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Navi Mumbai International Airport is a proposed greenfield international airport, to be built in the Kopra-Panvel area of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in India. The airport is being built through public-private partnership (PPP). The yet to be chosen private sector partner will hold 74% equity while the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Government of Maharashtra (through CIDCO) each holding 13%. The airport project, aimed at easing Mumbai's air traffic congestion, has been delayed due to property disputes. Its first phase was supposed to be operational by 2014, but that deadline will not be met. History __________________________________________________________________ The sea – shore land required is about 11.4 km² for the core airport activity and will have two parallel runways each 3700 metres long. It is to be located on highway NH 4B near Panvel, about 35 km from the existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport . The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has already given clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport on technical parameters. The Airport construction is at global tendering stage. The cost of the project, which is being developed through the public-private partnership route, is estimated at 52.6 billion (US$960 million). The airport will have a terminal area of 250,000 m² and a cargo area of 100,000 m² and handle 50–55 million passengers annually. The site of airport is located in an area of 9.5 km² accommodating two parallel runways for simultaneous and segregated parallel operation with provision of full length taxi ways on either side of the runways. The airfield has been designed to accommodate the new large aircraft compatible to aerodrome code 4-F. The new airport will cater to 10 million passengers a year in its initial phase (end-2014), 25 million by 2020, 45 million by 2025, and 60 million by 2030, according to CIDCO. The site had several environmental problems in dealing with mangroves and rain/storm water drains in Panvel. There is an NGO fighting government agencies regarding Panvel. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) gave its clearance for the Navi Mumbai international airport on 14 May 2008. The environmental ministry finally cleared the project on 23 November 2010. Airport Plans __________________________________________________________________ The airport will have a total area of 1160 hectares. National Highway 4B will provide the main road access to the airport from the east, whereas the Aamra Marg will allow access from the west. The planned Sewri-Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link will connect the airport with Mumbai. The new airport will have a 10-lane approach road to its terminal building flanked by its two runways. Runways The airport is to have two parallel runways, 3,700 m long, 60 m wide and spaced 1,550 metres apart (ICAO minimum requirement is 1090m). The runways will be connected to the apron by taxiways with the approach road to the terminal passing underneath. The airport will be able to host new-generation aircraft like the Airbus A-380 and Boeing 747-8. Terminals The terminal building will cover over 5,23,000 sq meters. The two terminal buildings will have a total of 350 check-in counters. There will be three curbs each on the north and south sides. The level one curb will be dedicated to commercial vehicles, the second will be for arrivals and the third for departures. The main terminal building will have five levels, including two mezzanine floors. Level one of the terminal will house the metro train station, the commercial ground transportation curb, baggage sorting area and vehicular parking. Level two (mezzanine) will have explosive detection baggage screening areas, bridge connections to parking areas, metro train station and offices. Level three will have baggage claims, public arrival curbs and greeting areas The level three will be dedicated for arrivals. Level four (mezzanine) will provide departing passenger access to the concourse. It will also provide arriving passengers access to baggage claim areas from concourse and also a bridge connection to the car park. Level five will hold passenger check-in lobbies. The terminal building will provide 81 Contact Aircraft Positions and 29 Remote Aircraft Parking bays. The adjoining cargo complex will cover 2,01,581 sq metres, while the aircraft fueling enclave will be spread over 1,51,000 sq metres. Over 276 hectares have been earmarked for non-aeronautical activities like hotels and commercial plazas. The airport will have parking slots for 5,500 cars, 3,500 bikes, 120 buses and 10 cargo trucks. It will cater to 10 million passengers per annum in the first phase and 60 million once it goes full stream by 2030. The total project cost is expected to be Rs 14,573 crore. Objections to the Location _________________________________________________________________ Objections were raised by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on the current proposed location of the Navi Mumbai International airport near Kopra Panvel area, apparently because the construction of the airport would involve reclamation of low-lying areas in an ecologically fragile zone as well as destruction of several hectares of Mangroves. There are serious environmental issues. Its construction would damage mangrove cultivation in the 2,000 hectares, besides the diversion of Gadhi and Ulwe rivers, which according to the Union Environment and Forests Ministry is a very serious issue considering the destruction Mumbai faced during the 26 July 2005 floods. As a result of these new developments other locations were considered. The original option of locating near Rewas Mandwa The proposed airport site is centred around the region of Rewas and Mandwa near Alibaug, where the original proposal of second international airport existed on all regional development plans, and the location was commented to be the most fit and correct barring the excessive financial cost involved in building a sea-link/creek bridge over the Karanja Creek connecting Uran – JNPT area to the proposed airport at Rewas Mandwa. It is only at a distance of 20 nautical miles (37 km) by sea makes it a viable location. The other option of locating near Kalyan – Nevali The second option includes the one off village Newali near Kalyan-Ambernath 55 km away from the current airport in Mumbai. There exists an old and abandoned air-strip of World War II era and the Union Defence Ministry owns the 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of land on which it is located. The proposal was centred around those 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of land. Both options were later ruled out and the site was finalized at Panvel. Current Status:- __________________________________________________________________ The project has approval of Union and State Government. All the clearances except Forest clearance have been obtained. Draft RFQ bidding documents are being finalized and efforts are being made to commence Phase-I of Airport by 2015.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is an airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the greater Kolkata metro area. The airport was originally known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in the honour of Subhas Chandra Bose. From April 2006 to March 2012, it was the fifth busiest airport in the country in terms of overall passenger traffic, and ninth busiest in terms of international passenger traffic. It is located approximately 17 km (11 mi) from Kolkata's city centre. Spread over an area of 2460 acres, Kolkata airport is the largest in eastern India and one of only two international airports operating in West Bengal, the other being in Bagdogra. It is a major centre for flights to North-East India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. Kolkata Airport Contact Information: +9133-2511-8787

