Chennai Parandur Airport | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public |
| Serves | Chennai Metropolitan Area |
| Location | Parandur,Kanchipuram district,Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates | 12°56′00″N79°44′25″E / 12.93333°N 79.74028°E /12.93333; 79.74028 |
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  Chennai Parandur Airport Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
Chennai Parandur Airport is a proposedgreenfield airport project to serve theChennai Metropolitan Area in the Indian state ofTamil Nadu. It is planned to be built nearParandur inKanchipuram district, and will serve as the secondary airport alongside the existingChennai International Airport. It is also known as New Chennai Airport and Chennai Greenfield Airport.
Plans for a newgreenfield airport for theChennai Metropolitan Area was put forward as early as in 1998.[1] In 2007, theChief Minister of Tamil Nadu announced that the new airport would be set up in 4,820 acres (1,950 ha) land nearSriperumbudur.[2][3] As the new airport was delayed due to land acquisition problems,[2][4] an expansion plan was unveiled to expand the existingChennai International Airport in 2018 to increase the terminal area to 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft) with a capacity of 35 million passengers.[5] The existing airport is expected to reach saturation by 2035.[6] TheGovernment of Tamil Nadu initially proposed alternate locations such asMamandur for the airport, but the project was not started.[6][7]
In 2022, the state government announced renewed plans to build a new airport.[8] The state government identifiedPadalam,Thiruporur,Pannur andParandur as the possible sites for the airport.[9] After a feasibility study, theAirports Authority of India shortlisted Parandur and Pannur as the sites for the proposed airport.[10] In August 2022, theGovernment of Tamil Nadu selected Parandur inKanchipuram district as location for thenew airport on 4,970 acres (2,010 ha) of land.[11][12][13] The planned airport would be spread over 13 villages, and surrounding farmlands.[1] The proposed land acquisition for the airport has led to protests by the local villagers due to the fear of loss of livelihood.[2][14]
In 2022, the state government proposed an extension for the plannedYellow Line of theChennai Metro fromPoonamallee to Parandur at a cost of₹107.12 billion (US$1.3 billion).[15][16][17] In August 2024, another new extension from theAirport metro to Poonamallee was proposed with the aim of connecting the existing airport with the new airport by metro.[18][19]
