1. Overview of Airport Development in North East Region
Airports Authority of India,
Welcomes
H’ble Minister, DONER

2. Airports in North Eastern Region
Arunachal Pradesh
Along
Daparizo
Pasighat
Tezu
Itanagar
Pakyong
Ziro
Sikkim
Dibrugargh
North Lakhimpur
(Lilabari)
Bagdogra
Tezpur
Jorhat
Guwahati
West Bengal
Rupsi
Nagaland
Assam
Shella
Chiethu/Kohima
Dimapur
Tura
Shillong
Meghalaya
State
Operational
Non-Operational
Assam 6
3 IAF, 3 AAI 2
Arunachal Pradesh - 5
Manipur 1
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Tripura 3
Sikkim
West Bengal
Total
11+1 12
Silchar
Imphal
Kailashahar
Manipur
Kamalpur
Khowai
Lengpui
LEGEND
Operational (11+1)
Non-Operational (12)
New Greenfield (3)
Agartala
Mizoram
Tripura
Turial

3. Airports in the North-East Region
Operational - 12
Agartala,
Dibrugarh,
Dimapur,
Guwahati (Int. Airport),
Imphal,
Jorhat (CE),
Lilabari,
Shillong (Barapani),
Silchar (CE),
Lengpui (SG-Mizoram),
Tezpur (CE),
Bagdogra (CE).
Non-operational – 12
Along (SG-Arunachal Pradesh),
Daparizo (SG-AP),
Kailashahar,
Kamalpur,
Khowai,
Pasighat,
Rupsi,
Tezu (SG-Arunachal Pradesh),
Tura (SG-Meghalaya),
Turial (Aizwal),
Ziro (SG-Arunachal Pradesh),
Shella.

4. Assam Guwahati Facilities Night Operation Facilities Works completed
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays B737/A321 7
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) Pax.( 1200 Domestic and 300 International)
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME,ILS, RADAR
Night Operation Facilities
Night operations are available with Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI, Simple Approach lights, Obstacle lights(3)
Works completed
Extension of runway from 9000 ft. to ft., link taxi ways, new apron for Six AB-320 & Six ATR–72 aircraft; cost Rs. 46 croresTotal number of bays now available is 18.
Provision of two Aerobridges, est. cost Rs crores. (DGCA approval in process)
Canopy in Car park area
Isolation Bay and Link Taxiway; est. cost Rs 13 crores.
Projects planned – To make Guwahati as Hub for NE operations and upgrade intn’l operations
Construction of Parallel Taxiway
Construction of New International Terminal Building
Two hangers for A321
Pending issues – Land Acquisition
290 acres of additional land required for construction of Isolation Bay, Parallel Taxi way and Link Taxiway comprising of private land and Defense land.

5. GUWAHATI AIRPORT MASTER PLAN (ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT)
CAR PARKING
GUWAHATI AIRPORT MASTER PLAN (ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT)
AAI LAND AREA= 734 Acres
RUNWAY – 02/20
LENGTH = 2743 M
NEW APRON
EXISTING TERMINAL BUILDING
EXISTING APRON
FUTURE TERMINAL BLDG
PROPOSED HANGARS
FUTURE CARGO
PROPOSED COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT

6. Guwahati airport

7. Guwahati airport
EXTENDED PORTION OF RUNWAY AT GUWAHATI AIRPORT

8. Assam Dibrugarh Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays B737/A
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME,ILS
Night Operation Facilities
Runway, Taxiway & Apron edge lights and PAPI available. Survey for installation of obstacle lights in progress.
Work completed/in progress
New Terminal Building at Dibrugarh with Peak passenger capacity of completed
New Apron with link Taxiway - completed
Recarpeting of Runway in progress at cost of Rs crores
Projects planned – For upgradation of the airport
Runway extension by 640 m.
Construction of new Control Tower cum Technical Block
Isolation Bay
Pending issues – Land Acquisition
Additional 227 acres of land required for further development of Airport.
5.33 acres to be provided by Army for Rwy extension work. Working permission granted recently.

