Lok Sabha Question No. 737 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Construction of Small Airstrips
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

GUVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED NO. 737 (To be answered on the July 2022)

## CONSTRUCTION OF SMALL AIRSTRIPS

737.

SHRI MAHABALI SNNGH

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIA TION

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be pleased to state: -

- (2) whether there is any proposal to construct small airports in the district headquarters of various States in the country;
2. the names of districts selected for the said purpose and the cutrent status thereof; and
3. (b) if the details thereof; the State-wise including Bihar; SO,
4. the time by which the said airports are likely to be constructed?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN, (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

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() to (d): Government of India has accorded 'in-principle' approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country namely, Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai; Shirdi and Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh; Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh; Dholera and Hirasar (Rajkot) in Gujarat; Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi (Nellore); in Sikkim; Kannur in Kerala and Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh; Out of the Zi Greenfield airports; eperations have commenced from 8 airports namely; Durgapur, Shirdi, Pakyong, Kannur, Kalaburagi, Orvakal (Kurnool); Sindhudurg and Kushinagar:

The timeline for construction of airports depends upon various factors such as land acquisition, mandatory clearances, removal 0f obstacles, financial closure etc  by the respective airport developers. The responsibility o implementation %f airport projects inciuding funding 0f the projects rests with the concerned airport developer including the respective State Government (in case the State Government is the project proponent):

Besides; Ministry % Civil Aviation has also launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) in October\_ 2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses  The expansion/development of airports under the scheme is 'demand driven', depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the State Government for providing various concessions including Bihar, have been revivedloperationalized and these 68 airports also include Greenfield Airports, 2 Water Aerodromes & 8 Heliports under RCS-UDAN scheme. The list of 68 airports State-wise is at Annexure:

Annexure referred to in respect of Part (a to d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.737 for answer on 21.07.2022.

## List of 68 RCS Airports operationalized (Including 7 Greenfield Airports, 8 Heliports & 2 Water Aerodromes)

|      | State             | Airport                             | Owner                | Date of Operationalisation   |
|------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
| 1.   | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved) (Round-1)      | AAI                  | 27-April-2017                |
| 2    |                   | Kurnool (Round-3)                   | State Govt.          | 28-March-2021                |
| 3_   | Arunachal Pradesh | Pasighat (Round-2)                  | IAF                  | 24-May-2021                  |
| 4    |                   | Tezu (Round-2)                      | AAI                  | 19-August-2021               |
| 5    | Assam             | Jorhat (Underserved) (Round-2)      | IAFICE-AAI)          | 1-Aug-2018                   |
| 6    |                   | Lilabari (Underserved) (Round-2)    | AAI                  |                              |
| 7.   |                   | Tezpur (Underserved) (Round-2)      | IAF(CE-AAI)          | 15-Jan-2019                  |
| 8    |                   | Rypsi (Round-2)                     | AAI                  | 26-April-2018                |
| 9_   | Bihar             | Darbhanga (Round-2)                 | IAF(CE-AAI)          | 08-05-2021 08-Nov-2020       |
| 10.  | Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur_(Round-1)                 | State Govt           | 14-June-2018                 |
| 11.  |                   | Bilaspur (Round-1)                  | State Govt;          | 1-March-2021                 |
| 12,  | Daman & Diu       | Diu (Underserved) (Round-1)         | AAI                  |                              |
| 13.  | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar (Underserved) (Round-1)   | AAI                  | 24-Feb-2018 1-May-2018       |
| 14   |                   | Jamnagar (Underserved) (Round-1)    | IAF (CE-AAI)         | 17-Feb-2018                  |
| 15.  |                   | Kandla (Round-1)                    | AAI                  | 1-July-2017                  |
| 16.  |                   | Mundra (Round-1)                    | Private              | 17-Feb-2018                  |
| 17.  |                   | Porbandar (Underserved) (Round-1)   | AAI                  | 10-July-2017                 |
| 18.  |                   |                                     | State Govt;          | 31-Oct-2020                  |
| 19.  |                   | Sabarmati River Front_(W) (Round-3) | State Govt:          | 31-Oct-2020                  |
| 20.  |                   | Keshod (Round-2)                    | AAI                  | 16-April-2022                |
| 21,  | Haryana           | Hissar (Round-2)                    | State Govt.          | 14-Jan-2021                  |
| 22.  | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla (Round-1)                    | AAI                  | 27-April-2017                |
| 23   |                   | Kullu (Underserved) (Round-3)       | AAI                  | 13-May-2019                  |
| 24.  |                   | Mandi (Heliport) (Round-2)          | State Govt:          | 09-Dec-2021                  |
| 25.  |                   | Rampur Hut (Heliport) (Round-2)     |                      | 14-Dec-2021                  |
| 26.  | Jharkhand         | Deoghar (Unserved) (Round 4.1)      | AAI- Jharkhand SG JV | 12-Jul-2022                  |
| 27 . | Karnataka         | Belgaum (Underserved) (Round-3)     | AAI                  | 1-May-2019                   |
| 28.  |                   | Hubli (Underserved) (Round-2)       | AAI                  | 14-May-2018                  |
| 29   |                   | Mysore_(Round-1)                    | AAI -                | 2-Sep-2017                   |
| 30.  |                   |                                     | Private              | 21-Sep-2017                  |
| 31.  |                   | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) (Round-3)      | AAI                  | 22-Nov-2019                  |
| 32.  |                   | Bidar (Round-1)                     | IAFICE-SG)           | 07-Feb-2020                  |
| 33.  | Kerala            | Kannur (Round-2)                    | Private              | 25-Jan-2019                  |
| 34.  | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior (Underserved) (Round-1)     | IAF (CE-AAI)         | 31-May-2017                  |
| 35.  | Maharashtra       | Jalgaon (Round-1)                   | AAI                  | 23-Dec-2017                  |
| 36.  |                   | Kolhapur (Round-1)                  | AAI                  | 8-April-2018                 |
| 37 _ |                   | Nanded (Round-1)                    | Private              | 27-April-2017                |

