Presentation on Development Plan for Airports in NE Region

NORTH EAST REGION

Along Daparizo Itanagar Dibrugargh North Lakhimpur (Lilabari)

Tezpur Jorhat Kokrajhar Rupsi Guwahati

Dimapur Cheithu Kohima

Tura Shillong Shella Imphal

Kailashahar LEGEND Kamalpur Operational (11) Agartala Khowai Aizwal State Owned Operational- Lengpui Non opl.- Tura Non-Operational (12) New Airport (3)

1 PRESENT AIRPORTS IN N-E

• Total 22 airports in the North-East region

• Operational - 11 (all are air linked) – Agartala, Aizwal, Dibrugarh, , Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Lilabari, Shillong, Silchar, Tezpur

• Non-operational - 12 – Along, Daparizo, Kailashahar, Kamalpur, Khowai, Pasighat, Rupsi, Tezu, Tura, Turial, Ziro and Shella

• Proposed Greenfield Airports – 03 – Itanagar, Cheithu, Pakyong

• New Greenfield Airports Proposal – 02 – Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) & Kokrajhar (Assam)

PLAN TO DEVELOP NON OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS

– (6). Along, Daparizo, Kamalpur*, Tezu*, Tura*, Ziro to be developed in six months

– (5). Kailashahar*, Khowai, Passighat*, Rupsi and Shella to be develop in next one year

– (1). Turial is not being developed as Lingpui is in operation

* For these airports NEC has requested AAI to initiate action to prepare DPR in May 2007

2 AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT NORTH EAST REGION

YEAR In Nos. % change

2004-05 33019 4.5% 2005-06 34036 3.1% 2006-07 42009 23.4%

PASSENGER TRAFFIC NORTH EAST REGION

YEAR In Nos. % change 2004-05 1447453 10.8% 2005-06 1620880 11.9% 2006-07 2272193 40.2%

3 Major Works completed during Xth Plan Period

AGARTALA ¾ Construction of New Terminal Buildings (500 pax.) LILABARI ¾ Construction of New Terminal Buildings (400 pax.) GUWAHATI ¾ Upgradation of Terminal Building DIMAPUR, AGARTALA, IMPHAL, LILABARI ¾ Strengthening and Extension of Runway for AB320 operation AGARTALA, IMPHAL, GUWAHATI ¾ Expansion of Apron

Major Works proposed during XIth Plan Period SILCHAR ¾ Expansion & Modification of Terminal Building for 500 PAX and additional car park

PASSIGHAT & TEZU ¾ Operationalization of Airport for operation of ATR- 42

AGARTALA ¾ Expansion and strengthening of apron for parking of additional 3 A-321 and 1 ATR- 42

DIBRUGARH ¾ Construction of Terminal Building ¾ Construction of new apron ¾ Extension of runway

4 Major Works proposed during XIth Plan Period

IMPHAL ¾ Expansion of apron for parking of 4 A-321 and additional link taxiway and part parallel taxi track

GUWAHATI ¾ Construction of International Terminal Building for 500 passengers with all modern amenities ¾ Construction of additional parking bays ¾ Strengthening and Extension of runway for wide bodied aircraft ¾ Construction of new Control Tower cum Technical Block

JORHAT ¾ Construction of New Terminal Building for 400 pax (8000 sq. mtrs. area)

STATUS OF OTHER AIRPORTS

KAMALPUR ¾ Proposal for development for Operation of 20 seater type of Aircraft – with NEC fund allotment

KAILASHAR ¾ Proposal for development for Operation of 20 seater type of Aircraft – with NEC fund allotment

LILABARI ¾ NEC has requested to develop Pilot Training Centre

5 STATUS OF OTHER AIRPORTS

TURA ¾ Airport belongs to State Govt. & was operational till 1989-90. ¾ Balance Civil and Electrical works for operationalization of Airport as per request of State Govt. Estimated cost Rs 413 lakhs. ¾ MoU has to be signed between AAI and State Govt. for operational lease

MAJOR WORKS IN PROGRESS

• DIMAPUR ¾ ILS Commissioned on 15 January 2007 ¾ New Fire Station ¾ Isolation bay and link taxiway

