Lok Sabha Question No. 2399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Airports under UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2399 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  3rd August 2023 )

## AIRPORTS UNDER UDAN SCHEME

2399.    SHRI JAYADEV GALLA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

(a) the number of airports that have been inaugurated under the UDAN scheme and are yet to be operationalized, State-wise; and (b) the number of flights plying from each airport built under the UDAN

- scheme, State-wise?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

(a) : No such Airport.

- (b)  Under  the  UDAN  scheme,  74  unserved  and  underserved  airports (including 9 heliports & 02 water aerodromes) have been operationalised  till  date.    The  number  of  flights  plying  from  each airport operationalised under the UDAN scheme is as per Annexure.

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## List of 74 RCS Airports operationalized

|   S No. | State             | Airport                                        | Date of Operationalisation   | No. of Flights (Dep. + Arr.)   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved)(Round-1)                  | 27-April-2017                | 42                             |
|       2 |                   | Kurnool (Unserved) (Round-3)                   | 28-march 2021                | 24                             |
|       3 | Assam             | Jorhat (Underserved)(Round-2)                  | 1-Aug-2018                   | 22                             |
|       4 |                   | Lilabari (Underserved)(Round-2)                | 15-Jan-2019                  | 28                             |
|       5 |                   | Tezpur (Underserved)(Round-2)                  | 26-April-2018                | 18                             |
|       6 |                   | Rupsi (Unserved) (Round-2)                     | 8-may 2021                   | 24                             |
|       7 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu (Unserved) (Round-2)                      | 15 August 2021               | 32                             |
|       8 |                   | Passighat (Unserved) (Round-2)                 | 24-May 2021                  | 32                             |
|       9 |                   | Hollongi (Unserved) (Round-4.3)                | 15-Jan-2023                  | 56                             |
|      10 | Bihar             | Darbhanga (Unserved) (Round-2)                 | 08-Nov-2020                  | 80                             |
|      11 | Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | 14-June-2018                 | 28                             |
|      12 |                   | Bilaspur (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | 1-March-2021                 | 24                             |
|      13 | Daman& Diu        | Diu (Underserved)(Round-1)                     | 24-Feb-2018                  | 14                             |
|      14 | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)               | 1-May-2018                   | 24                             |
|      15 |                   | Jamnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)                | 17-Feb-2018                  | 26                             |
|      16 |                   | Kandla (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | 1-July-2017                  | 28                             |
|      17 |                   | Keshod (Unserved) (Round-2)                    | 16-Apr-2022                  | 6                              |
|      18 |                   | Mundra (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | 17-Feb-2018                  | -                              |
|      19 |                   | Porbandar (Underserved)(Round-1)               | 10-July-2017                 | -                              |
|      20 |                   | Statue of Unity (W) (Unserved) (Round-3)       | 31-Oct-2020                  | -                              |
|      21 |                   | Sabarmati River Front (W) (Unserved) (Round-3) | 31-Oct-2020                  | -                              |
|      22 | Haryana           | Hissar (Unserved) (Round-2)                    | 14-Jan-2021                  | -                              |
|      23 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | 27-April-2017                | 28                             |
|      24 |                   | Kullu (Underserved)                            | 13-May-2019                  | 14                             |
|      25 |                   | Mandi - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)          | 09-Dec-2021                  | 12                             |
|      26 |                   | Rampur - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)         | 14-Dec-2021                  | 6                              |
|      27 | Jharkhand         | Deoghar (Unserved) (Round-4.1)                 | 12-July-2022                 | 22                             |
|      28 |                   | Jamshedpur (Unserved) (Round-1)                | 31-Jan-2023                  | 14                             |
|      29 | Karnataka         | Belgaum (Underserved)(Round-3)                 | 1-May-2019                   | 130                            |
|      30 |                   | Hubli (Underserved)(Round-2)                   | 14-May-2018                  | 100                            |
|      31 |                   | Mysore (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | 2-Sep-2017                   | 90                             |
|      32 |                   | Vidyanagar (Unserved) (Round-1)                | 21-Sep-2017                  | 28                             |
|      33 |                   | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) (Unserved) (Round- 3)     | 22-Nov-2019                  | 50                             |
|      34 |                   | Bidar (Unserved) (Round-1)                     | 07-Feb-2020                  | 14                             |
|      35 | Kerala            | Kannur (Unserved) (Round-2)                    | 25-Jan-2019                  | 242                            |
|      36 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior (Underserved)(Round-1)                 | 31-May-2017                  | 100                            |