9. DIBRUGARH AIRPORT MASTER PLAN – ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT
OLD TERMINAL BUILDING
NEW APRON
RUNWAY – 05/23
LENGTH = 1829 M
NEW TERMINAL BUILDING
OLD APRON
LAND TO BE AQUIRED (207 ACRES)
AAI LAND AREA= 350 Acres
DIBRUGARH AIRPORT MASTER PLAN – ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT

10. Dibrugarh airport
ELEVATION CITY SIDE

11. Assam Lilabari Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays B737/A
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI, Approach light,
Projects planned – For all weather operations
ILS Installation

12. Assam Jorhat(CE) Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays B737/A
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 200 Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids DVOR,DME
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI and ILS on Rwy 04 (IAF).
Projects planned – upgradation of the airport
Extension of Apron
Construction of New Terminal Building.
Pending issues – Land Acquisition
9 acres of land required for New Terminal Building and associated facilities requisitioned from State Govt.
77 acres of land required for overall development of airport (on other side of runway) has also been requisitioned from State Govt.

13. Jorhat Airport

14. Assam Tezpur (CE) Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays ATR
B737/ A
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids DVOR,DME
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI, Approach lights and ILS.

15. Assam Rupsi Non-operational Airport of AAI.
Bodoland Territorial Council has agreed for the development of Rupsi airport in lieu of Greenfield airport at Kokrajhar subject to a two lane road between airport and Kokrajhar Town to be developed.
Development plans
Develop the airport for ATR-72 operations at cost of Rs. 94 crores.
In 2nd phase develop the airport for A-320 operations for which additional land required to be provided by State Govt. free of cost.

16. Assam Silchar (CE) Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays B737/A
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids DVOR,DME,ILS
Extended Runway Operationalised April 2010
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI, Approach lights and ILS.

17. Nagaland Dimapur Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays B737/A
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 500 Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME,ILS
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI, Approach lights, obstruction lights (2) and ILS.
Work in progress
Expansion of Apron
Link Taxiway
Projects planned – for upgradation of the airport
Face-lifting of Terminal Building, Air side and City side development.

18. DIMAPUR AIRPORT MASTER PLAN (ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT)
APRON
EXISTING TERMINAL
BUILDING
CAR PARK
FIRE STATION
ATC
AIRPORT COLONY
RUNWAY – 12/30
2290 X 45M
DIMAPUR AIRPORT MASTER PLAN (ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT)
AAI LAND AREA
= 316 Acres

19. Dimapur airport
DIMAPUR TERMINAL CITY SIDE

20. Nagaland Chiethu (Kohima) New Greenfield airport planned.
DPR approved by State Govt.
Estimated Cost Rs.954Cr (IFR with ILS)
To be funded as 100% by Govt. of India.

21. Manipur Imphal Facilities Night Operation Facilities Work in progress
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays ATR
B737/ A321 3
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME,ILS
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI, Approach lights and obstruction lights(5).
The airport is now certified for Night Operations by DGCA .
Work in progress
Expansion of Apron & Taxiway
Projects planned – For upgradation of airport.
Extension of Runway upto 11,500 ft. to accommodate bigger aircraft
State Government has handed over 640 Acres of land. Perimeter Wall to be constructed by State Govt. as deposit work for AAI. MoU signed.

23. Mizoram Lengpui (State Govt.) Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays ATR
B737/A
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 200 Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME,ILS*
* ILS has been installed and flight trials have been completed. Safety assessment is being done and equipment will be commissioned subsequently.
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI
Projects planned – For upgradation of airport
Expansion of Apron.
Construction of Isolation Bay.
CAT-I Approach lights.
A new site at Humunpui has been identified for Installation of addl. DVOR .Govt. of Mizoram needs to construct 5 Km jeepable road has been requested to carry out civil works related to installation of additional DVOR.
Strengthening of Rwy( To be undertaken by State Govt.)
Pending issues
CNS/ATM agreement yet to be finalized by State Govt.

