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Ayodhya Airport
Ayodhya Airport (IATA: AYJ, ICAO: VEAY), officially named as Maharshi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhyadham, is an international airport currently handling only domestic flights, serving the cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The airport is located adjacent to NH-27 and NH-330. Construction began on the airport in February 2022, and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2023, with flight operations beginning from 10 January 2024. In financial year 2024-25, the airport handled over 1.1 million passengers, making it one of the country's fastest-growing airports.
In 2021, the Government of Uttar Pradesh proposed to name of the airport after the Hindu deity Rama, the protagonist of the epic Ramayana, who was born in Ayodhya. In December 2023, the name was changed after Maharishi Valmiki, the attributed author of Ramayana, to greater represent the Ramayana-based theme of the airport.
In 2008, the Government of Uttar Pradesh had issued formal orders allowing the landing and parking of private aircraft on the former Indian Air Force airstrip against a fee. According to the government order, any private aircraft can land by paying ₹ 500. There would be no parking charges for the first two hours, after which ₹ 200 would be charged per day.
In 2012, the former Minister of Civil Aviation, Ajit Singh, announced to develop three existing airstrips at Faizabad, Moradabad and Meerut to increase regional connectivity by air and to improve connectivity, socio-economic development and tourism in the state. Singh said that the Ministry of Civil Aviation had asked the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, to provide the Ministry with land to set up nine airports across Uttar Pradesh, and said that having more airports would generate employment and economic growth in the state. In an endeavour to provide air connectivity to different parts of India, development of low-cost airports is the most important component. Instructions have been issued to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to identify the most suitable low-cost model for development of smaller airports, and to develop airports in smaller cities based on this mode, as part of the government's UDAN Scheme.
In 2013, the government approved the transfer of the airstrip at Faizabad to the AAI to be developed as a full-fledged airport, along with three others–Meerut, Moradabad and Saifai, on the instructions of the state cabinet. The government provided extra land free of cost for further expansion and for the construction of a terminal.
In 2018, the state government under Yogi Adityanath announced the expansion of the airstrip in Faizabad. The government approved to develop it as an international airport and sanctioned ₹2 billion for acquisition of land. Land acquisition began from November 2021 and construction began on the airport in February 2022. In April 2022, the government announced that the airport would become operational before the completion of Ram Mandir in 2024. The airport was completed and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2023, with flight operations beginning from 10 January 2024, started by IndiGo as the first commercial airline to connect Delhi and Ahmedabad as the initial destinations.
The existing airstrip's runway was 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) long and 30 metres (98 ft) wide, which was capable enough for only nine-seater aircraft like the Dornier 228. In 2018, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had stated that an acquisition of around 284 acres (115 ha) more land could make the airport handle 200-seater Airbus A321 aircraft. In response to this, in November of the same year, the Government of Uttar Pradesh decided to acquire more than 280 acres of land around the airstrip and widen the runway to allow the landing of larger aircraft. The projected runway would be 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide, with a 100–150 m-wide set-off area on each side of the runway. The construction would be done in two phases, with a planned third phase. The length of the runway would be 2,250 metres in the first phase, while in the second phase, its length would be increased to 3,125 metres. In the third phase, it is planned to be extended by another 625 metres, thus taking the overall length to 3,750 metres, making the airport capable of handling large aircraft like the Airbus A380. The runway is equipped with facilities to allow night landing of aircraft, such as the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Doppler Very-high frequency Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) and Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) from the first phase of the runway development only.
Terminal 1 is the first terminal of the airport as part of the first phase of the airport's development. It covers an area of 6,500 sq.m. and is able to accommodate 300 passengers during peak hours and handle around 1 million passengers annually. It has an apron suitable for parking of four Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 type aircraft. Within its premises, it has parking spaces for vehicles, an approach road from the nearby highway, a fuel farm, a fuel station, a fire station, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and other ancillary facilities. The terminal, along with the first phase of the airport, started handling flights from 10 January 2024.
