GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
Rajya Sabha
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2087
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20th March 2023
CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORTS IN UTTAR PRADESH
2087. SMT GEETA ALIAS CHANDRAPRABHA
Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state:-
(a) the number of airports proposed in the State of Uttar Pradesh;
(b) the names of the cities in which these airports are proposed;
(c) the number of airports where work is completed out of the proposed airports;
(d) by when the remaining airports is targeted to be completed; and
(e) the expected number of the airports including the international airport in the State of Uttar Pradesh
after the construction of the proposed airport is completed?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH
(RETD))
(a) & (b): Government of India (GoI) has accorded 'In-Principle' approval for setting up of two
Greenfield Airports in the State of Uttar Pradesh viz. Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar).
(c): Kushinagar Airport in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh has been operationalised in October,
2021
(d): The probable date of completion of Phase-I of the Noida (Jewar) Greenfield airport project is in
September, 2024.
However, the timelines for construction of airports depends upon various factors such as land
acquisition, mandatory clearances, removal of obstacles, financial closure etc. by the respective
airport developers.
(e): There are total 19 Airports in the State of Uttar Pradesh including proposed Noida International
Airport. Details of these airports is attached as Annexure.
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ANNEXU
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Statement referred to in reply to part (e) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question
No.2087 for answer on 20.03.2023.
LIST OF AIRPORTS IN UTTAR PRADESH
SL. STATE / UT NAME OF AIRPORT REMARK
NO.
1 UTTAR PRADESH KUSHINAGAR (INTERNATIONAL) OPERATIONAL
2 UTTAR PRADESH VARANASI (INTERNATIONAL) OPERATIONAL
3 UTTAR PRADESH LUCKNOW (INTERNATIONAL) OPERATIONAL
4 UTTAR PRADESH AYODHYA (FAIZABAD) OPERATIONAL
5 UTTAR PRADESH KANPUR (CIVIL) OPERATIONAL
6 UTTAR PRADESH MEERUT OPERATIONAL
7 UTTAR PRADESH MORADABAD OPERATIONAL
8 UTTAR PRADESH AGRA OPERATIONAL
9 UTTAR PRADESH BAREILLY OPERATIONAL
10 UTTAR PRADESH GORAKHPUR OPERATIONAL
11 UTTAR PRADESH HINDON OPERATIONAL
12 UTTAR PRADESH KANPUR (CHAKERI) OPERATIONAL
13 UTTAR PRADESH PRAYAGRAJ OPERATIONAL
14 UTTAR PRADESH ALIGARH NON-OPERATIONAL
15 UTTAR PRADESH AZAMGARH NON-OPERATIONAL
16 UTTAR PRADESH CHITRAKOOT NON-OPERATIONAL
17 UTTAR PRADESH MUIRPUR NON-OPERATIONAL
18 UTTAR PRADESH SHRAVASTI NON-OPERATIONAL
19 UTTAR PRADESH NOIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(INTERNATIONAL)
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