Dholera International Airport
Greenfield airport under construction
This page covers design and contracts, and status. Every figure below carries the source it came from and the date it was recorded.
The Dholera International Airport is a greenfield airport being built to serve Dholera SIR, about 20 km from the region.
| SPV | Dholera International Airport Company Ltd |
|---|---|
| Ownership | AAI 51% / Gujarat 33% / NICDC 16% |
| Runway | 3,200 m, Code 4E |
| Distance | ~20 km from the SIR |
| Status | ~80% (reported, Jul 2026) |
| Target | operations Sept-Oct 2026 (target) |
- SIR
- Special Investment Region. A large area the Gujarat government has set aside for industry under its own 2009 law, with its own planning authority instead of the usual local one.
- SPV
- Special purpose vehicle. A company set up to carry out one project and nothing else.
- NICDC
- The central agency that runs India's industrial corridor programme, which Dholera sits inside.
- TP scheme
- Town planning scheme. The authority pools all the land in one area, lays out the roads and services, then hands each owner back a smaller but serviced plot.
- DSIRDA
- The statutory authority that plans and regulates Dholera SIR, in place of a municipal corporation.
- DICDL
- The company that actually builds Dholera. Gujarat holds 51% of it and the central government holds 49% through the NICDC Trust.
- DMIC
- The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the national industrial corridor programme Dholera is a node of.
Design and contracts
The airport is developed by a joint venture of the Airports Authority of India, the Gujarat government and NICDC, with a single 3,200 m Code 4E runway in phase one plus a terminal and cargo facilities. Confirmed
Status
As of mid-2026 the airport was reported about 80% complete after a review by the Union Civil Aviation Minister, with operations targeted for September to October 2026. Airport opening dates here have slipped repeatedly since around 2010, so the date is a target, not an achievement. An Embraer-Adani MoU has explored the site for a civil-aircraft final assembly line by about 2028. Reported
This article follows Dholerapedia's sourcing standard: every figure is tagged Confirmed (government or official), Reported (press or trade) or Unverified (broker), and dated. Anything framed as a future event is labelled a target until a government source confirms it. Where a fact is not reliably available, we say so rather than estimate. See the methodology.
Key facts
These are the core facts for dholera international airport, written out in full. Each one comes from a source listed at the foot of this page and is current as at the review month.
- SPV: Dholera International Airport Company Ltd.
- Ownership: AAI 51% / Gujarat 33% / NICDC 16%.
- Runway: 3,200 m, Code 4E.
- Distance: ~20 km from the SIR.
- Status: ~80% (reported, Jul 2026).
- Target: operations Sept-Oct 2026 (target).
Dholera SIR in one paragraph
Dholera SIR is a planned industrial city covering about 920 sq km, of which roughly 422 sq km is marked for urban development. That land is being delivered as six town planning schemes, spread over roughly three decades. DSIRDA is the authority that plans and regulates the region, and DICDL is the company that builds it, owned 51% by Gujarat and 49% by the central government through the NICDC Trust. Dholera is the flagship node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. That is the frame every entry here sits in. The fuller version is in What Dholera SIR is and the master plan.
References
- NICDC Delivery Monitoring Unit report, 30 June 2026 (DPIIT).
- Wikipedia: Dholera International Airport.
- Press coverage, July 2026 (progress review).
This is a reference, so it is written to be checked rather than believed. Each figure is marked Confirmed when a government or official record says it, Reported when the press or trade said it, and Unverified when only a seller says it. Each one carries a date, because Dholera keeps moving and a number that was right last year may not be right now. Anything still in the future is written as a target until a government source confirms it happened, and where a fact is not reliably available we say so instead of guessing.
None of this is legal, tax or investment advice, and no government source promises that land here will rise in value. If you are looking at one specific plot, treat everything on this page as background and confirm that parcel's own GUJRERA registration, title and price yourself before you pay. If a figure here has gone out of date, tell us on the contact page and we will correct it. All the figures gathered in one place are in Dholera in numbers, and the full method is on the methodology page.