Lok Sabha Question No. 1943 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Airports without Flight Operations
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: P.P. CHAUDHARY, ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the ioth December 2015)

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

1943

## AIRPORTS WITHOUT FLIGHT OPERATIONS

1943.

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether a numher %f' airports in the country are without any flight operations, if the details thereof for the last three years and current year, State/UT-wise;
- the expenditure incurred in developing such airports over the above period;
- the reasons for the lack of no flight operations from such airports;
- d) the details of the abandoned airports made operational by the Government during the said period, StateFUT-wise;
- (f) the expenditure incurred on the maintenance of abandoned airports during the above period, airport-wise?
- (e) whether the Government proposes to make operational some more abandoned airports during 2015-16 and if so, the details thereof; airport-wise; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) The list of operational airports and civil enclaves of Airports Authority of India operational airports and civil enclaves is enclosed as Annexure-II;

(c) The details of expenditure incurred in such Airports where no schedule flights are operating is given in Annexure-III,

(6) : Flight operations in domestic sector have been deregulated and the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to compliance of Route Dispersal Guidelines; However, airlines plan their flight schedule on a specific routelcities based on market demand, commercial viability and as per their company policy:

(d) Details of abandoned airports made operational are as under:

Gondia Airport in Maharashtra

Jalgaon Airport in Maharashtra

Kadapah Airport in Andhra Pradesh

(f) : The details of expenditure incurred in maintenance of abandoned airports is in Annexure-IV. given

(e) Yes, Madam. AAI has accepted the\_proposal to operationalize Tezu Airport in Arunachal Pradesh for operation of ATR-72 type of aircraft:\_

USQ 1943 Annexure-L

|   SNo. | Name of State / UT    | AirportICivil Enclave   |
|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | DELHI (UT)            | SAFDARJUNG(DELHII)      |
|      2 | GUJARAT               | KANDLA                  |
|      3 |                       | KESHOD (JUNAGARH)       |
|      4 | HIMACHAL PRADESSHIMLA | HIMACHAL PRADESSHIMLA   |
|      5 | KARNATAKA             | HAL BANGALORE           |
|      6 |                       | MYSORE                  |
|      7 | MAHARASHTRA           | AKOLA                   |
|      8 |                       | GONDIA                  |
|      9 |                       | JALGAON                 |
|     10 |                       | JUHU (MUMBAI)           |
|     11 |                       | KOLHAPUR                |
|     12 |                       | SHOLAPUR                |
|     13 | PUNJAB                | BHATINDA (CE)           |
|     14 |                       | LUDHIANA                |
|     15 |                       | PATHANKOT (CE)          |
|     16 | RAJASTKAN             | BIKANER (CE)            |
|     17 |                       | JAISALMER (CE)          |
|     18 |                       | KOTA                    |
|     19 | TELANGANA             | HYDERABAD (BEGUMPET)    |
|     20 | TAMIL NADU            | SALEM                   |
|     21 |                       | THANJAVUR (CE)          |
|     22 | UTTAR PRADESH         | KANPUR (CHAKERI) (CE)   |
|     23 |                       | KANPUR (CIVIL)          |
|     24 | WEST BENGAL           | COOCH BEHAR             |

Annexure-II LIST OF NON-OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS

| SNo:   | StatelUT          | NAME OF AIRPORT   |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------|
|        | ANDHRAPRADESH     | DONAKONDA         |
| 2      |                   | DAPARIZO          |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | PASSIGHAT         |
| 4      |                   | TEZU              |
| 5      | ASSAM             | RUPSL             |
| 6      |                   |                   |
| 8      | BIHAR             | MUZAFFARPUR       |
| 9      |                   | RAXAUL            |
| 10     | CHATTISGARH       | BILASFUR          |
| 11     | GUJARAT           | DEESA PALANPUR)   |
| 12     |                   | CHAKULIA          |
| 13     | JHARKHAND         | DEOGARH           |
| 14     |                   | KHANDWA           |
| 15     | MADHYA PRADESH    | PANNA             |
| 16     |                   | SATNA             |
| 17     | MIZORAM           | AIZAWAL (TURIAL)  |
| 18     | ORISSA            | JHARSUGUDA        |
| 19     | RAJASTHAN         | KISHANGARH        |
| 20     |                   | NADIRGUL          |
| 21     | TELANGANA         | WARANGAL          |
| 22     | TAMIL NADU        | VELLORE           |
|        |                   | KAILASHAHAR       |
| 24     | TRIPURA           | KAMALPUR          |
| 25     |                   | KHOWAI            |
| 26     | UTTARPRADESH      | LALITPUR          |
| 27     |                   | ASANSQL           |
| 28     | WEST BENGAL       | BEHALA            |
| 29     |                   | BALURGHAT         |
| 30     |                   | MALDA             |

