According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, this number will increase to 220 by 2027. However, the civil aviation ministry, the aviation regulatory body, has said that before starting flights, aerodromes must first fulfill certain conditions. Apart from this, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has already approved the establishment of 21 greenfield airports in different parts of the country.
Moba in Goa; Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra; Kalaburki, Vijayapura, Hassan and Shivamogkha in Karnataka; Dabra of Madhya Pradesh; Kushinagar and Noida in Uttar Pradesh; Dholera and Hirasar (Rajkot) of Gujarat; Karaikal of Puducherry; Andhra Pradesh’s Tagadarthi (Nellore), Bhogapuram and Orwagal (Kurnool); Durgapur in West Bengal; Bagyong in Sikkim, Kannur in Kerala; The Ministry of Civil Aviation has given in-principle approval for setting up greenfield airports at 21 locations including Holongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh.
In this, as of now, 8 greenfield airports namely Durgapur, Shirdi, Sindhudurg, Pakyong, Kannur, Kalaburki, Orwagal and Kushinagar have started functioning.
Expansion under UDAN scheme…
According to the information provided by the Ministry of Aviation, the Central Government has given permission to the Himachal Pradesh government to develop a new greenfield airport in Naxala, Mandi in the financial year 2022-23. Besides, a target of upgradation of 35 airports, helipads and water aerodromes has been set under RCS-UDAN during the financial year 2022-23.
Criteria for aerodromes…
Aerodromes have to fulfill certain requirements to operate flights, the ministry said. According to the DGCA’s terms, an airport must meet its management systems, operational procedures, physical characteristics, visual aids, rescue and fire-fighting services, etc. for security purposes.
Although the above guidelines are for airport licensing from a technical point of view, the license to operate airports is issued by the Central Government as per the Civil Aviation Policy.
As per the new guidelines, the in-principle approval granted by the DGCA indicates that the proposed airport is intended for non-commercial operations by the licensee and individuals specifically authorized by the licensee.
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Meanwhile, the license for aerodromes is given in 2 categories including private use and public use and the use of private use aerodromes does not include scheduled flights operations, officials said.
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