Dholera airport project to be completed by Dec 2025, says Union minister
Updated: Jul 23rd, 2025
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The Dholera airport project work will be completed by the end of this year, informed Muralidhar Mohol, the Union minister of state for civil aviation in the Rajya Sabha.
The minister was replying to Rajya Sabha member Narhari Amin’s question when he informed that the project is slated to be completed in December 2025.
The Gujarat government has identified 11 sites, namely, Morbi, Dhordo, Rajpipla, Dahod, Dwarka, Palitana, Botad, Rajula, Ankleshwar, Ambaji, and Dholavira, for development of new Greenfield airports.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) received requests for pre-feasibility studies only for 8 sites identified by the state government as per Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the state and AAI.
As per pre-feasibility study, five sites, i.e Morbi, Dhordo, Rajpipla, Dahod, and Dwarka, were found feasible, and three sites, i.e Palitana, Botad, and Rajula, were not found feasible.
Request for conducting pre-feasibility studies for the remaining
sites at Ankleshwar, Ambaji, and Dholavira have not been received by AAI from the state.
According to the Government of India’s Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008, if any airport developer including the state government desires to develop an airport, they are required to identify a suitable site and get the pre-feasibility study conducted for construction of airport and submit a proposal to the central government for ‘site clearance’ followed by ‘in-principle’ approval.
Among the nine existing airports and airstrips in Gujarat, 6 airports are with AAI, and three airstrips belong to the state government.
Out of the 6 AAI’s airports in Gujarat, additional land
has been received only for Keshod airport from the state government.
In respect of 3 airstrips of GoG, a pre-feasibility study was undertaken for Amreli, and it was not found feasible for expansion.
Gujarat government has not sent any request for undertaking pre-feasibility studies at the remaining two sites at Mehsana and Mandvi.