24. Meghalaya Shillong (Barapani) Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays B
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 50 Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights and PAPI
Work completed
New Terminal Building for 200 Pax and Car Park for 150 cars, commissioned mid July 2010.
Projects planned – For upgradation of airport
Expansion of Apron to park 4 no.’s A321 aircraft.
Expansion of Runway upto 7500 ft
Further up gradation of Airport. DPR being prepared.
Pending issues – Land Acquisition
Acquisition of 214 acres of land by State govt.

25. Shillong Airport (Barapani / Umroi)

26. BARAPANI AIRPORT MASTER PLAN (ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT)
RUNWAY 04/22
1829m x 45m
NEW TERMINAL BUILDING
PROPOSED ATC
CAR PARKING
PROPOSED APRON
PROPOSED
FIRE STATION
ISOLATION BAY
AAI LAND AREA = 192 ACRES

27. Meghalaya Tura (Baljek) - State Govt. Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays ATR 2
Boeing/Airbus -
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 40 Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB
Night Operation Facilities
Only PAPI at both ends of Rwy
Projects planned
Extension of Runway upto 1400 m
Pending issues – Land Acquisition
Acquisition of 48 acres of land by State Govt.
Other Issues
State Govt. has proposed AAI to take over the Airport for operations and maintenance.
AAI has recommended State Govt. to fund the cost of Operations and Maintenance through NEC grant of Rs cr per annum, with annual escalation.

28. TURA AIRPORT MASTER PLAN
TERMINAL BUILDING
APRON
AAI LAND AREA = 134 ACRES
LAND AREA TO BE ACQUIRED
= 48 ACRES
CONTROL TOWER

29. Tripura Agartala Facilities Night Operation Facilities
Runway ft
Apron-No. of Bays ATR 2
Boeing/Airbus 5
Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 500Pax.
Navigational/Surveillance Aids NDB,DVOR,DME,ILS
Night Operation Facilities
Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI and Approach lights.
Night Operations taking place
Works completed/ in progress
Technical Block completed.
New Control Tower in progress
Strengthening of existing runway in progress.
Relocation of GlidePath.
Providing Basic strip and expansion of operational area.
Pending issues – Land Acquisition
Request for 303 acres of land for Airside / Cityside development pending with State Govt.

30. aGARTALA airport

31. Tripura Kamalpur Kailashahar Khowai
Non-operational airport.
Master plan prepared for development of airport. for ATR type of aircraft.
Additional land of 50.5 acres required and request has been made to State Govt. free of cost for development of the airport for ATR72 operations.
Kailashahar
Non-operational airport ,not feasible for ATR operations as Rwy extension not possible due existence of state Highway on one side and River on other side.
State Govt. has expressed its inability to divert the state road and has desired airport up gradation for small aircraft only.
Khowai
Very close to Agartala, hence non viable.
Only Kamalpur Airport is feasible to be developed for ATR-72 Operation, subject to additional land.

32. Arunachal Pradesh Non – Operational Airports Along (State Govt.)
Suitable for Helicopter operations only
To be developed by Ministry of Defense as per Govt. decision. MoU already signed.
Ziro (State Govt.)
Passighat
To be developed by Ministry of Defense as per Govt. decision. Land allotted by Arunachal govt. to MoD for operational use and maintenance on 99 year lease.
Tezu (State Govt.)
Suitable for Helicopter operations only.
AAI entrusted to develop, operate and maintain the airport for ATR operations.
Govt. has approved construction of Tezu airport at a cost of Rs. 79 crores subject to transfer of ownership of airport and additional land to AAI by Govt of Arunachal Pradesh. Land / Aerodrome take over expected shortly. Work will commence thereafter.
Daparizo (State Govt.)
AAI entrusted to develop the airport. Study has been undertaken by AAI which has concluded that airport can be developed for VFR operations only for 20 seater aircraft subject to removal of identified obstructions by State Govt.

33. Arunachal Pradesh Greenfield Airport Itanagar
New Greenfield airport planned.
Estimated Cost Rs.989Cr (IFR / ILS)
To be funded as 90% Govt. grant and 10% by DONER Ministry .

