Airport type Public | Location Mopa, Goa | |
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Owner/Operator GMR Goa International Airport Limited | ||
Mopa airport work in progress
Mopa Airport is a proposed greenfield airport to be built at Mopa in Pernem taluka, North Goa district in the State of Goa, India. GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV), will develop the airport. The Rs. 3000 Crore airport will be built under the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model in four phases, with the first phase, costing a total of Rs 1,500 crore, expected to be completed by financial year 2019-20. The airport will cater to 4.4 million passengers in the first phase and 13.1 million by the end of the fourth phase.
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GMR Airports Limited, a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited won the competitive bid in August 2016 to develop and operate the airport. The concession period for the Greenfield project will be 40 years with a possible extension of another 20 years through a bid process. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the project on 13 November 2016.
The state government has acquired 78.41 lakh square metres of land for the proposed airport from villages of Casarvarnem, Chandel, Varconda, Uguem and Mopa in Pernem taluka.
GGIAL expects the airport to be in operation by May 2020 or earlier with a Code 'E' compliant, 3.75 kilometre long runway with Rapid Exit Taxiways. The airport will have an Integrated Passenger Terminal Building, Air-traffic control and meteorological facilities, a Cargo terminal and ancillary facilities for processing and storage, Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting facilities as well as Infrastructure for Aircraft Fuelling.