Bihta Airport

Bihta Airport is a new airport development project for Bihta, in the district of Patna, Bihar state, India. The airport is being proposed as the current Patna Airport is restricted in its ability to expand. Airports Authority of India (AAI) is seeking 600 acres for the first phase of the project and 790 acres for the second phase. The government plans to establish Bihta Airport as a complementary facility to Patna.

Aug-2024. India's Ministry of Civil Aviation approved Airports Authority of India's proposal to construct a 66,000sqm terminal at Bihta Airport. The terminal will initially have capacity to handle five million passengers p/a, with plans to expand to accommodate 10 million passengers p/a in the future. The project is designed to address anticipated saturation of capacity at Patna Airport, and includes the construction of an apron with 10 aircraft parking bays.

Jul-2024. India's Minister for Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarupu announced the Government plans to invest INR14.13 billion (USD168.43 million) towards the construction of Bihta Airport.

Feb-2022. India's Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) reported Airports Authority of India (AAI) is seeking 191.5 acres from Bihar's Government to undertake runway extension and approach lighting installation works at Bihta Airport. MoCA stated "In case of non availability of land, the State Government needs to identify an alternate site for construction of a Greenfield airport meeting the requirements for operation of international flights".

May-2019. Airports Authority of India (AAI) expects to receive a detailed project report (DPR) for the Bihta Airport development project by the end of May-2019. The AAI plans to develop a two storey passenger terminal facility with capacity to handle up to 2.5 million passengers p/a at Bihta, as well as 15 aircraft parking bays.

Nov-2018. Patna Airport director Rajendra Singh Lahauria reported Airports Authority of India (AAI) has completed preliminary design...