34. Sikkim
A new Greenfield airport is under construction at Pakyong (Gangtok) in Sikkim at a cost of Rs. 309 crore with likely date of completion being Jan
Funding – 90% Govt. grant and 10% by AAI.
Airport Features
OPERATIONAL AREA
NO. OF AIRCRAFT (ATR Type)
PARKING STANDS POWER IN &
POWER OUT
TYPE OF PASSENGER SINGLE LEVEL
TERMINAL
RUNWAY
1700m x 30m
APRON m x 76m
Control Tower cum Fire Station
TERMINAL BUILDING
TERMINAL BLDG. AREA SQ.MTS
PEAK HOUR CAPACITY
DOMESTIC Arrivals pax.
Departures pax.
DEPARTURES
CHECK IN COUNTERS Nos.
SECURITY CHECK
BOOTHS Nos.
ARRIVALS
BAGGAGE CLAIM
CONVEYOR BELT No.
CAR PARKING Nos.

35. Pakyong Airport under construction
Pakyong Airport Model

36. Sikkim Land Issues CSR Initiatives of AAI at Pakyong Airport
Balance 2 acres of land in six pockets still to be handed over by State Govt.
Vacation of private houses within airport boundary to be taken up by State Govt.
CSR Initiatives of AAI at Pakyong Airport
Provision of Community Health Centre including counseling for Drug de-addiction at a cost of approximately Rs 65 lakhs .
Water harvesting.
Tree Plantation.

37. Night Operation Facilities -NER
Airport
Rwy light ( No. of HIRL Circuit available)
Taxiway MIRL Circuit
PAPI
Approach Light
Obstacle lights
Request from Airlines for Night Operation
ILS (Instrument Landing System)
Agartala 2 A
A(SALS) NA
Yes
Bagdogra
2 (IAF)
A(IAF) No
Barapani 1
Being Installed
Dibrugarh
Survey to be done
JETLIGHT
Dimapur
A(30 End ASAPL)
2 Places Available
Guwahati
A (3 Places)
Imphal
A [Cat- 1 (04) SALS(22)]
SPOL at 5 Hills
Jorhat
1(IAF)
IAF
Lengpui
1(SG)
A(SG)
Lilabari
A 04 SALS NA
On Hold
Silchar
A [06 Ab.Cat-1, 24 SALS]
Tezpur
2(IAF)
Tezu
A = Available; IAF = Indian Airforce; NA = Not Available; SG = State Govt.
Airports in Green are approved for night operations.
Airports in Blue are capable of night operations, subject to IAF’s readiness

38. Traffic Trends in North East Region
Aircraft Movements
Passengers
YEAR
In Nos.
% change
10.8 %
11.9 %
40.2 %
25.9 %
16.6 %
22.8%
YEAR
In Nos.
% change
33019
4.5 %
34036
3.1 %
42009
23.4 %
55471
31.9 %
66886
20.5 %
70682
5.6%

40. Present Air Connectivity in Ner (Airport & Airline-wise)
Station IC CD 9W S2 IT SG 6E I7 G8
Agartala 
Bagdogra 
Barapani
Lengpui
Lilabari
Dibrugarh
Dimapur
Guwahati
Imphal
Jorhat
Silchar
Tezpur
Total Stations 08 11 04 06 02 00
 Jet  ATR
IC – Air India, CD – Alliance Air, 9W – Jet Airways, S2 – JetLite, IT – Kingfisher Airlines, SG – Spicejet, 6E – IndiGo, I7- Paramount, G8- Go Air

41. Connectivity From Metros

42. Intra Connectivity From Guwahati

43. Intra Connectivity From Other Stations

44. Helicopter Operations in NER
Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL) is providing helicopter services in the following North-Eastern States under the aegis of following State Governments:
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland
Meghalaya
Sikkim
Tripura
Jagson Airlines is operating passenger services in Arunachal Pradesh under the contract with Arunachal Pradesh Government with MI-172 helicopter.

