Land Acquisition: Agra Airport Set To Be Expanded; ₹123cr Cleared For Land Acquisition |

Lucknow: Paving the best way for growth of Agra airport, the state authorities on Tuesday permitted Rs 123.59 crore for acquisition of extra land for the undertaking.
The present civil terminal contained in the Kheria air base of the IAF has an space of 4,870 m with the capability of 250 arrivals and 250 departures. With the brand new terminal, the airport is not going to solely have separate entry for passengers however would be capable to deal with 1,200 passengers at a given time.
In response to official sources, a complete of 92.50 acres of land in Dhanauli, subsequent to Kheria air base, will probably be acquired by district administration for a brand new terminal to be constructed by the Airport Authority of India. Moreover new terminal, extension of present runway and different services associated to operations of the airport may also be carried out.
“At present passengers can entry the airport terminal by way of Air drive base solely. Additional there are solely 4 bays to park plane, together with three 72-seater twin-engine turboprop ATR and one Airbus A321 which has 180 seating capability. After the growth, the terminal could have separate entry and exit with no interference from the Air Pressure base. Additional, there can be 9 bays which could have capability to deal with 9 Airbus A321 like plane,” mentioned Neeraj Srivastav, director, Agra airport. He added, “The airport passenger dealing with capabilities may also enhance, and we can deal with 600 departures and arrivals every at a time.”