Noida International Airport ready, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath, likely to be inaugurated by PM this month
The Jewar International Airport in Noida is likely to be inaugurated this month by PM Narendra Modi. UP CM Yogi Adityanath expressed hope that the airport would receive the crucial aerodrome license soon and then it will become operational. Once it is operational, this airport will become the second international airport in NCR. It is likely to help decongest traffic at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has hinted that the Noida International Airport at Jewar is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, later this month. While addressing the media after the Union Budget on Sunday, he said that the airport was "ready" and is likely to soon receive the crucial aerodrome licence. It is in fact in its final stages of receiving the license, according to the CM.
Second international airport in NCR
The CM was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying, "I believe that this month, the airport will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister."
Once it is operational, this airport will become the second international airport in NCR. It is likely to help decongest traffic at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. This will also be Uttar Pradesh's 5th international airport. The other international airports, in the state are Lucknow, Varanasi, Kushinagar and Ayodhya.
Officials confirmed that the only prerequisite now for the airport to get operational is the aerodrome licence. This they said will be issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
It is likely that the Union Minister of Civil Aviation, K Rammohan Naidu will meet the officials from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), and the airport management later this week and try to resolve the pending issues. An airport official said that following this meeting, it is likely that the airport will be inaugurated by March.
All about Noida International Airport
The Noida International Airport is a project built through public-private partnership. It is built on approximately 1,300 hectares of land in Jewar, Gautam Budh Nagar. The project was awarded to the Zurich Airport International AG, and is being built by its Indian subsidiary, Yamuna International airport Pvt. Ltd. The project was awarded under a 40-year concession.
The foundation stone of this project was laid by PM Modi in November 2021.
The first phase of the project, which included 1 runway and a passenger terminal were initially slated to be opened in September 2024, but the project has faced several delays since then and till now the airport is not operational. Initially the airport will handle 12 million passengers daily. The state government oversees this project, through the Noida International Airport Ltd.
The airport managed to conduct a calibration flight in October 2025, thus taking it a step closer to becoming operational. On October 31, 2025, an Air India aircraft landed at the airport, after conducting tests over several hours to validate navigation and communication systems. This is a crucial step before any airport becomes operational, said an official. This helps establish that the said airport meets all international safety standards, he added.