05 March 2019: The newly-constructed terminal building and associated works of Chipi Airport, Sindhudurg will be inaugurated by Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu along with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
The newly constructed terminal building can handle around 400 passengers per hour and with an annual passenger capacity of about 10 lakh. About 520 crores were used to build the Chipi Airport.
The routes linking Sindhudurg to Mumbai, Pune and Nasik have already been approved UDAN 3.1 and bids have been called from the airlines. The flight operations from the airport (under UDAN scheme) will start as soon as possible.
The construction of new civil airports at Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in the Konkan region and other airports infrastructure projects in Maharashtra will boost the tourism of the state.
More than Rs 1200 crore has been sanctioned by Prabhu for the airport infrastructure projects in Maharashtra.