Description

Noida International Airport or Jewar Airport is a proposed airport to be constructed in Jewar (56 kilometers from Noida) in Gautam Budh Nagar, a district of Uttar Pradesh. The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) will be the implementing agency on behalf of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The airport is to be developed through a Public Private Partnership model (PPP). The proposed plan is to build a two runway airport by 2023-24 and at a future date, to expand it into a 5000 Hect 8-runway airport. According to the proposed plan, the airport will handle 5 million ?passengers per annum (MPA) initially and up to 70 MPAafter its expansion over a period of 30 years. The project site is located 72 kilometers from Indira Gandhi International Airport, the airport that currently serves the needs of the entire National Capital ?Region and is quickly reaching its peak capacity, 36 km from Bulandshahr, • 60 km from Noida & • 70 km from Faridabad & Ghaziabad, about • 30 km from Greater Noida, • 65 km from Aligarh, 65 km from Gurgaon and •130 km from Agra. • It will be connected to the Yamuna Expressway, allowing domestic and international tourists to reach Agra, Mathura and Vrindavan.