6 MAJOR WORKS IN PROGRESS

• DIBRUGARH ¾ New Terminal Building for 500 Pax. at a time, at an estimated cost of Rs. 54.5 crores. PDC – October 2007 ¾ Expansion of Apron and new taxi links est. cost Rs. 17.64 crores. PDC – June 2007 ¾ Strengthening and Extension of runway to 8000 ft. est. cost Rs. 14 crores (Work has been kept in abeyance due to land dispute). ‰ Key Concern Area: Land acquisition from Defence for extension of Runway- 05.

MAJOR WORKS IN PROGRESS

• SILCHAR ¾ Strengthening and extension of runway to 7500 ft., ¾ Extension of apron, new link taxiway, isolation bay, night landing facility ¾ ILS Estimated cost Rs. 33 crores, PDC Sept 2007

7 MAJOR WORKS IN PROGRESS

GUWAHATI Canopy work in progress

¾ Isolation bay and link taxiway. Estimated cost Rs.15 crores. Work awarded, PDC Oct. 2007. ¾ Extension of runway from 9000 ft. to 10170 ft., link taxi ways, new apron for Six AB-321 & Six ATR–72 aircraft; estimated cost Rs. 45 crores. PDC June 08 ¾ Provision of Aerobridges ¾ Canopy in Car park area

‰Key Concern Area : Land acquisition for various development activities.

MAJOR WORKS IN PROGRESS

• AGARTALA ¾ New control tower cum tech. block. – Tendering Stage ¾ Expansion of apron and additional link taxiway for 4 AB320 aircraft – PDC – Dec 2007

8 MAJOR WORKS IN PROGRESS

• LILABARI ¾ Installation of ILS on runway 04, constraints - removal of obstacles

MAJOR WORKS IN PROGRESS

SHILLONG ¾ Construction of New Terminal Building for 100 (PAX) (3700 Sq mtr) with car parking and development of approach road ¾ Cutting of Hill top and extension of Runway is proposed for the operation of bigger aircraft

9 AIRPORTS HAVING NIGHT LANDING FACILITIES Airport Night Landing ILS Night Facility Operation

Agartala Yes Yes Available Dibrugarh Yes Yes By June, 08 Dimapur Yes Yes By June, 08 Guwahati Yes Yes Available Imphal Yes Yes By June, 08 Jorhat (CE) Yes No IAF to decide Lilabari Yes Being Installed By June, 08 Tezpur (CE) Yes No IAF to decide Silchar (CE) Sept, 07 Being Installed IAF to decide Shillong June, 08 No No

LAND ACQUISITION PROPOSALS

• GUWAHATI ¾ 66.36 acres of land to be negotiated with Defence authorities for construction of Isolation Bay and part parallel taxi track . • JORHAT ¾ 11 acres from Assam Rifles, IAF & Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh for development of civil enclave. • DIBRUGARH ¾ 5.9 acres from Defence for extension of Runway-05.

10 AIRPORT LAND AREA= 734 Acres

TERMINAL BUILDING AREA = 16668 SqM PEAK HOUR Dep. – 700 Pax RUNWAY CAPACITY Arr. - 700 Pax ORIENTATION – 02/20 ANNUAL LENGTH = 2743 M CAPACITY - SATURATION YEAR -

CAR PARKING

APRON = 36594 SqM NO. OF BAYS – 06 TYPE OF A/C – 1AB300, 2AB320, 3B737 & 2 Helicopter Stands Configuration – POWER IN POWER OUT

GUWAHATI AIRPORT

AIRPORT LAND AREA= 254 Acres + 290 Bighas

N O N P E R T E E N L L A H A N I A N U G L A R D E N

ILS/LLZ RUNWAY TELE POLE PROPOSED APRON

R E V N O U R V O R DGR117.3 ORIENTATION – 05/23 ELEV 388ft.

