Lok Sabha Question No. 744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-04
Subject: Status of Greenfield Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Mr Pathan Yusuf

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 744

(To be answered on the 4 th December 2025)

## STATUS OF GREENFIELD AIRPORTS

## 744. MR PATHAN YUSUF

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of greenfield airports inaugurated since 2014 along with the cost of construction and maintenance, State-wise;
- (b) the number of flights operated from such greenfield airports and the passenger volume per year, year-wise; and
- (c) whether any greenfield airport inaugurated since 2014 has ceased operations and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Murlidhar Mohol)

(a): Since 2014, Thirteen (13) Greenfield Airports have been inaugurated i.e. Mopa (Project Cost - Rs. 3400 crore) in Goa, Navi Mumbai (Project Cost - Rs.19646 crore), Shirdi (Project Cost - Rs. 320 crore) and Sindhudurg (Project Cost - Rs. 520 crore) in  Maharashtra,  Kalaburagi  (Project  Cost  -  Rs.175.57  crore)  and  Shivamogga (Project Cost - Rs. 449 crore) in Karnataka,

Kushinagar (Project Cost - Rs. 448 crore)  in Uttar Pradesh, Rajkot (Hirasar) (Project Cost - Rs. 1405 crore) in Gujarat, Oravakal (Kurnool) (Project Cost -

Rs. 187 crore) in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur (Project Cost - Rs. 670 crore) in West Bengal, Pakyong (Project Cost - Rs. 553.53 crore) in Sikkim, Kannur (Project Cost - Rs. 2342 crore) in Kerala and Itanagar (Project Cost - Rs. 646 crore) in Arunachal Pradesh.

Further, the maintenance of infrastructure/ facilities at airports and cost incurred for the  same  is  a  continuous  process,  which  is  undertaken  by  the  airport  operator concerned regularly as per the requirement. (b): The year wise details for number of aircraft movements and passenger volume from such greenfield airports is attached as Annexure.

(c): No.

*****

Statement  referred  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  744  for  answer  on 04.12.2025

Year wise details of number of aircraft movements and passenger volume (*)

| Financial Year   |   Aircraft Movements |   Passenger Volume |
|------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
| 2014-15          |                 3344 |             358402 |
| 2015-16          |                 5180 |             421722 |
| 2016-17          |                 4846 |             411468 |
| 2017-18          |                 5629 |             408038 |
| 2018-19          |                 9264 |             852280 |
| 2019-20          |                25322 |            2557017 |
| 2020-21          |                11578 |             870001 |
| 2021-22          |                22417 |            1839625 |
| 2022-23          |                38656 |            4137154 |
| 2023-24          |                64602 |            8144924 |
| 2024-25          |                69160 |            8695598 |

Note (*):

In Aircraft Movements, landing and take-off of an aircraft are counted separately i.e., one landing and one take-off are counted as two movements.