Overview
- The announcement was made in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, where Yogi Adityanath said the Jewar facility would be made operational next month.
- He said the airport would be the state’s fifth international gateway and, in his words, India’s largest.
- The project is a greenfield public–private partnership in Jewar, Gautam Buddh Nagar, positioned near the Yamuna Expressway.
- Phase I spans about 1,300 hectares after missing earlier start targets that once included September 2024.
- Plans reported by outlets describe initial capacity near 12 million passengers a year, with a long-term buildout to four runways and more than 70 million annually, alongside connectivity links intended to ease pressure on Delhi’s IGI Airport.