## Annexure-I

## EXPENDITURE QN DEVELQPMENT QEEOLLOWING AIRPORTS

| S.NO.   | NAME OF STATE/UT   | AIRPORT/ CIVIL ENCLAVE   | EXP.IN 2012-13   | EXP.IN 2013-14   | EXP_IN 2014-15   | EXP.IN 2015-16 (UPTO NOV-15)   |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | DELHI (UT)         | SAFDARJUNG AIRPORT       | 0.001            | 0.001            | O.00             | 0.00                           |
| 2       | GUJRAT             | KANDLA                   | 0.00             | 0.51             | 8.78             | 0.09                           |
|         |                    | KESHOD (JUNAGARH)        | 0.001            | 0.00             |                  | 0.001                          |
| 3       | HIMANCHAL PRADESH  | SHIMLA                   | 0.00             | O.00             | 0.52             | 0.00                           |
| 4       | KARNATAKA          | BANGALORE                | 0.00             | 7.20             | 0.00             |                                |
|         |                    | MYSORE                   | O.00             | 0.001            | 0.00             | O.00                           |
| 5       | MAHARASHTRA        | AKOLA                    | 0.00             | 0.00             |                  | 0.001                          |
|         |                    | GONDIA                   | 15.08            | 0.951            | 0.00             | 0.001                          |
|         |                    | JALGAON                  | 10.09            | 1.92             | 1.63.            | 0.00                           |
|         |                    | JUHU (MMUMBAI)           | 0.00             | 0.04             | 0.19             | 0.001                          |
|         |                    | KOLHAPUR                 | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.56             | 0.00                           |
|         |                    | SHOLAPUR                 | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00                           |
| 6       | PUNJAB             | BHATINDA (CE)            |                  | 0.00             | O.00             | 0.00                           |
|         |                    | LUDHIANA                 |                  | O.00             | 0.00             | 0.00                           |
|         |                    | PATHANKOT (CE)           |                  |                  | 0.00             | 0.00                           |
|         |                    | BIKANER (CE)             | 1.42             | 5.44             |                  | 0.00                           |
|         | RAJASTHAN          | JAISALMERA(CE)           | 11.82            | 0.001            | 0.00             | 0.00                           |
|         |                    |                          | O.00             | 0.001            |                  |                                |
|         |                    | KOTA                     | 0.00             | 0.001            | 0.00             | 0.001                          |
| 8       | TELANGANA          | HYDRABAD (BEGUMPET)      |                  |                  |                  | 0.00                           |
| 9       | TAMILNADU          | SALEM                    |                  |                  | 0.001            |                                |
|         |                    | THANJAVUR (CE)           | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.001            |                                |
| 10      | UTTAR PRADESH      | KANPUR (CHAKERIJCE)      | 0.00             | 0.00             | 0.00             |                                |
|         |                    | KANPUR (CIVIL)           | 0.10             | O.00             | 0.00             | 0.00                           |
| 11      | WEST BENGAL        | COOCH EEHAR              | 0.001            | 0.00             | O.00             | 0.00                           |

(RS. IN CRORES)

## Rs: in Lakhs)

| S.NO.   | StatelUT                    | Name of the Airport     | 2012-13    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|         | Andhra Pradesh              | DONAKONDA               | 0.001      | 0.00      | -11.95]    |
| 2       | Telangana                   | NADIRGUL (FLYING CLUB)_ | 0.00       |           | 0.00       |
| 3       | Telangana                   | WARANGAL                | 0.00]      | 0.00      | 0.00       |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh IDEPARIZO |                         | 0.00       |           | 0.001      |
| 5       | Arunachal Pradesh           | PASSIGHAT               | 0.00       |           | 0.00       |
| 6       | Arunachal Praclesh          | TEZU                    |            | -45.68    | -66.001    |
| 7       | Assam                       | RUPSI                   | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.001      |
| 8       | Assar                       | SHELLA                  | 0.001      | 0.00      | 0.00       |
| 9       | Bihar                       | JOGBANI                 | 0.00       |           | 0.001      |
| 10      | Bihar                       | UZZAFARPUR              | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00       |
| 11      | Bihar                       | RAXAUL                  | 0.00       | 0.001     | 0.00       |
| 12      | Chattisgrah                 | BILASPUR                | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.001      |
| 13      | Gujrat                      | DESSA (PALAMPUR)        | 0.001      | 0.00      | 0.001      |
| 14      | Jharkhand                   | CHAKULIA                | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00       |
| 15      | Jharkhand                   | DEOGARH                 | 0.00       | 0.00      |            |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh              | KHANDWA                 | 0.00       | 0.001     |            |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh_             | PANNA                   | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.001 0.00 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh              | SATNA                   | 0.00       | 0.00 0.00 | 0.001      |
| 19      | MIZORAM                     | TURIAL (AIZWAL)         | 0.00       | -615.67   | 567.001    |
| 20      | Orisa                       | JHARSUGUDA              | -625.07    | 0.00      | 0.00       |
| 21      | Rajsthan                    | KISHANGARH              | 0.001      | 13.78     | 16.55      |
| 22      | Tamil Nadu                  | VELLORE                 | 15.82 0.00 | 0.001     | 0.001      |
| 23      | Tripura                     | KAILASHAHAR             | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.001      |
| 24      | Tripura                     | KAMALPUR                | 0.00       | 0.001     | 0.001      |
| 25      | Tripura                     | KHOWAI                  |            |           | 0.001      |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh               | LALITPUR                | 0.00       | 0.00      |            |
| 27      | West Bengal_                | ASANSOL                 |            | 0.00      | 0.001      |
| 28      | West Bengal                 | BALURGHAT               | 34.28      | -25.45    |            |
| 29      | West Bengal                 | BEHALA                  |            |           | -86.00     |
| 30      | West Bengal                 | MALDA                   | -43.53     |           | 31.001     |