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Vijayapura Greenfield Airport Nears Completion: All You Need to Know
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News18•08-10-2026, 19:06
Vijayapura Greenfield Airport Nears Completion: All You Need to Know
- •The greenfield airport in Vijayapura is being built on 727 acres with an estimated cost of Rs 619 crore.
- •Construction is managed by the Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.
- •A greenfield airport refers to a completely new facility built from scratch on vacant land where no prior infrastructure existed.
- •The project features a 3000-meter-long runway designed to handle ATR-72-600 and larger aircraft like Boeing 737-900 in future expansions.
- •The facility is intended to serve both commercial passenger planes and freight cargo.
Key Questions Answered
The Vijayapura Greenfield Airport is being constructed on 727 acres of land with an estimated total cost of Rs 619 crore.
The responsibility for constructing the Vijayapura Greenfield Airport has been assigned to the Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.
A greenfield airport is an aviation facility built entirely from scratch on vacant land where no pre-existing airport existed before.