WATER TANK T E A G A R D E N

EARLIER 3 PROPOSED 2 N IO LENGTH = 1829 M ISOLATION T A BAY C I N O O -L C P R E O P R I A A E P R U T RE U F TU GARS FU AN H N E RE . U T Y GRE U XTN F N E LAND TO BE ACQU AIRPORT IRED COLO 207 ACRES LDING APPX. UI B FICES OF RGO S ) T T CA N F . GE P URE A 0 O N T R O U 5 P R F 1 P A GREEN X G IN D T L S M O N IRI PATHAR VILLAGE F H O I I NG 0 X IT I A S K 0 T O . 0 P G AR 6 D P S . L ( T L L S N A P B I O M H X O L O L E R O A R A FICE P R IV P A H R IN C R OF IT A M W R S E K T GREEN R N . A O GENTS G P C D A A L R E B A B . .C M T E E R IS M R . L E X O U m A E T E R G R W D T D 5 N DI O U L G A R F 4 I U A B PROP.CARPARK S Q L x S A IN P M E m R R V A E R 9 T E H 2 S MIRI P 8 . B N ATHAR VILLAGE G O E 1 N E T O R LD E R U B M P .C T GRE A L P 'N O U A ' E E I. F N R 50 '' R I A ' 8 t U M D 8 '1 f T R L 2 1 0 E 0 6 U T .B D 7 5 3 E. F T IS 2 9 V P E COMMERCIAL U 0 E M S L DEVELOPMENT E E D T A N X E IW N E IO R A T T Y A N GRE T E & S C A P R E M PROPOSED COMMER R E E IR CIAL O W S F DEVELOPME N O U NT P O H K P C R ROP.CARPARK O W L T H B H R C T E N M K T O I & R C P E O P & L O EN A O W H E P O S P H T O . C H R .S GR S O P F PROPOSED TERMINAL BUILDING , . S A R T K PROPOSED R COMMERCIAL .Q A DEVELO S ,P PMENT E K R N A B 0 , 5 S 1 R X T N 50 Q O 9 . I 0 1 S T 5 E A IP R C D R O L T -L .B S E T IC R E LAND TO S M BE ACQUIRED A ) B PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ' DEVELO 50 AIR PO PMENT 1 RT 'X COLONY 00 21 ( M 45 X M 0 EXISTING TERMINAL BUILDING 4 6 Y A W N U R F T O E N A T G X A 0 E R D 5 E N EXISTING APRON

R PROP. I E V N OLD TRANSMITTING R O U ISOLATION A R STATION (DISUS A B BAY ED) H A T

BAMBOO GARDEN

M O H A N B A R I T E A G A R D E N LAND TO BE ACQUIRED UN USED 20 ACRES APPX. LAND FOR ISOLATION BAY LAND TO BE AQUIRED (207 ACRES)

LAND TO BE AQUIRED (20 ACRES) FOR ISOLATION BAY

11 CNS WORKS IN NORTH EAST REGION

• On Going Projects ¾ DSCN at Guwahati, Agartala, , Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Imphal, Lilabari, Shillong, Tezpur, Lengpui and Silchar. ¾ DVTR at Barapani, Pekyong, Tezu ¾ DATIS at Agartala ¾ INRES (Indian Reference Station- GAGAN) – at Guwahati • Future Projects ¾ Radar replacement at Guwahati ¾ ILS at Lilabari and Silchar ¾ DVOR at Dimapur and Lengpui

CNS WORKS IN NORTH EAST REGION • CNS Facilities at ¾DVOR ƒ Present DVOR gives limited range due to terrain ƒ One Additional DVOR planned at SAKAWRHMUITUI to serve as Enroute DVOR

¾ILS ƒ ILS not feasible due to adverse terrain condition ƒ Localizer and DME can be planned provided sufficient land is made available by diverting NH and filing the ditch

12 Memorandum of Understanding

¾ At present AAI is providing CNS-ATM & fire fighting facilities at Aizwal (Lingpui) Airport and collecting various charges from airlines. ¾ For sytematic and planned development of Airport, AAI requests to hand over the Lengpui airport for operational lease after signing of MOU. ¾ State Govt. has to take decision in this regard.

