Lok Sabha Question No. 1692 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Upgradation of Airstrips
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 1692 (To be answered on the 29th July 2021)

## LOK SABHA

## UPGRADATION OF AIRSTRIPS

1692.

SHRI MANOJ KOTAK SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) if sO, the details thereof; State-wise;

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government is undertaking the upgradation and modernisation of major airstrip in various States of the country especially in Maharashtra considering the increase in traffic;
- whether the Government is aware that inadequate length of runway of some airports in Maharashtra makes landing and take-off difficult for an aircraft; and (d) if s0, the details and name of such airports thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

- (a) & (b): The State/ Union Territories wise details of upgradation\_and modernization of airstrips undertaken for operation of aircraft category of ATR-72 and above are as follows:

Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur

Maharashtra Kolhapur

Uttar Pradesh Kushinagar, Ayodhya

Andhra Pradesh Tirupati, Kadapa

Tamil Nadu Tuticorin

Jharkhand Deoghar

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Diu

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu

- (c) & (d): The available runway length are meeting the requirement of aircrafts currently operating from the licensed airports in Maharashtra. The details of operational airports of Maharashtra and the runway length along with the suitability of aircraft is attached as Annerure.

## Statement to Reply in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1692 for 29.07.2021 regarding "Upgradation of Airstrips"

| SNo.   | Aerodrome Name                                            |   Runway length (In meters) | Suitable for Aircraft Types   |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|        | Aurangabad Airport                                        |                        2839 | A320/ B-737                   |
| 2      | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport; Mumbai |                        3448 | B777-300ER                    |
| 3      | Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar International Airport; Nagpur     |                        3200 | A320/ B-737                   |
| 4      | OZAR Airport, Nasik (HAL Airport)                         |                        3000 | A320/ B-737                   |
| 5      | Jalgaon Airport                                           |                        1700 |                               |
|        | Juhu Airport; Mumbai                                      |                        1130 | Helicoptersl Cessna aircraft  |
|        | Kolhapur Airport                                          |                        1370 | ATR-72/ Q-400                 |
|        | Shirdi Airport                                            |                        2500 | A320/ B-737                   |
|        | Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport, Nanded                 |                        2300 | A320/ B-737                   |
| 10     | Pune Airport Airport) (IAF                                |                        2545 | A320/ B-737                   |