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Last reviewed 11 August 2026

Airport

This page collects everything we have recorded about Dholera's new airport: what has been built, what has been tested, and the date it is supposed to start carrying passengers. It matters because the airport is the milestone most often quoted to people buying land, and as of the latest entry below it is still not open.

01Airport: every entry, newest first
July 2026TARGETAirport
Airport reported about 80 percent complete, operations targeted for September-October 2026

After a July 2026 review by Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu, Dholera International Airport was reported about 80 percent complete, with operations targeted for September-October 2026 and the passenger terminal around 75 percent done.

July 2026REPORTEDAirport
Embraer and Adani reported exploring a civil-aircraft assembly line, Dholera among candidate sites

Embraer and Adani signed a memorandum of understanding, reported in July 2026, to explore a Make in India civil-aircraft final assembly line targeted around 2028, with Dholera airport among the sites under evaluation and no site finalised.

4 June 2026REPORTEDAirport
First aircraft lands at Dholera airport: an AAI calibration flight, not an opening

An Airports Authority of India calibration aircraft, VT-CNS, made the first landing on Dholera airport's 3,200 m runway on 4 June 2026, greeted with a water-cannon salute near Pipli village.

2 March 2026REPORTEDAirport
The Airports Authority invited proposals to put flying training schools at Dholera airport

DeshGujarat reported on 2 March 2026 that the Airports Authority of India has invited proposals to establish flying training organisations at the Dholera airport, to build domestic pilot training capacity and reduce reliance on programmes abroad.

23 July 2025REPORTEDAirport
In July 2025 the centre said the airport would be ready by December 2025 and that there had been no extension

DeshGujarat reported on 23 July 2025 that data placed in Parliament by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation put Dholera greenfield airport on track for completion by December 2025, and that the ministry said there had been no extension to the original deadline.

14 June 2022DURABLEAirport
The clock on Dholera airport started in June 2022: Rs 1,305 crore, 48 months, operational from 2025-26

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved phase one of the Dholera greenfield airport on 14 June 2022 at an estimated cost of Rs 1,305 crore, to be completed within 48 months, and planned for operations from the 2025-26 financial year.