PROFIT/LOSS AT AIRPORTS IN NER

(Rs in Lakhs) AIRPORTS REVENUE EXPEND. PROFIT/LOSS Agartala 513.37 1218.96 (-)755.24 Aizwal 42.02 118.89 (-) 76.87 Dimapur 56.35 414.12 (-)357.77 Shilong 6.48 129.74 (-)123.26 Imphal 271.74 534.56 (-)262.82 Tezpur 13.79 114.62 (-)100.83 Silchar 116.00 305.06 (-)189.60 Lilabari 8.64 298.73 (-)290.09 Jorhat 70.67 252.27 (-)181.6 Guwahati 2169.22 5880.83 (-)3711.61 Dibrugarh 273.76 820.60 (-)546.84 Total 3977.11 10152.88 (-) 6175.77

13 CNS WORKS IN NORTH EAST REGION

• Govt of has been requested to carry out following works

ƒ Approach road from base of hill to proposed DVOR site ƒ Flattening of hill top ƒ UHF/ VHF link for remote control and status display ƒ Flattening of adjacent hill top of height 1531 mtrs at distance of 94 mtrs towards North below counterpoise level and trees of hill top required to be chopped off ƒ Proposed site is prone to heavy lightening as such special protection system for the facility required ƒ Construction of DVOR/ DME equipment room at top of the hill ƒ One restroom with basic amenities to be provided

Development of Green Field Airports- North East Region a) – , for ATR 72 Aircraft Detailed Project Report has been prepared and forwarded to Planning Commission for further deliberations. Estimated cost is Rs. 320 Crores (i/c land cost). Funding approval from Govt awaited. Proposed funding pattern either 100% grant or 90% grant and 10% Internal Resources as adopted by NEC while funding the projects of states in NER b) CHEITHU AIRPORT – Kohima, for ATR 72 Aircraft CES, Consultant has submitted the Interim report of Techno Economic Feasibility study. It is under examination by AAI & likely to be finalised by June 2007. c) ITANAGAR – for ATR 72 Aircraft Banderdeva site seems to be technically feasible. ICT has been appointed as consultant for Techno-Economic Feasibility Study. Report likely to be submitted by end of May 07

14 Request for Development of New Green Field Airports - NE Region

TAWANG (AURANACHAL PRADESH)

State to identify probable site for conducting survey by AAI (Rs. 1 Crore required fund from NEC for conducting survey and preparation of DPR).

KOKRAJHAR (ASSAM)

State to identify probable site for conducting survey by AAI (Rs. 1 Crore required fund from NEC for conducting survey and preparation of DPR).

FUNDING PATTERN FOR PROJECTS

• Present funding pattern, 60% by North Eastern Council (NEC) and 40% Budgetary support provided by Govt of

• Proposed funding pattern either 100% grant or 90% grant and 10% Internal Resources as adopted by NEC while funding the projects of states in NER.

15 INVESTMENT IN NER – Xth PLAN

Rs. In crores Year Cap Invst NEC Grant * Bug. Support ** Int Resource

2002-03 34.09 25.00 13.16 0.00 2003-04 26.86 04.50 09.07 13.29 2004-05 15.83 07.88 05.20 02.75 2005-06 31.89 05.00 07.92 18.97 2006-07 72.02 07.00 11.69 53.33

Total 180.69 49.38 47.04 88.34***

*** As on 31st March 2007, Rs 42.46 crores is the balance amount due from NEC grant

* 60% of actual cost, ** 40% of actual cost (20% Equity, 20% Loan)

INVESTMENT IN NER – XIth PLAN

Rs. In crores Year Capital Investment 2007-2008 66.00 2008-2009 127.00 2009-2010 152.00 2010-2011 159.00 2011-2012 147.00

Total 651.00*

• Includes outlay of Rs 379 Cr for 3 green field airports estimated to cost Rs 960 Crore

16 Airports will generate ripples of prosperity that propagate across the rest of the economy of North Eastern Region

Airports Authority of India is committed for Development of North Eastern Region inspite of constraints

17 Airports Authority of India is committed for Development of North Eastern Region inspite of constraints

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