Overview of Airport Development in North East Region Airports Authority of India, Welcomes H’ble Minister, DONER 04.08.2010

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

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.

Assam Guwahati Facilities Night Operation Facilities Works completed Runway 9000 ft Apron-No. of Bays B737/A321 7 Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 1500 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 10200 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. 12.4 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.

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

Guwahati airport

Guwahati airport EXTENDED PORTION OF RUNWAY AT GUWAHATI AIRPORT

Assam Dibrugarh Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 6000 ft Apron-No. of Bays B737/A321 7 Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 500 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 500 - completed New Apron with link Taxiway - completed Recarpeting of Runway in progress at cost of Rs. 20.71 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.

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

Dibrugarh airport ELEVATION CITY SIDE

Assam Lilabari Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 7500 ft Apron-No. of Bays B737/A321 2 Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 400 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

Assam Jorhat(CE) Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 9000 ft Apron-No. of Bays B737/A321 2 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.

Jorhat Airport

Assam Tezpur (CE) Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 9400 ft Apron-No. of Bays ATR72-500 1 B737/ A321 1 Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 400 Pax. Navigational/Surveillance Aids DVOR,DME Night Operation Facilities Facilities available are Rwy lights, Taxiway lights, PAPI, Approach lights and ILS.

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.

Assam Silchar (CE) Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 7500 ft Apron-No. of Bays B737/A321 2 Terminal capacity (Arr + Dep) 300 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.

Nagaland Dimapur Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 7500 ft Apron-No. of Bays B737/A321 2 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.

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

Dimapur airport DIMAPUR TERMINAL CITY SIDE

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.

Manipur Imphal Facilities Night Operation Facilities Work in progress Runway 9000 ft Apron-No. of Bays ATR 1 B737/ A321 3 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 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.

Mizoram Lengpui (State Govt.) Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 8200 ft Apron-No. of Bays ATR 2 B737/A321 2 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.

Meghalaya Shillong (Barapani) Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 6000 ft Apron-No. of Bays B737 - 2 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.

Shillong Airport (Barapani / Umroi)

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

Meghalaya Tura (Baljek) - State Govt. Facilities Runway 3675 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. 3.50 cr per annum, with annual escalation.

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

Tripura Agartala Facilities Night Operation Facilities Runway 7500 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.

aGARTALA airport

Tripura Kamalpur Kailashahar Khowai Non-operational airport. Master plan prepared for development of airport. for ATR72-500 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.

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.

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 .

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. 2012. Funding – 90% Govt. grant and 10% by AAI. Airport Features OPERATIONAL AREA NO. OF AIRCRAFT 02 (ATR Type) PARKING STANDS POWER IN & POWER OUT TYPE OF PASSENGER SINGLE LEVEL TERMINAL RUNWAY 02-20 1700m x 30m APRON 106m x 76m Control Tower cum Fire Station TERMINAL BUILDING TERMINAL BLDG. AREA 2380 SQ.MTS PEAK HOUR CAPACITY DOMESTIC Arrivals 50 pax. Departures 50 pax. DEPARTURES CHECK IN COUNTERS 07 Nos. SECURITY CHECK BOOTHS . 01 Nos. ARRIVALS BAGGAGE CLAIM CONVEYOR BELT 01 No. CAR PARKING 80 Nos.

Pakyong Airport under construction Pakyong Airport Model

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.

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 22 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

Traffic Trends in North East Region Aircraft Movements Passengers YEAR In Nos. % change 2004-05 1447453 10.8 % 2005-06 1620880 11.9 % 2006-07 2272193 40.2 % 2007-08 2861621 25.9 % 2008-09 3337558 16.6 % 2009-10 4100416 22.8% YEAR In Nos. % change 2004-05 33019 4.5 % 2005-06 34036 3.1 % 2006-07 42009 23.4 % 2007-08 55471 31.9 % 2008-09 66886 20.5 % 2009-10 70682 5.6%

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

Connectivity From Metros

Intra Connectivity From Guwahati

Intra Connectivity From Other Stations

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.

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. 238.76 crores were spent on projects in NER during Xth Plan. Rs 357.98 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.

AAI plans for the capital expenditure of `3885Cr. in NER Planned Capital Expenditure [Remaining years of XI Plan (2010-12) XII Plan (2012-17)] 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 1254.20 2 Non Operational Airports 120.00 259.00 379.00 3 Greenfield Airport 649.00 1603.00 2252.00 Grand Total 3885.20

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) 1254.20 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) 2252.00 Total (A) + (B) + (C) = Rs. 3885.20 C

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.)

FINANCIAL STATUS - NEC WORKS AS ON 30-09-09 NEC APPRVD COST REVISED COST (In Lakhs) (a) APPVD. NEC STATUS (b) NEC SHARE UPTO 30-09-09 ON COMP / WIP COST (c) AMT REVD UPTO 09/09 (d) BALANCE FROM NEC (c-d) MOU 2000 ONGOING WORKS 16419.19 19091.44 9851.51 11454.86 9850.89 1603.97 MOU 2000 NEW WOKS 13221.76 26440.02 7933.02 10214.86 6164.82 4050.04 PM’S INITIATIVE ONGOING WORKS IN MOU 200 20238.00 41010.52 12142.80 11367.39 6197.79 5169.60 TOTAL 49878.95 86541.98 29927.33 33037.11 22213.50 10823.61 WIP NOT EXISTING IN MOU 14708.79 17895.23 ------------- 8825.25 0.00 GRAND TOTAL 64587.74 104437.21 41862.36 19648.86

PROFIT/LOSS AT AIRPORTS IN NER (08-09) Revenue (Rs. in Laks) Expenditure Profit (+) / Loss (-) Operational Airports Agartala 843.73 1635.64 (-) 791.91 Aizwal (Lengpui) 59.07 135.52 76.45 Dimapur 69.65 1081.43 1011.78 Shilong (Barapani) 28.77 480.66 451.89 Imphal 724.05 1596.78 872.73 Tezpur 02.42 471.10 468.68 Silchar 139.23 1812.61 1673.38 Lilabari 18.80 953.98 935.18 Jorhat 108.41 261.26 152.85 Guwahati 3268.47 4377.62 1109.15 Dibrugar 343.38 2353.30 2009.92 Bagdogra 842.37 783.45 (+) 58.92 Sub Total 9495.00 Non Operational Airports 994.11 Total 10489.11

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.

Airports Authority of India committed for Development of North Eastern Region