Airports in North-Eastern Region Airports Authority of India

Airports in North-Eastern Region Airports Authority of India July 2013

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

PRESENT AIR CONNECTIVITY IN NER (AIRPORT & AIRLINE-WISE) 9 W Agartala Aizwal (SG) Dibrugarh Imphal 173 15171 3020 141 12774 42 4426 1586 517 39831 134 12904 18 1285 Guwahati Dimapur Pax Movements /wk Bagdogra (CE) G 8 A/c Movements /wk 36 Jorhat (CE) S 2 6 E 63 AI SG Station Lilabari * 7 88 Shillong * 8 148 Silchar (CE) 85 4195 Tezpur (CE) * 5 105 1229 95533 Total *Air India withdrew operations w. e. f. 01. 2013. Resumed operations w. e. f. 10. 07. 2013 from Kolkata. Air India operated weekly Intl’ flights from Guwahati to Bangkok from 2002 to 2004 Vayudoot operated domestic flights from January 1981 to April 1997. Druk Airways operating four times in a week Intl’ Flights from Guwahati and Bagdogra to Paro & Bangkok AI-Air India; ; 9 W-Jet Airways; S 2 -Jet. Lite; G 8 -Go Air; ; SG-Spicejet; 6 E-Indi. Go Jet ATR 42 IT-Kingfisher Airlines (Operations Suspended)

Inter regional Connectivity Ø GUWAHATI (Assam) (20 destination) • • • • • Agartala Ahmedabad Aizwal Bagdogra Bengaluru Chennai Chandigarh Delhi Dibrugarh Dimapur Hyderabad Goa Imphal Jaipur orhat Kolkata Lilabari Mumbai Pune Silchar Ø DIBRUGARH (Assam) Ø IMPHAL (Manipur) (04) (09) • Delhi • Guwahati • Imphal • Kolkata Ø AGARTALA (Tripura) (10) • • • Ahmedabad Bengaluru Chennai Delhi Guwahati Hyderbad Imphal Kolkata Mumbai Silchar • • • Agartala Aizwal Bengaluru Delhi Dimapur Guwahati Kolkata Pune Silchar Ø LILABARI (Assam) • Air India withdrew operations w. e. f. 01. 2013 5

Inter regional Connectivity Ø SILCHAR (Assam) (06) • • • Agartala Guwahati Imphal Jorhat Kolkata Tezpur Ø JORHAT (Assam) (05) • • • Bengaluru Guwahati Kolkata Pune Silchar Ø DIMAPUR (Nagaland) (03) • Dibrugarh • Guwahati • Kolkata Ø SHILLONG (Meghalaya) • Air India withdrew operations w. e. f. 01. 2013. Operations resumed w. e. f 10. 07. 13 from Kolkata. Ø LENGPUI (Mizoram) (03) • • • Guwahati Imphal Kolkata 6

Traffic Trends in North East Region YEAR Aircraft Movements Passengers Freight (In Tonnes) In Nos. % change 2004 -05 33019 4. 5 % 1447453 10. 8 % 10304 13. 4% 2005 -06 34036 3. 1 % 1620880 12. 0 % 11006 6. 8% 2006 -07 42069 23. 6 % 2272213 40. 2 % 9836 -10. 6% 2007 -08 55471 31. 9 % 2861671 25. 9 % 11260 14. 5% 2008 -09 58843 6. 1 % 2977703 4. 1 % 13346 18. 5% 2009 -10 62307 5. 9% 3628313 21. 8% 18947 42. 0% 2010 -11 67395 8. 2% 4590271 26. 5% 24087 27. 1% 2011 -12 69158 2. 6% 5319387 15. 9% 22749 -5. 6% 2012 -13 64173 -7. 2% 4981441 -6. 35% 18270 -19. 68%

Capital Investment in NER During the 11 th Plan Period (2007 -12) Amount (Rs. In Crores) 1 Proposed outlay (2007 -12) 2 Total Capital Investment in NER (Budgetary Support) 07 -08 111. 64 Capital Investment 1 Capital Investment (Actual & Proposed) 2 08 -09 127. 68 09 -10 118. 66 11 th Plan 10 -11 130. 48 651. 00 11 -12 113. 27 601. 28 12 th Plan Actual 2012 -13 BE 2013 -14 2086. 00 93. 736 117. 34 Budgetary Support / Grant-in-Aid proposed 601. 28 (a) From Mo. CA 194. 16 (b) From NEC 132. 23 (c) From 11 th Finance Commission 1278. 00 [Aero – 88. 77] [A N S – 1. 502] [Security 3. 464] [Aero – 102. 67] [A N S – 4. 58] [Security 10. 09] 32. 00 [Pakyong-32. 00] 555. 00 35. 49 13. 30 (d) From 12 th Finance Commission 100. 00 (e) From AAI (Internal Resources) 161. 59 253. 00 9 49. 85