## Annexure

|   S No. | State            | Airport                                       | Date of Operationalisation   | No. of Flights (Dep. + Arr.)   |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|      37 | Maharashtra      | Gondia (Unserved) (Round-4)                   | 13-March-2022                | -                              |
|      38 |                  | Jalgaon (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | 23-Dec-2017                  | -                              |
|      39 |                  | Kolhapur (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | 8-April-2018                 | 56                             |
|      40 |                  | Nanded (Unserved) (Round-1)                   | 27-April-2017                | -                              |
|      41 |                  | Ozar (Nasik) (Unserved) (Round-1)             | 23-Dec-2017                  | 84                             |
|      42 |                  | Sindhudurg (Unserved) (Round-3)               | 9-October -2021              | 14                             |
|      43 | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)(Round-1)               | 26-April-2018                | 68                             |
|      44 | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved)(Round-3)                | 07-Dec-2019                  | 76                             |
|      45 | Odisha           | Jharsuguda (Unserved) (Round-1)               | 22-Sep-2018                  | 42                             |
|      46 |                  | Jeypore (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | 03-Aug-2022                  | 28                             |
|      47 |                  | Rourkela (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | 07-Jan-2023                  | 14                             |
|      48 | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved)(Round-1)            | 16-Aug-2017                  | 28                             |
|      49 | Punjab           | Adampur (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | 1-May-2018                   | -                              |
|      50 |                  | Bhatinda (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | 27-April-2017                | -                              |
|      51 |                  | Ludhiana (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | 2-Sep-2017                   | -                              |
|      52 |                  | Pathankot (Unserved) (Round-1)                | 5-April-2018                 | -                              |
|      53 | Rajasthan        | Bikaner (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | 26-Sep-2017                  | -                              |
|      54 |                  | Jaisalmer (Unserved) (Round-1)                | 29-Oct-2017                  | -                              |
|      55 |                  | Kishangarh (Unserved) (Round-2)               | 8-Oct-2018                   | 10                             |
|      56 | Sikkim           | Pakyong (Unserved) (Round-2)                  | 4-Oct-2018                   | 14                             |
|      57 | Tamil Nadu       | Salem (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | 25-Mar-2018                  | -                              |
|      58 | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra (Underserved)(Round-1)                   | 8-Dec-2017                   | 40                             |
|      59 |                  | Allahabad (Underserved)(Round-2)              | 14-June-2018                 | 164                            |
|      60 |                  | Kanpur(Chakeri) (Unserved) (Round-1)          | 3-July-2018                  | 56                             |
|      61 |                  | Hindon (Unserved) (Round-2)                   | 11-Oct-2019                  | -                              |
|      62 |                  | Bareilly (Unserved) (Round-2)                 | 08-Mar-2021                  | 36                             |
|      63 |                  | Kushinagar (Unserved) (Round-3)               | 26-Nov-2021                  | 12                             |
|      64 | Uttarakhand      | Pantnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)              | 4-Jan-2019                   | 20                             |
|      65 |                  | Pithoragarh (Unserved) (Round-2)              | 17-Jan-2019                  | -                              |
|      66 |                  | Sahastradhara - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2) | 08-Feb-2020                  | 56                             |
|      67 |                  | Chinyalisaur - Heliport (Unserved) (Round- 2) | 08-Feb-2020                  | 28                             |
|      68 |                  | Gaucher - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)       | 08-Feb-2020                  | 40                             |
|      69 |                  | New Tehri - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)     | 29-July-2020                 | 24                             |
|      70 |                  | Srinagar - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)      | 29-July-2020                 | 24                             |
|      71 |                  | Haldwani - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)      | 8-Oct-2021                   | -                              |
|      72 |                  | Almora - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)        | 26-Aug-2022                  | -                              |
|      73 | West Bengal      | Cooch Behar (Unserved)(Round-1)               | 21-Feb-2023                  | 14                             |
|      74 |                  | Durgapur(Underserved)(Round-1)                | 25-June-2019                 | 70                             |