Pune Airport is located approximately 10 km north-east of Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India. The airport is a civil enclave operated by the Airports Authority of India at the eastern side of Lohegaon Air Base of the Indian Air Force. The airport handles both domestic and international flights. Currently there are three international destinations out of Pune, - Frankfurt, Dubai and Sharjah. SpiceJet is planning another flight to Bangkok.OverviewPune Airport has a 2535 metre long runway oriented 10/28. A former secondary runway is now used as a taxiway by the Indian Air Force (IAF). A 2200m x 23m parallel taxiway has been constructed by AAI to facilitate civil operation on the southern side of Rwy 10/28. The Airfield is equipped with night landing facilities as well as navigational facilities like DVOR/DME and an NDB. As Pune's Air Traffic Control is operated by the IAF, there is often friction between the AAI and the IAF over flight schedules and night landings. There is currently a basic working relationship between the two parties; they have agreed to allow night landings of civilian flights for the time being, though this is not a long-term solution.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport is a customs airport serving the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It was named after Bharat Ratna Dr. "Babasaheb" Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution in 2005. The Airport handles around 4,000 passengers per day and caters to 6 Domestic Airlines and 1 International Airline connecting Nagpur to Sharjah and 12 domestic destinations. The airport, spread over 1,460-acres, is also home to AFS Nagpur of the Indian Air Force and the Nagpur Flying Club.This airport is slated to be the Multimodal International Hub Airport in India and development work started in 2005. The plan involves construction of a second runway, a new terminal building and a cargo complex through a build-operate-transfer basis. The Maharashtra Government had offered 400 hectares of land to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in exchange of 278 hectares of land at the airport currently occupied by Air Force Station, Nagpur. The proposal has been agreed 'in principle' to by the IAF. This will help reducing the load on other busy airports in India by diverting the cargo and passenger traffic to Nagpur and will also make Nagpur city one among the most important business and economic centers in India and Asia.

The Tambaram Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force base in Tambaram, a suburb of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state in southern India.See alsoList of Indian Air Force Bases

India is growing and to keep pace with the growth it has taken a leap forward by adding new infrastructures of International class. NEW DELHI has added the NEW TERMINAL-3 @ INDIRA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. Disclaimer: It is NOT an Official Page and is not an Attempt to represent, defame, malign or create any socially objectionable platform.

Gwalior Airport is a civil enclave airport at the Maharajpur Air Force Station 10 Kilometres north-east of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the four prominent Airports of Madhya Pradesh.

