Ministry of Civil Aviation
azadi ka amrit mahotsav g20-india-2023

Increase in number of passengers under UDAN Scheme


More than 1.23 cr passengers have travelled on RCS UDAN flights since inception of scheme

148 Airports, including nine heliports and two water aerodromes, have been developed/ operationalised till date

Posted On: 20 JUL 2023 2:42PM by PIB Delhi

More than 1.23 crore passengers have travelled on Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)UDAN Flights since the inception of the scheme. 148 Airports, including nine heliports and two water aerodromes have been developed/ operationalised till date. The list of Airports, state-wiseisat Annexure1.

The major factors for the delay in accomplishing the development/revival of airports/ Heliports & Water Aerodromes under UDAN areas under:

  1. Inability of the State Government to make land available on time.
  2. New     entrants         take       longer       time      in     getting        Schedule         Commuter Operator permits as they are not able to fulfill the requirements in time.
  3. Clearances with respect to Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) and Environmental Clearances
  4. Non-availability of suitable aircraft
  5. Leasing issues of Aircraft, long lead time for delivery of small aircraft, difficulties in procuring spares from abroad
  6. Airports, Heliports and Water Aerodromes under State Government or UT, PSU are sometimes not ready in time.

Regular monitoring of the progress of upgradation works and removal of bottlenecks in the operationalisation of airports is done toensuretimelycompletion.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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Annexure

S. No.

STATE/UT

NAMEOFAIRPORT

1

A&NISLAND

PORT BLAIR

2

ANDHRAPRADESH

KADAPA

3

ANDHRAPRADESH

KURNOOL

4

ANDHRAPRADESH

RAJAHMUNDRY

5

ANDHRAPRADESH

TIRUPATI

6

ANDHRAPRADESH

VIJAYAWADA

7

ANDHRAPRADESH

VISAKHAPATNAM

 

8

ARUNACHALPRADESH

DONYIPOLO(ITANAGAR)

9

ARUNACHALPRADESH

PASSIGHAT(CE)

10

ARUNACHALPRADESH

TEZU

11

ARUNACHALPRADESH

ZERO

12

ASSAM

DIBRUGARH

13

ASSAM

GUWAHATI

14

ASSAM

JORHAT

15

ASSAM

LILABARI (NORTHLAKHIMPUR)

16

ASSAM

RUPSI

17

ASSAM

SILCHAR

18

ASSAM

TEZPUR

19

BIHAR

DARBHANGA

20

BIHAR

GAYA

21

BIHAR

PATNA

22

CHANDIGARH

CHANDIGARH

23

CHHATTISGARH

BILASPUR

24

CHHATTISGARH

JAGDALPUR

25

CHHATTISGARH

RAIPUR

26

DELHI

DELHI(DIAL)

27

DELHI(UT)

SAFDARJUNG

28

DIU

DIU

29

GOA

GOA

30

GOA

NEWGOA(MOPA)

31

GUJARAT

AHMEDABAD

32

GUJARAT

BHAVNAGAR

33

GUJARAT

BHUJ

34

GUJARAT

JAMNAGAR

35

GUJARAT

KANDLA

36

GUJARAT

KESHOD(JUNAGARH)

37

GUJARAT

MUNDRA

38

GUJARAT

PORBANDAR

39

GUJARAT

RAJKOT

 

40

GUJARAT

SABARMATI RIVERFRONT(WA)

41

GUJARAT

STATUEOFUNITY(WA)

 

42

GUJARAT

SURAT

43

GUJARAT

VADODARA

44

HARYANA

HISAR

45

HIMACHALPRADESH

KANGRA(GAGGAL)

46

HIMACHALPRADESH

KULLU(BHUNTAR)

47

HIMACHALPRADESH

MANDI(H)

48

HIMACHALPRADESH

RAMPUR(H)

49

HIMACHALPRADESH

SHIMLA

50

JAMMUANDKASHMIR

JAMMU

51

JAMMUANDKASHMIR

SRINAGAR

52

JHARKHAND

DEOGHAR

53

JHARKHAND

JAMSHEDPUR

54

JHARKHAND

RANCHI

55

KARNATAKA

BANGLORE(HAL)

56

KARNATAKA

BELAGAVI

57

KARNATAKA

BENGALURU(BIAL)