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Ayodhya Airport
Ayodhya Airport (IATA: AYJ, ICAO: VEAY), officially named as Maharshi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhyadham, is an international airport currently handling only domestic flights, serving the cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The airport is located adjacent to NH-27 and NH-330. Construction began on the airport in February 2022, and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2023, with flight operations beginning from 10 January 2024. In financial year 2024-25, the airport handled over 1.1 million passengers, making it one of the country's fastest-growing airports.
In 2021, the Government of Uttar Pradesh proposed to name of the airport after the Hindu deity Rama, the protagonist of the epic Ramayana, who was born in Ayodhya. In December 2023, the name was changed after Maharishi Valmiki, the attributed author of Ramayana, to greater represent the Ramayana-based theme of the airport.
In 2008, the Government of Uttar Pradesh had issued formal orders allowing the landing and parking of private aircraft on the former Indian Air Force airstrip against a fee. According to the government order, any private aircraft can land by paying ₹ 500. There would be no parking charges for the first two hours, after which ₹ 200 would be charged per day.
In 2012, the former Minister of Civil Aviation, Ajit Singh, announced to develop three existing airstrips at Faizabad, Moradabad and Meerut to increase regional connectivity by air and to improve connectivity, socio-economic development and tourism in the state. Singh said that the Ministry of Civil Aviation had asked the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, to provide the Ministry with land to set up nine airports across Uttar Pradesh, and said that having more airports would generate employment and economic growth in the state. In an endeavour to provide air connectivity to different parts of India, development of low-cost airports is the most important component. Instructions have been issued to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to identify the most suitable low-cost model for development of smaller airports, and to develop airports in smaller cities based on this mode, as part of the government's UDAN Scheme.
In 2013, the government approved the transfer of the airstrip at Faizabad to the AAI to be developed as a full-fledged airport, along with three others–Meerut, Moradabad and Saifai, on the instructions of the state cabinet. The government provided extra land free of cost for further expansion and for the construction of a terminal.
In 2018, the state government under Yogi Adityanath announced the expansion of the airstrip in Faizabad. The government approved to develop it as an international airport and sanctioned ₹2 billion for acquisition of land. Land acquisition began from November 2021 and construction began on the airport in February 2022. In April 2022, the government announced that the airport would become operational before the completion of Ram Mandir in 2024. The airport was completed and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December 2023, with flight operations beginning from 10 January 2024, started by IndiGo as the first commercial airline to connect Delhi and Ahmedabad as the initial destinations.
The existing airstrip's runway was 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) long and 30 metres (98 ft) wide, which was capable enough for only nine-seater aircraft like the Dornier 228. In 2018, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had stated that an acquisition of around 284 acres (115 ha) more land could make the airport handle 200-seater Airbus A321 aircraft. In response to this, in November of the same year, the Government of Uttar Pradesh decided to acquire more than 280 acres of land around the airstrip and widen the runway to allow the landing of larger aircraft. The projected runway would be 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide, with a 100–150 m-wide set-off area on each side of the runway. The construction would be done in two phases, with a planned third phase. The length of the runway would be 2,250 metres in the first phase, while in the second phase, its length would be increased to 3,125 metres. In the third phase, it is planned to be extended by another 625 metres, thus taking the overall length to 3,750 metres, making the airport capable of handling large aircraft like the Airbus A380. The runway is equipped with facilities to allow night landing of aircraft, such as the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Doppler Very-high frequency Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) and Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) from the first phase of the runway development only.
Terminal 1 is the first terminal of the airport as part of the first phase of the airport's development. It covers an area of 6,500 sq.m. and is able to accommodate 300 passengers during peak hours and handle around 1 million passengers annually. It has an apron suitable for parking of four Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 type aircraft. Within its premises, it has parking spaces for vehicles, an approach road from the nearby highway, a fuel farm, a fuel station, a fire station, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and other ancillary facilities. The terminal, along with the first phase of the airport, started handling flights from 10 January 2024.
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