II

Major works for New airports/ New Terminal Building – Ongoing

S. N.

State

Airport

Name of Work

Amount Spent
(Rs. in Cr.)
As on 30.11.22

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

Construction of NITB and allied works

599.30

Andhra Pradesh

Vijayawada

Construction of NITB including Apron, ATC Tower and associated works at Vijayawada Airport.

177.83

Arunachal Pradesh

Hollongi / Itanagar

Construction of New Greenfield Airport at Holongi

547.65

Tezu

Operationalization/ Upgradation of Tezu Airport, Arunachal Pradesh.

64.46

Bihar

Darbhanga

Development of Darbhanga Airport
SH: Expansion of Existing Pre-Engineered Terminal Building i/c Civil, Electrical, Fire Fighting, HVAC/VRF, Airport System, IT System, Car Parking & Roads, Boundary Wall, City Side Development & Other Associated Works including modification in existing terminal building on design & build basis.

0.00

Patna

Construction of New Domestic Terminal Building and other structures (Phase I and II) at Patna Airport.

275.02

C/o State Govt. Hangars, Flying Club Building, VIP Lounge Building and other associated works.

17.67

Construction of ATC control block, Tehnical Block fire station & cargo block.

25.82

Gujarat

Dholera

Development of New Greenfield Airport at Dholera, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).

0.00

Rajkot

Construction of Greenfield Airport at Hirasar (Rajkot).

825.24

Surat

Extension of Terminal Building at Surat Airport.

161.20

Extension of Apron and construction of Parallel Taxi Track at Surat.

Construction of Canopy in front of terminal building at Surat Airport.

0.00

Goa

Extension of Existing Integrated. Terminal Building.

35.06

Ladakh (UT)

Leh

C/o New Terminal Building at Leh Airport.

208.48

Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior

Expansion of Civil Enclave at Gwalior Airport
Construction of Terminal Building, Ancillary Buildings, Car Parking, City side Development & other associated works at Gwalior Airport

94.26

Construction of Apron & Link Taxi including associated works for Parking of 09 Nos. AB-321 type of aircraft at Gwalior Airport, Gwalior

Jabalpur

Upgradation of Jabalpur Airport for AB-320 type of aircraft
SH. New Terminal building.

103.28

Upgradation of Jabalpur Airport for AB-320 type of aircraft
SH: Extension of Runway, Construction of of New Apron, Taxi Track & Isolation bay i/c Link taxi, GSE area, Perimeter road & allied works (civil & elect).

194.35

Manipur

Imphal

Construction of New Integrated Terminal Building, Control Tower Cum Technical Block, Apron, Link Taxiway and Associated works at Imphal Interntional Airport, Imphal, Manipur

37.98

Maharashtra

Kolhapur

Construction of New Terminal Building.

36.63

Pune

Construction of New integrated Terminal Building.

271.24

Odisha

Bhubaneshwar

Construction of link building.

22.64

Tamil Nadu

Chennai

Modernization of Chennai Airport (Phase-II), Chennai Airport.

1125.91

Trichy

Construction of New Terminal Building, Apron, ATC Complex at Trichy Airport.

710.35

Tuticorin

Development of Tuticorin Airport
SH: Construction of New Terminal Building, ATC Tower cum Technical Block, Fire Station and Associated works including Maintenance, Operation and AICMC at Tuticorin Airport.

46.24

Development of Tuticorin Airport
SH: Extension of Runway With Blast Pad, RESA, Taxiway, Apron, GSE Area, Isolation Bay and miscellaneous Works.

40.44

Uttar Pradesh

Ayodhya

Development of Ayodhya Airport, Uttar Pradesh.
Sh. Construction of Pre-Engineering Building (PEB) and other associated works on Design & Build Basis (EPC)

95.17

Development of Ayodhya Airport, Uttar Pradesh.
Sh. Pavement, Grading and other in operational area on Design & Build Basis (EPC)

Gorakhpur

Expansion of Passenger Terminal Building at Gorakhpur Civil Enclave, Gorakhpur

5.49

Kanpur

Development of Kanpur (Chakeri) Airport

101.83

Saharanpur

Development of Civil Enclave at Sarsawa

0.06

Fursatganj

Development of Fursatganj airport for Civil operations

0.00

Muirpur
(Korba)

Development of Airport at Muirpur

25.71

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

Construction of Domestic Passenger Terminal Building at Dehradun Airport

400.58

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.