|      | State            | Airport                             | Owner         | Date of Operationalisation   |
|------|------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
| 38   |                  | Ozar (Nasik) (Round-1)              | HAL           | 23-Dec-2017                  |
| 39   |                  | Sindhudurg (Round-3)                | State Govt:   | 09-Oct-2021                  |
| 40.  |                  | Gondia (Round-4)                    | AAI           | 13-March-2022                |
| 41.  | Meghalaya        |                                     | AAI           | 26-April-2018                |
| 42.  | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved) (Round-3)     | AAI           | 07-Dec-2019                  |
| 43   | Odisha           | Jharsuguda_(Round-1}                | AAI           | 22-Sep-2018                  |
| 44.  | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved) (Round-1) | AAI           | 16-Aug-2017                  |
| 45:  | Punjab           | Adampur (Round-1)                   | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 1-May-2018                   |
| 46_  |                  | Bhatinda (Round-1)                  | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 27-April-2017                |
| 47_  |                  | Ludhiana (Round-1)                  | AAI           | 2-Sep-2017                   |
| 48.  |                  | Pathankot (Round-1)                 | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 5-April-2018                 |
| 49.  | Rajasthan        | Bikaner (Round-1)                   | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 26-Sep-2017                  |
| 50.  |                  | Jaisalmer (Round-1)                 | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 29-Oct-2017                  |
| 51_  |                  | Kishangarh (Round-2)                | AAI           | 8-Oct-2018                   |
| 52   | Sikkim           | Pakyong (Round-2)                   | AAI           | 4-Oct-2018                   |
| 53_  | Tamil Nadu       | Salem (Round:1)                     | AAI           | 25-Mar-2018                  |
| 54   | Uttar Pradesh:   | Agra (Underserved) (Round-1)        | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 8-Dec-2017                   |
| 55_  |                  | Allahabad (Underserved) (Round-2)   | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 14-June-2018                 |
| 56.  |                  |                                     | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 3-July-2018                  |
| 57   |                  | Hindon (Round-2)                    | IAF(CE-AAI)   | 11-Oct-2019                  |
| 58   |                  | Bareilly (Round-2)                  | Army (CE-AAI) | 08-March-2021                |
| 59.  |                  | Kushinagar (Round-3)                | AAI           | 26-Nov-2021                  |
| 60.  | Uttarakhand      | Pantnagar (Underserved) (Round-1)   | AAI           | 4-Jan-2019                   |
| 61.  |                  | Pithoragarh (Round-2)               | State Govt:   | 17-Jan-2019                  |
| 62,  |                  | Sahastradhara Heliport (Round-2)    | State Govt:   | 08-Feb-2020                  |
| 63.  |                  | Chinyalisaur  Heliport (Round-2)    | State Govt:   | 08-Feb-2020                  |
| 64.  |                  | Gaucher Heliport (Round-2)          | State Govt:   | 08-Feb-2020                  |
| 65.  |                  | New Tehri Heliport (Round-2)        | State Govt:   | 29-July-2020                 |
| 66.  |                  | Srinagar Heliport: (Round-2)        | State Govt;   | 29-July-2020                 |
| 67 . |                  | Haldwani Heliport (Round-2)         | State Govt:   | 08-Oct-2021                  |
| 68.  | West Bengal      | Durgapur(Underserved) (Round-1)     | Private       | 25-June-2019                 |