Lok Sabha Question No. 4585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Operational Status of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shri Captain Viriato Fernandes

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 4585

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  19th March 2026 )

## OPERATIONAL STATUS OF AIRPORTS

4585.    SHRI CAPTAIN VIRIATO FERNANDES Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the total number of airports both operational and non-operational, respectively  till  date  across  the  country  and  the  number  of  airports  being operated by the Government/Airports Authority of India (AAI) along with the number of airports being operated by private operators, operator/company-wise;
- (b) the number of new airports constructed since April 2014 and the number of airports out of these airports still operational along with the number of airports closed down and the reasons therefor including the total financial loss incurred due to such closure; and

(c) the details of the company that built the airports at Chitrakoot, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Moradabad, Aligarh, Shrawasti and Saharanpur and the number of airports  still  operational  therein  along  with  the  airports  closed  down  and  the financial loss incurred due to such closure?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As on date, there are 164 Operational Airports in the country, which include Public Sector airports, Private airports and Greenfield Airports. In addition, 22 airports of Airports Authority of India (AAI) are non-operational at present. Out of the 164 operational airports, 112 airports are being operated by the Airports Authority  of  India  (AAI)  and  its  subsidiaries.  Further,  the  details  of  airports being operated by private operators are provided at Annexure.

(b): Since 2014, 13 Greenfield airports have been developed and are operational till date.

(c):The mentioned airports are operational and have not been closed down. The details of the companies that built these airports are as under:

(i) Chitrakoot - M/s E-Pack Polymers (P) Ltd, Gautam Budh Nagar (U.P.).

(ii) Kushinagar - Runway, Old Terminal Building, pump room, substation and ATC cum Admin block was constructed by UP State Govt. through M/s RITES

Ltd. and Interim Terminal Building, car parking and STP was constructed by AAI through M/s Western Outdoor Pvt. Ltd. (iii)  Azamgarh,  Moradabad,  Aligarh  &  Shrawasti  -  Uttar  Pradesh  Rajkiya Nirman Nigam Ltd. (iv) Saharanpur- M/s Epack Prefab Technologies Limited.

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## Statement referred in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4585 for answer on 19.03.2026

## List of airports operated by private operators

|   SI. No. | State / UT   | City                | Airport Name                                      | Airport Operators                         |
|-----------|--------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Kerala       | Cochin              | Cochin International Airport                      | Cochin International Airport Limited      |
|         2 | Kerala       | Kannur              | Kannur International Airport                      | Kannur International Airport Limited      |
|         3 | Kerala       | Thiruvananthapu ram | Trivandrum International Airport                  | Trivandrum International Airport Limited  |
|         4 | Karnataka    | Bengaluru           | Kempegowda International Airport                  | Bangalore International Airport Limited   |
|         5 | Karnataka    | Mangaluru           | Mangaluru International Airport                   | Managaluru International Airport Limited  |
|         6 | Karnataka    | Jindal Vijaynagar   | Jindal Vijayanagar Airport                        | JSW Steel Limited                         |
|         7 | Telangana    | Hyderabad           | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport                | Hyderabad International Airport Limited   |
|         8 | Delhi        | Delhi               | Indira Gandhi International Airport               | Delhi International Airport Limited       |
|         9 | Maharasht ra | Mumbai              | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Mumbai International Airport Limited      |
|        10 | Maharasht ra | Navi Mumbai         | Navi Mumbai International Airport                 | Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited |
|        11 | Maharasht ra | Sindhudurg          | Sindhudurg Airport                                | IRB Sindhudurg Airport Private Limited    |
|        12 | Gujarat      | Ahmedabad           | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport    | Ahmedabad International Airport Limited   |

|   13. | Gujarat       | Mundra     | Mundra Airport                                    | Mundra International Airport Private Limited   |
|-------|---------------|------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|    14 | Jharkhand     | Jamshedpur | Sonari Airport                                    | Tata Steel Limited                             |
|    15 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow    | Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport      | Lucknow International Airport Limited          |
|    16 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur     | Jaipur International Airport                      | Jaipur International Airport Limited           |
|    17 | Assam         | Guwahati   | Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport | Guwahati International Airport Limited         |
|    18 | West Bengal   | Durgapur   | Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport                         | Bengal Aerotropolis Private Limited            |
|    19 | Goa           | Goa        | Manohar International Airport: Goa Airport        | GMRGoa International Airport Limited.          |