45. Model of Financing Projects in NER
An MOU has been signed in the year 1992 and year 2000 (i.e 07/04/2000) between AAI and NEC for development of Airports infrastructure in North eastern Region . The MOU includes NEC initiatives schemes and PM Initiative schemes in which works are to be executed by AAI .
Rs crores were spent on projects in NER during Xth Plan.
Rs crores have been spent so far in first three years of XI th plan for NER projects.
AAI has taken lot of initiatives for improving airport infrastructure by way of constructing new Terminals , expansion of apron, runway extension and overall modernization of airports inspite of incurring losses for operation and maintenance of the airports in North Eastern States.

46. AAI plans for the capital expenditure of `3885Cr. in NER
Planned Capital Expenditure [Remaining years of XI Plan ( ) XII Plan ( )]
AAI plans for the capital expenditure of `3885Cr. in NER
Sl. No.
Particulars
Balance XI Plan
XII Plan
Total
(Rs. in Crores) 1
Operational Airports
505.65
748.55 2
Non Operational Airports
120.00
259.00
379.00 3
Greenfield Airport
649.00
Grand Total

47. Planned Capital Expenditure (2020)
Operational Airports
Sl. No.
Airport
Amount
(Rs. in Crores) 1
Guwahati
377.00 2
Agartala
123.00 3
Imphal
305.00 4
Shillong
166.00 5
Lengpui
15.48 6
Silchar
56.25 7
Tezpur
5.75 8
Lilabari
11.55 9
Dibrugarh
50.00 10
Dimapur
52.00 11
Jorhat
92.17
Total (A)
Non-Operational Airports
Sl. No.
Airport
Amount
(Rs. in Crores) 1
Tezu
80.00 2
Daparizo
50.00 3
Kamalpur 4
Kailashahar 5
Rupsi
94.00 6
Tura
55.00
Total (B)
379.00
Greenfield Airports
Sl. No.
Airport
Amount
(Rs. in Crores) 1
Pakyong
309.00 2
Itanagar
989.00 3
Cheithu
954.00
Total (C)
Total (A) + (B) + (C) =
Rs C

48. Plan for 2010-11 (NER) Particulars Amount (Rs. in Crores) Plan outlay
237.76
Budgetary Support (Govt.)
20.00
NEC Grant
30.00
Grant for Pakyong (Govt.)
80.50
Grant for Itanagar (Govt.)

49. FINANCIAL STATUS - NEC WORKS AS ON 30-09-09
NEC APPRVD COST
REVISED COST
(In Lakhs)
(a)
APPVD. NEC STATUS
(b)
NEC SHARE UPTO
ON COMP / WIP COST
(c)
AMT REVD UPTO 09/09
(d)
BALANCE FROM NEC
(c-d)
MOU 2000 ONGOING WORKS
MOU 2000 NEW
WOKS
PM’S INITIATIVE ONGOING WORKS IN MOU 200
TOTAL
WIP NOT EXISTING IN MOU
0.00
GRAND TOTAL

50. PROFIT/LOSS AT AIRPORTS IN NER (08-09)
Revenue
(Rs. in Laks)
Expenditure
Profit (+) / Loss (-)
Operational Airports
Agartala
843.73
(-)
791.91
Aizwal (Lengpui)
59.07
135.52
76.45
Dimapur
69.65
Shilong (Barapani)
28.77
480.66
451.89
Imphal
724.05
872.73
Tezpur
02.42
471.10
468.68
Silchar
139.23
Lilabari
18.80
953.98
935.18
Jorhat
108.41
261.26
152.85
Guwahati
Dibrugar
343.38
Bagdogra
842.37
783.45
(+)
58.92
Sub Total
Non Operational Airports
994.11
Total

51. Issues
AAI request release of funds from the DONER/NEC for completed / in progress / planned projects irrespective of DPR.
Closure of the old MoU and settlement of `196 Cr on account of NEC, after due reconciliation.
Development requirement of NER New proposed schemes be taken up on priority.
Develop Guwahati as Hub in North East to boost air traffic and Cargo.
New Terminal buildings at Guwahati, Silchar, Imphal and Jorhat for sustained growth.
Provision of Hangers at Guwahati, Agartala, Dibrugarh & Imphal.
AAI also request DONER/NEC to coordinate with the State Govts for early resolution of issues like land acquisition and signing of MoUs.

52. Airports Authority of India committed for Development of North Eastern Region