- Sunday, March 23, 2025
The Airports Authority of India team is scheduled to visit the state between April 7 and 9 to conduct a feasibility study
By: India Weekly
KARNATAKA infrastructure development minister M B Patil on Saturday (22) announced that a team from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will visit the state in April to conduct a feasibility study for the second international airport in Bengaluru.
Three locations have been identified for the greenfield project. The team is scheduled to visit the state between April 7 and 9, he said.
Two sites on Kanakapura Road and one on the Nelamangala-Kunigal Road have been shortlisted for the proposed airport.
“We wrote to the Airports Authority on March 5, requesting an inspection of the final shortlisted sites for the proposed airport,” he said.
Patil added that all necessary documents have already been prepared.
This includes revenue maps of the identified sites, 10 years’ worth of weather reports, detailed images of the sites’ geographic features and maps from the Survey of India.
According to Patil, the existing airport in Bengaluru is under immense pressure. Additionally, the restriction preventing the establishment of another airport within a 150 km radius will expire by 2033.
Keeping this in mind, work on the second airport is being expedited, and if everything goes as planned, it could be operational by 2033, he said. (PTI)
