Overview
- Karnataka’s infrastructure minister said the AAI expert team will submit its site assessment in two to three days, after which the report goes to the state cabinet.
- Inspectors evaluated three locations—two along Kanakapura Road and one on the Nelamangala–Kunigal stretch—and could recommend more than one option.
- The eventual site will hinge on airport developers’ economic and technical due diligence rather than simple land allotment.
- KIA is forecast to handle 80–90 million passengers annually by decade’s end, raising capacity concerns in the early 2030s.
- A 150 km exclusivity around KIA bars any new international airport from operating before May 2033, so officials have begun groundwork and are consulting twin-airport developers while tracking Hosur plans.