Asia's Largest Airport Will Be Big, Cool and Uber Cool

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While laying the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi said that this airport will become the logistics gateway for North India.

The facility will help decongest Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport and will serve the people of cities including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad and neighbouring areas.

About Noida International Airport

The project was first proposed in 2001 by then Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Rajnath Singh as a greenfield Taj International and Aviation Hub at Jewar village near Greater Noida, adjacent to the Yamuna Expressway.

It is located at a distance of 72 km from Delhi's IGI airport.  

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With six runways once fully completed, it will be Asia's biggest and among the world's largest airports. Only the Chicago–O'Hare and the Dallas/Fort Worth are larger. An eight runway approval is also in place, subject to land availability. 

Being built in public private partnership (PPP) mode by Zurich Airport AG, which will simultaneously develop and operate the airport for 40 years.

Spread over 1,334 hectares of land with an annual capacity of around 1.2 crore passengers once the first phase is completed in 2024.

By 2040-50, once fully constructed, its annual capacity will be 7 crore passengers.

It is a greenfield airport that will be constructed in four phases. The project cost of the first phase is INR 8,916 crore.

The Uttar Pradesh government will end up spending INR 4,326 crore on the acquisition of land, rehabilitation and resettlement.

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It'll have a Ground Transportation Centre that will feature a multi-modal transit hub, with metro and high-speed rail stations, cab and bus services, as well as private parking.

The airport will debut a swing aircraft stand concept, providing flexibility for airlines to operate an aircraft for both domestic and international flights from the same contact stand, without having to re-position the aircraft.

Its dedicated cargo terminal will have an annual capacity of 2 million metric tonnes, which will be expanded to 8 million metric tonnes.

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Icing on the cake - it will be India's first net zero emissions airport. 🍀