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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION Lok Sabha UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 4651 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21st August 2025 ) FUNCTIONAL AIRPORTS UNDER UDAN SCHEME 4651. MS IQRA CHOUDHARY Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state:- (a) the total number of airports that have been made functional under the UDAN Scheme since its inception along with the details of their...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION Lok Sabha UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 4651 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21st August 2025 ) FUNCTIONAL AIRPORTS UNDER UDAN SCHEME
4651. MS IQRA CHOUDHARY Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION
be pleased to state:-
(a) the total number of airports that have been made functional under the UDAN Scheme since its inception along with the details of their locations;
(b) the number of commercial flights currently operating from these functional airports under the UDAN Scheme along with the number of routes and the airlines involved;
(c) whether commercial flights from Sarsawa Airport to Lucknow, Varanasi and Prayagraj have been planned or approved under the said Scheme;
(d) if so, the details thereof along with the expected timeline fixed for the commencement of commercial flights from Sarsawa Airport to these destinations and if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps being taken to initiate such services; and
(e) the total number of passengers who have travelled under the UDAN scheme since its inception, year-wise? ANSWER Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (Shri Murlidhar Mohol)
(a) & (b) : Under the Regional Connectivity Scheme - Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (RCS- UDAN), 637 routes have been operationalised, connecting 92 unserved and underserved airports, along with 15 heliports and 2 water aerodromes across the country (list at Annexure- I). At present, 10 airlines are operating under the Scheme and over 3.1 lakh flights have taken place till date.
(c) & (d) : During the third round of bidding under the UDAN scheme, Saharanpur (Sarsawa) Airport, owned by the Indian Air Force (IAF), was identified for establishing a civil enclave and for operation of RCS flights. The airport has been developed with an expenditure of Rs.
46.86 Crore under the UDAN scheme and is ready for the commencement of commercial flight operations.
RCS route connecting Saraswa to Varanasi has been awarded to SpiceJet for operations using 78-seater aircraft.
In case, any airline submits valid bid for operation of RCS flights from Saraswa to Prayagraj and Lucknow in future rounds, the same will be considered as per UDAN Scheme provisions.
(e) : The details of total number of passengers travelled under the UDAN scheme, year-wise, is at Annexure- II. ******Annexure- I State-wise List of RCS Airports Operationalized S No. State Airport
1. Andhra Pradesh Kadapa (Underserved)
2. Kurnool (Unserved)
3. Arunachal Pradesh Tezu (Unserved)
4. Passighat (Unserved)
5. Hollongi (Unserved)
6. Assam Jorhat (Underserved)
7. Lilabari (Underserved)
8. Tezpur (Underserved)
9. Rupsi (Unserved)
10. Bihar Darbhanga (Unserved)
11. Chhattisgarh Jagdalpur (Unserved)
12. Bilaspur (Unserved)
13. Ambikapur (Unserved)
14. Daman & Diu Diu (Underserved)
15. Gujarat Bhavnagar (Underserved)
16. Jamnagar (Underserved)
17. Kandla (Unserved)
18. Keshod (Unserved)
19. Mundra (Unserved)
20. Porbandar (Underserved)
21.
Statue of Unity (W) (Unserved)
22. Sabarmati River Front (W)
(Unserved)
23. Haryana Hissar (Unserved)
24. Himachal Pradesh Shimla (Unserved)
25. Kullu (Underserved)
26. Mandi – Heliport (Unserved)
27. Rampur – Heliport (Unserved)
28. Jharkhand Deoghar (Unserved)
29. Jamshedpur (Unserved)
30. Karnataka Belgaum (Underserved)
31. Hubli (Underserved)
32. Mysore (Unserved)
33. Vidyanagar (Unserved)
34. Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) (Unserved)
35. Bidar (Unserved)
36. Shivamogga (Unserved)
37. Kerala Kannur (Unserved)
38. Lakshadweep Agatti (Underserved)
39. Madhya Pradesh Gwalior (Underserved)
40. Rewa (Unserved)
41. Datia (Unserved)S No. State Airport
42. Maharashtra Gondia (Unserved)
43. Jalgaon (Unserved)
44. Kolhapur (Unserved)
45. Nanded (Unserved)
46. Ozar (Nasik) (Unserved)
47. Sindhudurg (Unserved)
48. Amravati (Unserved)
49. Manipur Jiribam Heliport (Unserved)
50. Tamenglong Heliport (Unserved)
51. Meghalaya Shillong (Underserved)
52. Nagaland Dimapur (Underserved)
53. Odisha Jharsuguda (Unserved)
54. Jeypore (Unserved)
55. Rourkela (Unserved)
56. Utkela (Unserved)
57. Pondicherry (UT) Pondicherry (Underserved)
58. Punjab Adampur (Unserved)
59. Bhatinda (Unserved)
60. Ludhiana (Unserved)
61. Pathankot (Unserved)
62. Rajasthan Bikaner (Unserved)
63. Jaisalmer (Unserved)
64. Kishangarh (Unserved)
65. Sikkim Pakyong (Unserved)
66. Tamil Nadu Salem (Unserved)
67. Uttar Pradesh Agra (Underserved)
68. Aligarh (Unserved)
69. Azamgarh (Unserved)
70. Bareilly (Unserved)
71. Chitrakoot (Unserved)
72. Moradabad (Unserved)
73. Prayagraj (Underserved)
74. Kanpur (Chakeri) (Unserved)
75. Hindon (Unserved)
76. Shravasti (Unserved)
77. Kushinagar (Unserved)
78. Uttarakhand Pantnagar (Underserved)
79. Pithoragarh (Unserved)
80. Sahastradhara - Heliport
(Unserved)
81. Chinyalisaur –Heliport (Unserved)
82. Gaucher –Heliport(Unserved)
83. New Tehri –Heliport(Unserved)
84. Srinagar –Heliport(Unserved)S No. State Airport
85. Haldwani – Heliport(Unserved)
86. Almora – Heliport (Unserved)
87. Champawat – Heliport(Unserved)
88. Munsyari – Heliport (Unserved)
89. Nainital – Heliport (Unserved)
90. Bageshwar – Heliport (Unserved)
91. West Bengal Cooch Behar (Unserved)
92. Durgapur (Underserved)Annexure-II Year-wise passengers travelled under the UDAN scheme Financial Year Passenger travelled 2017-18 2,63,166 2018-19 12,40,896 2019-20 29,91,337 2020-21 14,98,066 2021-22 32,99,861 2022-23 24,97,361 2023-24 18,65,101 2024-25 14,10,499