The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop a greenfield airport at Kota-Bundi in Rajasthan.
The greenfield airport has an estimated cost of Rs 15.07 billion, and will feature a 20,000 sq. m terminal building with a capacity to handle 1,000 peak hour passengers (PHP) with an annual capacity of 2 million passengers per annum (mppa). It will also feature a runway spanning 3,200 m x 45 m, an apron with seven parking bays for A-321 aircraft, two link taxiways, air traffic control (ATC) cum technical block, fire station, car park and allied facilities.
Further, the Rajasthan government has transferred over 440 hectares to the AAI for the airport.