The government of India granted 'in-principle' approval for the establishment of 21 new Greenfield Airports. These airports will be set up in different regions of the country to enhance connectivity and boost air travel accessibility.

The approved locations for the new airports are as follows:

Mopa in Goa 

Navi Mumbai, Shirdi, and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra

Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan, and Shivamogga in Karnataka

Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh

Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh 

Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat 

Karaikal in Puducherry

Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram, and Orvakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh 

Durgapur in West Bengal 

Pakyong in Sikkim 

Kannur in Kerala 

Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh

Among these, 11 Greenfield airports have already been made operational. These include Durgapur, Shirdi, Kannur, Pakyong, Kalaburagi, Orvakal (Kurnool), Sindhudurg, Kushinagar, Itanagar, Mopa, and Shivamogga.

The state government of Tamil Nadu has applied for the first stage clearance, known as 'site-clearance,' to develop a Greenfield airport at Parandur in Kancheepuram District.