Modernisation Plans

Rajkot Urban Development Authority

Rajkot Urban Development Authority

The Rajkot Urban Development Authority is a civilian government body responsible for overseeing and sanctioning construction and infrastructure development across the suburbs of the city of Rajkot, in the state of Gujarat in India...

 and Rajkot Municipal Corporation

Rajkot Municipal Corporation

Rajkot Municipal Corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Rajkot. The organization is known, in short, as RMC. It was established in 1973. This civic administrative body administers an area of 104.86 sq. km. RMC is headed by Mayor of Rajkot.The...

 have proposed a plan to extend Rajkot airport runway from current 5400 feet (1,645.9 m) to 6000 feet (1,828.8 m) to accommodate larger aircraft and to provide connectivity to major cities than Mumbai to cater to a large demand from the Manufacturing Industry here. This proposal was grounded by Airports Authority of India

Airports Authority of India

The Airports Authority of India is an organization working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation that manages most of the airports in India. The AAI manages and operates 126 airports including 16 international airports, 89 domestic airports and 26 civil enclaves. The corporate headquarters are at...

 and Civil Aviation Ministry

Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation, India is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation in India.-References:**...

 because the former could not negotiate land acquisition prices with Western Rail

Western Railway (India)

The Western Railway is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways, and is among the busiest railway networks in India. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Ratlam - Mumbai Central, Surat - Mumbai, Surat - Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad - Vadodara and Palanpur -...

.

Rajkot airport has reached a saturation point due to residential and commercial buildings having come up around it and the Extension Plan is hence unfeasible. The present 5400 feet (1,645.9 m) long runway is incapable of serving aircraft bigger than Boeing 737-800 (which is the largest aircraft operating from the airport). The length of the runway has to be increased to 6000 feet (1,828.8 m) for safe operations. Civil aviation minister Praful Patel

Praful Patel

Praful Manoharbhai Patel is a Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bhandara-Gondia parliamentary constituency and is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party...

 said suggesting that a new bigger airport be developed on 500 acres (2 km²) of land on Rajkot-Gondal-Jamnagar

Jamnagar

Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...

 highway around 10 km away from the city near Khirasara village. This proposal is still in office and waiting to be initiated.

External links

• Rajkot Airport (AAI)
• Airport information for Rajkot
• Airports Authority of India
  Airports Authority of India
  The Airports Authority of India is an organization working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation that manages most of the airports in India. The AAI manages and operates 126 airports including 16 international airports, 89 domestic airports and 26 civil enclaves. The corporate headquarters are at...
  
  website: AirportsIndia.org.in or AAI.aero
• Great Circle Mapper - IATA and ICAO codes