58

KARNATAKA

BIDAR

59

KARNATAKA

HUBBALLI

60

KARNATAKA

JINDALVIJAYANAGAR

61

KARNATAKA

KALABURAGI

62

KARNATAKA

MANGLURU

63

KARNATAKA

MYSURU

64

KARNATAKA

SHIVAMOGGA

65

KERALA

COCHIN(CIAL)

66

KERALA

KANNUR(KIAL)

67

KERALA

KOZHIKODE

 

68

KERALA

THIRUVANANTHPURAM

69

LADHAKH

LEH

70

LAKSHDWEEP ISLAND

AGATTI

71

MADHYAPRADESH

BHOPAL

72

MADHYAPRADESH

GWALIOR(NR)

73

MADHYAPRADESH

INDORE

74

MADHYAPRADESH

JABALPUR

75

MADHYAPRADESH

KHAJURAHO

76

MAHARASHTRA

AKOLA

77

MAHARASHTRA

AURANGABAD

78

MAHARASHTRA

GONDIA

79

MAHARASHTRA

JALGAON

80

MAHARASHTRA

JUHU

81

MAHARASHTRA

KOLHAPUR

82

MAHARASHTRA

MUMBAI(MIAL)

83

MAHARASHTRA

NAGPUR

84

MAHARASHTRA

NANDED

85

MAHARASHTRA

NASIK(HALOZAR)

86

MAHARASHTRA

PUNE

87

MAHARASHTRA

SHIRDI

 

88

MAHARASHTRA

SHOLAPUR

89

MAHARASHTRA

SINDHUDURG

90

MANIPUR

IMPHAL

91

MEGHALAYA

SHILLONG(UMROI)

92

MIZORAM

LENGPUI(AIZWAL)

93

NAGALAND

DIMAPUR

94

ODISHA

BHUBANESWAR

95

ODISHA

JEYPORE

96

ODISHA

JHARSUGUDA

97

ODISHA

ROURKELA

98

PUDUCHERRY(UT)

PUDUCHERRY

 

99

 

PUNJAB

 

ADAMPUR(JALANDHAR)

100

PUNJAB

AMRITSAR

101

PUNJAB

BHATINDA

102

PUNJAB

LUDHIANA

103

PUNJAB

PATHANKOT

104

RAJASTHAN

BIKANER

105

RAJASTHAN

JAIPUR

106

RAJASTHAN

JAISALMER

107

RAJASTHAN

JODHPUR

108

RAJASTHAN

KISHANGARH

109

RAJASTHAN

KOTA

110

RAJASTHAN

UDAIPUR

111

SIKKIM

PAKYONG

112

TAMILNADU

SALEM

113

TAMILNADU

CHENNAI

114

TAMILNADU

COIMBATORE

115

TAMILNADU

MADURAI

116

TAMILNADU

THOOTHUKUDI

117

TAMILNADU

TIRUCHIRAPALLI

 

118

TELANGANA

HYDERABAD(BEGUMPET)

119

TELANGANA

HYDERABAD(GHIAL)

120

TRIPURA

AGARTALA

121

UTTARPRADESH

AGRA

122

UTTARPRADESH

AYODHYA(FAIZABAD)

123

UTTARPRADESH

BAREILLY

124

UTTARPRADESH

GORAKHPUR

125

UTTARPRADESH

HINDON

126

UTTARPRADESH

KANPUR(CHAKERI)

127

UTTARPRADESH

KANPUR(CIVIL)

128

UTTARPRADESH

KUSHINAGAR

129

UTTARPRADESH

LUCKNOW

130

UTTARPRADESH

MEERUT

131

UTTARPRADESH

MORADABAD

132

UTTARPRADESH

PRAYAGRAJ

 

133

UTTARPRADESH

VARANASI

134

UTTARAKHAND

ALMORAH(H)

135

UTTARAKHAND

CHINYALISAUR(H)

136

UTTARAKHAND

DEHRADUN

137

UTTARAKHAND

GAUCHER(H)

138

UTTARAKHAND

HALDWANI(H)

139

UTTARAKHAND

NEWTEHRI(H)

140

UTTARAKHAND

PANTNAGAR

141

UTTARAKHAND

PITHORAGARH

142

UTTARAKHAND

SAHASTRADHARA(H)

143

UTTARAKHAND

SRINAGAR(H)

144

WESTBENGAL

BAGDOGRA

145

WESTBENGAL

BEHALA

146

WESTBENGAL

COOCHBEHAR

147

WESTBENGAL

DURGAPUR

148

WESTBENGAL

KOLKATA

 

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