Birsa Munda Airport is a public domestic airport serving the city of Ranchi, Jharkhand, India and is managed by the Airports Authority of India. It is located in Hinoo locality, approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of the city. Hatia Railway station is located at a distance of a kilometre from BMA. BMA used to be a small airport in terms of service, however with the growth of air traffic in India, BMA has also witnessed unprecedented growth in the last 3 years and several budget airlines have added it to their route.TerminalsA new larger, Integrated Terminal with facilities for customs and immigration, duty free shops, travel desks, lounges, etc. was inaugurated on 24 March, 2013 in a function attended by Mr. Ajit Singh, Minister of Civil Aviation, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, Jharkhand governor Syed Ahmed, Ranchi MP Subodh Kant Sahay and Rajya Sabha MP Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu. In the next few days, the tax on ATF was reduced from 20% to 4% to attract more airlines to the city. Also, night landing at BMA has been made free so that there may be more flights to the metro cities in the morning. The Airports Authority of India also announced the construction of three more parking bays, thereby making it the first Tier-II airport in India to have 8 planned parking bays.External links Ranchi Airport at Airports Authority of India World Aero Data page for VERC

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is India's Seventh busiest airport with an average of 250 aircraft movements a day. It services the metropolitan areas of two cities in the State of Gujarat - Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The airport is located 8 km (5.0 mi) from the Ahmedabad Railway Station. It is named after statesman and former Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The airport is spread over an area of 1,124 acres (4.55 km2) with the runway measuring 11,811 ft (3,600 m).The airport is a focus city for several Indian carriers including Air India, Blue Dart Aviation, IndiGo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet.The airportThe airport currently consists of four terminals: domestic, international, an additional terminal for secondary traffic and a cargo terminal. The fourth terminal has been inaugurated and is now operational. The Cargo and the domestic terminals use the same airside facilities but are physically separated on the landside, requiring a five-minute drive between them whereas the new International terminal has been constructed on the opposite of the land side of the domestic terminal and both the terminals are interconnected by an underground moving walkway.

The Mumbai Airport is one amongst a few airports in the world to be located within the city's municipal limits. It is situated in the suburb of Santa Cruz and the Sahar neighbourhood of Andheri suburb in the pincode area of 400099.

Visakhapatnam Airport is a customs airport serving the Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) from Visakhapatnam and is the second busiest airport in Andhra Pradesh after Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad. It is controlled by the Indian Navy, which carries out air traffic control support for both military and civil traffic. The airport has experienced mass growth in the last decade, with the construction of a new terminal and runway, and the implementation of international routes to Dubai and Singapore. The Airport is a non-towered airport, but has an air traffic control system in presence. Controllers are ground-based and direct aircraft movements via radio and other communication links. The airport's new terminal building has 3 Jet bridges.HistoryPrior to redevelopment, the airport saw low numbers of air traffic: in 1999 it was served with only one daily flight. On Jun 16, 2007, T. Subbarami Reddy, the then Union Minister announced that the Airport was fully prepared for international flights. A new and extended runway was build to land the Airbus A320 aircraft operated by Air Deccan. There were appeals to make Vizag airport an International Airport ever since then. Immediately the next month, JetLite and Air Deccan started flights to Visakhapatnam. Union minister of state for HRD, D.Purandeswari announced that after discussions with the defence minister M.M.Pallam Raju and Airport Authority of India, a decision has been made, so as to begin international and intercontinental operations from Visakhapatnam Airport.

Panagarh Airport is an airport serving Panagarh, in the state of West Bengal in India. It also serves as an Indian Air Force base.HistoryDuring World War II, the airport was used as a supply transport airfield from 1942-1945 by the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force and as a repair and maintenance depot for B-24 Liberator heavy bombers by Air Technical Service Command.The airport has numerous wartime relics, with abandoned taxiways and a large concrete parking ramp remaining, although not used and in a deteriorating state.FacilitiesThe airport resides at an elevation of 240 feet (73 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,743 by 46 metres (8,999 ft × 151 ft). The Air Force is planning to deploy six mid-air refuelling tanker aircraft at Panagarh air base in West Bengal, a step that will boost the striking range of its fighter planes like Su-30 MKIs based along the China border.With the deployment of these tanker aircraft in Panagarh, the striking range of fighter planes like Su-30 MKIs based in Tezpur and Chhabua (both in Assam) will be enhanced as these can get fuel mid-air.Panagarh is also the likely location of a proposed Army Mountain Corps headquarter.