Lok Sabha Question No. 510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Setting up of Greenfield Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shri Ummeda Ram Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 510

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  6th February 2025 )

## SETTING UP OF GREENFIELD AIRPORTS

510.    SHRI UMMEDA RAM BENIWAL

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  details  of  terminal  capacity/traffic  vis-a-vis  the  current  demand  at  all  the  airports  across  the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  of  the  potential  increase  in  the  number  of  air passengers by the year 2035 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  granted  in-principle  approval  for  the  setting  up  of  Greenfield  airports across the country to cater to the demand; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the status of the Greenfield airports, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (Shri Murlidhar Mohol)

- (a):  The details of passenger handling terminal capacity as on 31-12-2024 vis-a-vis the current demand during 2023-24 of all the airports across the country, State/UT-wise is enclosed herewith at Annexure.;

(b): Air passenger traffic is expected to reach around 1087 million by the year 2034-35.;

(c)  &  (d):  Government  of  India  (GoI)  has  formulated  a  Greenfield  Airports  (GFA)  Policy,  2008  for development of new Greenfield airports in the country through a two stage approval process, i.e. 'Site Clearance' followed by 'In-Principle' approval. As per GFA  Policy, 2008, the responsibility for implementation of the Greenfield airport project including land acquisition and its funding etc. lies with the concerned airport developer or the State Government, as the case may be.; So far, GoI has accorded 'In-Principle'' approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country namely Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan and Shivamogga in Karnataka, Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Rajkot (Hirasar) in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi , Bhogapuram and Oravakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kannur in Kerala and Itanagar (Hollongi) in Arunachal Pradesh, as per GFA Policy, 2008.; Out of these, 12 Greenfield airports viz. Durgapur, Shirdi, Kannur, Pakyong, Kalaburagi, Orvakal (Kurnool), Sindhudurg, Kushinagar, Itanagar (Hollongi), Mopa,  Shivamogga  and  Rajkot  (Hirasar)  have  been operationalised.

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## Annexure to Statement referred in reply of Lok Sabha USQ No. 510 for answer on 06.02.2025

## State-wise Total Passenger Handling Capacity in Million Passenger Per Annum (MPPA) at operational airports on 31.12.2024 and Total Passenger handled (In MPPA) during 2023-24 as per available information

|   S.No. | State/UT                                 | Total Capacity (MPPA) as on 31.12.2024   |   Total Passenger handled (MPPA) during 2023-24 |
|---------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | A &NISLAND                               | 4.00                                     |                                            1.45 |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 10.17                                    |                                            5.25 |
|       3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1.31                   |                                          |                                            0.17 |
|       4 | ASSAM                                    | 4.95                                     |                                            7.39 |
|       5 | BIHAR                                    | 3.45                                     |                                            4.29 |
|       6 | CHANDIGARH                               | 6.00                                     |                                            3.72 |
|       7 | CHHATTISGARH                             | 3.75                                     |                                            2.52 |
|       8 | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 0.11                                     |                                            0.07 |
|       9 | DELHI                                    | 100.02                                   |                                           73.67 |
|      10 | GOA                                      | 19.00                                    |                                           11.28 |
|      11 | GUJARAT                                  | 27.90                                    |                                           15.7  |
|      12 | HARYANA                                  | -                                        |                                            0    |
|      13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 0.51                                     |                                            0.24 |

|   14 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |   7.20 |   5.66 |
|------|---------------------|--------|--------|
|   15 | JHARKHAND           |   3.7  |   2.75 |
|   16 | KARNATAKA           |  56.81 |  40.53 |
|   17 | KERALA              |  45.1  |  19.27 |
|   18 | LADAKH              |   0.48 |   1.07 |
|   19 | LAKSHADWEEP ISLAND  |   0.05 |   0.05 |
|   20 | MADHYA PRADESH      |  11.25 |   5.5  |
|   21 | MAHARASHTRA         |  74.72 |  67.07 |
|   22 | MANIPUR             |   1.39 |   1.27 |
|   23 | MEGHALAYA           |   0.5  |   0.15 |
|   24 | MIZORAM             |   1.2  |   0.4  |
|   25 | NAGALAND            |   0.5  |   0.32 |
|   26 | ODISHA              |   5.02 |   4.87 |
|   27 | PUDUCHERRY          |   0.2  |   0.05 |
|   28 | PUNJAB              |   4.92 |   3.1  |
|   29 | RAJASTHAN           |   9.5  |   8.24 |
|   30 | SIKKIM              |   0.4  |   0.01 |
|   31 | TAMILNADU           |  41.35 |  27.4  |
|   32 | TELANGANA           |  34    |  25.05 |
|   33 | TRIPURA             |   3    |   1.47 |
|   34 | UTTAR PRADESH       |  17.44 |  11.3  |

| 35   | UTTARAKHAND   |   4.86 |   1.71 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|
| 36   | WEST BENGAL   |  29.81 |  23.42 |
|      | Total         | 534.57 | 376.42 |