This state has the largest number of international airports in India

“With the foundation-laying ceremony of the Noida International Airport scheduled for November 25, the state is now on track to build five international airports – the most for any state in India,” the Uttar Pradesh government said in a statement.

As of 2012, Government of Uttar Pradesh There were two international airports – Lucknow and Varanasi. The third international airport at Kushinagar was inaugurated by PM Modi last month this year. Meanwhile, work on the airport in Ayodhya is in full swing and air services are expected to start early next year.

About Noida International Airport:

Noida International Airport (NIA) is being constructed near Jewar city in Gautam Buddh Nagar in NCR region in Uttar Pradesh. Its location is approximately 72 km from the existing IGI airport in New Delhi, 40 km from Noida and about 40 km from the multi-modal logistics hub at Dadri. The first phase of the airport is being developed at a cost of more 10,050 crores.

The airport is spread over a land of more than 1,300 hectares, the airport will have a capacity to serve about 12 million passengers a year upon completion of the first phase. The target is to complete it by 2024.

The airport will have multi-modal connectivity as it is close to the existing Yamuna Expressway (Greater Noida to Agra), Eastern Peripheral Expressway and will be linked to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Ballabhgarh, Khurja-Jewar NH 91.

It will also have a dedicated freight corridor, a metro extension from Noida to NIA and a link with the proposed high-speed rail (Delhi-Varanasi) at the airport terminal.

This airport will serve the people of cities including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad and adjoining areas.

The airport will also be connected by the planned Delhi-Varanasi high-speed rail, making the journey between Delhi and the airport in just 21 minutes.