Lucknow: The state government on Monday said that Uttar Pradesh is estimated to have the highest number of international airports in India. Prime Minster Narendra Modi on November 25,will lay a foundation for the Noida International Airport at Jewar.
The state at present, has eight operational airports, while 13 airports and seven airstrips are being developed.
According to media reports, the state government said that,”With the ground breaking and foundation laying ceremony of the Noida International Airport scheduled on November 25, the state is now on its way to have five international airports – the highest for any state in India.”
Uttar Pradesh had only two international airports – Lucknow and Varanasi – till 2012. The third international airport at Kushinagar became operational after it was inaugurated by PM Modi on October 20, while work on the airport in Ayodhya is on in full swing and air services are expected to start early next year, the statement said
The fifth international airport is to come up at Jewar near Noida in the National Capital Region (NCR)
The Noida International Airport (NIA) is being constructed near the town of Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar in the NCR region in Uttar Pradesh. Its location is about 72 kilometres from the existing IGI airport in New Delhi, 40 km from Noida and about 40 km from the multi-modal logistics hub at Dadri,the statement aaded.
The airport will have excellent multi-modal connectivity as it is close to the existing Yamuna Expressway (Greater Noida to Agra), Eastern Peripheral Expressway and it will have link with Delhi-Mumbai Expressway at Ballabhgarh, Khurja-Jewar NH 91.
It will also have a link to Dedicated Freight corridor, Metro Extension from Noida to NIA and link with the proposed High Speed Rail (Delhi-Varanasi) at airport terminal.
The phase-1 of the airport will have a capacity to serve 12 million passengers a year and is scheduled to be completed in 36 months.
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