About Airport
PM Modi has laid a foundation stone for Noida International Airport on 26th November, 2021. With this, Delhi NCR has come a step closer to have another airport. Here are some interesting facts about airport in construction.
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1. The proposal for airport in Jewar was first put forward in 2001 by home minister Rajnath Singh, then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. His successor Mayawati also backed the plan and acquired more than 2,000 acres for the proposed airport. The UPA government at the Centre then formed a group of ministers to decide on this issue, as it violated a policy to build no other airport within 150 km of the existing one in Delhi.
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2. The need for Noida International Airport was felt as Delhi’s airport is expected to achieve 100 million capacity between 2021 and 2023, reaching saturation point.
- 3. It will be the third airport in Delhi NCR after Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and Ghaziabad's Hindon airport.
- 4. According to officials, Noida International Airport will cost Rs 10,050 Crores and is expected to be completed by 2024.
- 5. The Noida International Airport is slated to be spread over a total of 5,100 hectares.
- 6. The Noida International Airport may have eight runways, twice the size of Delhi Airport.
- 7. Swiss firm Zurich Airport International AG, in November 2019 had emerged as the highest bidder for the Noida International Airport project, outbidding competitors like Adani Enterprises, DIAL and Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holding.
- 8. The Noida International Airport is estimated to cost around Rs 10,050 Crores.
- 9. The Noida Interntional Airport will be Asia's largest airport, according to statement of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- 10. Location - Noida International Airport is located 130 km away from Agra and around 72 km from Delhi, 28 kms from Greater Noida and about 40 kms from Noida.
