New look: The Birsa Munda Airport

Ranchi: One can look forward to landing at a bigger and swankier Ranchi airport.
The airport will not only get an additional 500 acres, which the government has assured to provide on the western side near Khunti Road, but an international look as well.
The Birsa Munda Airport, which will have a new “massive” integrated terminal for scheduled national and international flights, will be equipped to handle around 400 passengers at a time.
The runway, to be extended by 3,500 ft to 12,500 ft, will become the longest in eastern India. A new apron, cargo complex, taxi track, convention centre, hotel and a host of other facilities are also in the pipeline.
The airport currently occupies 546.25 acres, of which 430 acres are walled.
The AAI will table its plan for Ranchi in the next board meeting, likely to be held this very month, sources said. Civil aviation secretary A.K. Pandey said they would disclose the plans later, but confirmed that there was a massive expansion plan for the airport. “We are trying to set up new airports in the state,” he said.
09/11/06 Anupam Sheshank/The Telegraph

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