All you need to know about the Noida International Airport

Yamuna International Airport Pvt Ltd (YIAPL) is developing the airport under the PPP model in close partnership with the state and central governments. The greenfield airport is spread over more than 1300 hectares of land and will be constructed in four phases. The first phase will be operational in 2024. Phase 1 is set to cost Rs 8,916 crore.

The traffic of 12 million passengers per year is expected in the first phase. After the completion of the final phase between 2040 and 2050, it will be able to handle 70 million passengers per year.Once completed, it will make Uttar Pradesh the only state in India to have five international air transit hubs.

Located 72km from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and 40km from Noida, the airport is expected to yield investments worth Rs 10,000 crore for adjoining areas in the initial years, as well as leading to generation of employment for lakhs of people.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that only two airports were functional in Uttar Pradesh till 2017 but now, with the Centre's regional connectivity scheme also coming into play, there are nine functional airports in the state. He said the new airports are being planned near Sonbhadra, Chitrakoot, Lalitpur, Azamgarh and Shravasti.