Lok Sabha Question No. 483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Proposed naming of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shri Matheswaran V S

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 483 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  25th July 2024 )

PROPOSED NAMING OF AIRPORTS

483.    SHRI MATHESWARAN V S Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  details  of  requests  received  from  various  State  Governments regarding  naming  of  Airport  and  the  proposed  name  by  the  State Government, airport-wise; and
- (b) the number of requests regarding naming of Airport pending with the Ministry for more than one year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  & (b): In general, the airports are known by the name of the city where they are located, unless another specific name is proposed by the respective State Government supported by a resolution passed in the State Legislative Assembly, which is then considered in consultation  with  other  Ministries/Departments  and  then  sent  to  the Union  Cabinet  for  final  approval.  As  per  the  records  available,  the details  of  requests  received  from  State  Governments  are  placed  at Annexure-I.

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## Annexure-I to Lok Sabha Un-starred Q. No. 483 on 'Proposed Naming of Airports'

|   S. No. | State / UT     | Present Airport Name                         | Proposed Name                                                            |
|----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | Orvakal Airport, Kurnool                     | Uyyalawasa Narasimha Reddy Airport, Kurnool                              |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada Airport                           | Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao Airport, Amaravathi                             |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati Airport                             | Sri Venkateswara Airport, Tirupathi                                      |
|        2 | Bihar          | Darbhanga Airport                            | Vidyapati Airport, Darbhanga                                             |
|        3 | Haryana        | Hisar Airport                                | Maharaja Agrasen Airport, Hisar                                          |
|        4 | Karnataka      | Vijayapura Airport                           | Jagajyothi Basaveshwara Airport                                          |
|        4 | Karnataka      | Hubballi Airport                             | Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Airport                                     |
|        4 | Karnataka      | Belagavi Airport                             | Kitturu Rani Chennamma Airport                                           |
|        4 | Karnataka      | Shivamogga Airport                           | Rashtrakavi Dr. K.V. Puttappa (Kuvempu) Airport                          |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur Airport                             | Veerangna Rani Durgavati Airport, Jabalpur                               |
|        6 | Maharashtra    | Kolhapur Airport                             | Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport, Kolhapur                            |
|        6 | Maharashtra    | Shirdi Airport                               | Shree Sai Baba International Airport, Shirdi                             |
|        6 | Maharashtra    | Sindhudurg Airport                           | Br. Nath Pai Airport                                                     |
|        6 | Maharashtra    | Aurangabad Airport                           | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport, Aurangabad                         |
|        6 | Maharashtra    | Navi Mumbai Airport                          | Loknete D. B. Patil Navi Mumbai Airport                                  |
|        7 | Manipur        | Imphal Airport                               | Bir Tikendrajit International Airport (                                  |
|        8 | Punjab         | Civil Air Terminal, Adampur Airport          | Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Civil Terminal, Adampur                              |
|        9 | Uttarakhand    | Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun                | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport, Dehradun (Resolution date: December, 2018) |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh  | Civil Air Terminal, Agra Airport             | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Civil Terminal, Agra                          |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh  | Civil Air Terminal, Gorakhpur Airport        | Mahayogi Gorakhnath Civil Terminal, Gorakhpur Agra                       |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh  | Civil Air Terminal, Bareilly airport         | Nath Nagri Civil Terminal, Bareilly                                      |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh  | Civil Air Terminal, Kanpur (Chakeri) Airport | Shri Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Civil Terminal, Kanpur                     |