PROJECTS APPROVED BY Mo. Do. NER Sl. No Station Project Approved Estimate Cost in Rs. Crores 1 Guwahati (Assam) Construction of Hangers and Apron at LGBI Airport, Guwahati 32. 06 2 Dibrugarh (Assam) Extension of runway to 7500 ft & construction of isolation bay with link taxiway and allied work at Dibrugarh Airport 56. 34 3 Jorhat (Assam) Extension of Apron and allied works at Jorhat 9. 51 4 Imphal (Manipur) 5 Barapani (Meghalaya) Construction of boundary wall around newly acquired land Upgradation of safety and security infrastructure at Barapani Airport, Shillong v The above projects approved by Mo. Do. NER on 06/02/13 14. 81 28. 45

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY Mo. Do. NER GUWAHATI v Name of work: Construction of Hangars and Apron at LGBI Airport. v Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/13. v Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs. 32. 06 crores. v Scope of Work – § Construction of 3 Hangars (1 for A-321 and 2 for ATR-72 – Each accommodate 2 ATRs) § Connecting Apron. § Ancillary works like Power House, Sump, OH Tank Road, Wall, etc. v Status as on June 2013 § Work Awarded for C/o 3 No. of Hangars and connecting Apron § § Award Amount Physical Progress Financial Progress PDC § Ancillary works in Planning - Rs. 23. 16 crores. - 35% - Rs. 7. 50 crores. - March, 2014. – PDC Sept. 2014.

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY Mo. Do. NER DIBRUGARH v. Name of Work: - Extension of Runway to 7500 ft, construction of Isolation bay with link taxiway and allied works. v. Date of fund sanction: - 06/02/2012. v. Sanctioned Estimate Amount: - Rs. 56. 34 crores. v. Scope of Work. § Extension of Runway from 6000 ft to 7500 ft i/c shoulder, RESA, etc. § Providing Perimeter wall, Perimeter road, Perimeter lighting and watch towers for the extension portion. § Basic strip grading and drainage for the extension portion. § Construction of Isolation Bay & link taxiway. § Ground lights, CAT-I approach light for Rway-05, SAP lights for Rwy 23. § Shifting of Glidepath & Allied works. § Shifting of HT/LT line, water supply line, crossing road etc. v. Status as on June 13: - State Govt. have to acquire 32 acres of land for the basic strip of extension portion of runway without which it is not possible to get DGCA clearance for the project. State Govt. has issued notification. AAI is parallely taking up actions for carrying out preparatory works like diversion of road, HT/LT line etc.

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY Mo. Do. NER JORHAT v. Name of work: Extension of Apron v Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/13. v Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs. 9. 08 crores. v Scope of Work – Present Apron can accommodate 2 ATRs. This is inadequate. Apron will be extended to facilitate 4 A-320 Aircrafts at a time. One Taxiway also will be made connecting the extended portion of Apron to Runway to enhance operational efficiency. v Status as on June 2013 § Work Awarded on - Sept. 2012 § Award Amount - Rs. 8. 11 crores. § Physical Progress - 90% § Financial Progress - Rs. 6. 50 crores. § PDC - Sept. 2013.

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY Mo. Do. NER IMPHAL v. Name of work: Construction of Boundary Wall surrounding the newly acquired land. v. Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/13. v. Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs. 14. 81 crores. v. Scope of Work – Govt. of Manipur has handed over 640 Acres (Approx. ) of land, free of cost to AAI, for development of the Airport. To protect this land from encroachment, a boundary wall of Approx. 7 km. length is being constructed. Due to poor soil strength and water logging terrain the wall is designed as RCC framed one. v. Status as on June 2013 Work Awarded on - Aug. 2011 Award Amount - Rs. 15. 10 crores. Physical Progress - 85% Financial Progress - Rs. 9 crores. PDC - Dec. 2013. v. To be declared International Airport. (International Operations to start

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MODONER BARAPANI (SHILLONG) v Name of work – Safety & Security Infrastructure v Date of Fund Sanction – 06/02/2013. v Sanctioned Estimate Amount – Rs. 28. 45 crores. v Scope of work: Providing Perimeter Wall for newly acquired land C/o Perimeter road along the perimeter Wall. C/o Watch Towers for Perimeter Wall. C/o Fire Station cum Technical Block. v Status as on June, 2013 Govt. of Meghalaya has handed over 192 Acres of land for development. In anticipation of fund sanction by NEC AAI started C/o Perimeter Wall from Jan. 2011 with award amount of Rs. 5. 93 crores. Work stopped by villagers from March, 2012 stating non-payment of compensation by State Govt. Critical issue -- to be immediately resolved; else it will effect all other works. Perimeter road, Perimeter lighting and watch tower can start only after resolving the above issue. For c/o Fire Station cum Technical Block and city side development works 32 Acres land from Army is required. Mo. D is ready to give this if State Govt. can provide equal land. § §

PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY MODONER TEZU (ARUNACHAL PRADESH) v Name of work: Development of Tezu Airport (Arunachal Pradesh) v Project Sanction – Mo. Do. NER sanctioned the project on 18/01/10 for an amount of Rs. 79 crores. 100% CSG Scheme. v Scope of Work – § Airport is being upgraded / Developed for operation of ATR-72 type of aircrafts § C/o New Terminal Building of peak hour capacity 100 D + 100 A. § Extension of Runway including strengthening of existing. § Construction of Apron i/c strengthening of existing Apron. § Construction of Compound Wall. § Construction of Control Tower and other structures. Status as on June, 2013 § The overall physical progress of the Project is 15%. Financial Progress 11. 62 crores. § Boundary Wall completed on 21/01/13. § Pavement works, Terminal Building and all other allied works in progress. § PDC of the Project Dec. 2014.

GREENFIELD PROJECT SANCTIONED BY GOI PAKYONG (SIKKIM) v Name of work: Construction of Greenfield Airport at Pakyong . v Project Sanction – Government sanctioned the project in Oct. 2008 with a project cost of Rs. 309. 46 crores (90% Budgetary Grant from GOI and 10% AAI). v Scope of Work – § Airport designed to handle ATR-72 type of aircrafts. § Runway of size 1700 x 30 m, Apron for 2 ATR-72. § C/o Terminal Building for 100 pax capacity. § C/o Retaining Wall, Drainage System, etc. § C/o Control Tower and other ancillary structures. v Status as on June, 2013 § All the works are in progress. § Overall physical progress – 74% § Overall PDC – December 2014

DPRs submitted for Fund sanction. Operational airports Sl. Station No Details of DPR Estimated cost in Rs. Crores Date of submission Imphal (Manipur) Construction of Hangars, associated apron & link taxiway 29. 67 21. 10. 11 2 Dibrugarh (Assam) Construction of Hangars, associated apron & link taxiway 22. 36 21. 10. 11 Extension of rwy to 7500 ft & allied works at Shillong(Barapani ) airport 154. 80 22. 11 1 3 Barapani (Meghalaya) v NEC is processing the above DPRs and had requested AAI to revise it with the present rates.

DPRs submitted for Fund sanction. Non- Operational airports Sl. Station No 1 Ziro(AP) 2 Daparizo (AP) 3 Pasighat (AP) 4 Along (AP) 5 v. Tura Details of DPR Estimated cost in Rs. Crores Development of Ziro Airport as Civil Enclave for ATR Operation. Development of Daparizo Airport For ATR Operations Development of CE at Pasighat Airport as joint use Airport for ATR Operation. Development of CE at Along Airport for ATR Operations. 79. 00 03. 11 158. 68 03. 11 91. 51 03. 11 77. 51 03. 11 111. 00 May 2010 (To State Govt) Development of Tura airport for (Meghalaya) ATR Operations Date of submission v In process with Mo. CA. As per instructions the DPR to be revised with present rates.

DPRs of Greenfield airports Sl. No Station 1 Cheithu Details of DPR Development of New (Nagaland) Greenfield Airport at Cheithu near Kohima Development of New 2 Itanagar (AP) Greenfield Airport at Holongi Estimated cost in Rs. Crores Status 953. 67 Temporarily deffered 1069. 00 Prefeasibility report submitted for approval of Steering Committee. Action taken for preparation of DPR. Guwahati High Court orders status quo.

NIGHT OPERATION FACILITIES -NER Airport Agartala ILS Request from Facilities DGCA (Instrument Night Airlines for Night Available Approval Landing Operations Operation System) A A( A Yes A Bagdogra A - A No NA Barapani NA NA NA Being Installed A NA NA Yes NA Dimapur A NA NA Yes NA Guwahati Imphal Jorhat A A A - A A A Yes IAF A A NA Lengpui NA NA NA Yes NA Lilabari A NA NA No NA Silchar A - A Yes NA Tezpur A - NA IAF NA NA NA Recently IAF had given permission from 1 st July 13. NA Dibrugarh Remarks 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 In process of getting approval

Assistance Sought AAI request release of funds from the DONER/NEC for completed / in progress / planned projects irrespective of DPR. 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 request earlier resolution of land acquisition issues with respective State Govt. ’s.