HOLLONGI AIRPORT

About: 

• Location: Hollongi airport will come up 25 kilometres away from the state capital Itanagar. 
  
  
• Salient Features: 
  • A 2,200 meter runway has been proposed for the upcoming Hollongi airport. 
    
    
  • Jet aircraft will be able to take off and land on this greenfield airport. 
    
    
  • If needed, international flight operations will be allowed depending upon the demand. 
    
    
  • The total cost of the airport at Hollongi will be Rs 1042 crore in which Centre will provide Rs 955 crore and the state's share will be Rs 87 crore. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Significance: 
  • The greenfield airport at Hollongi will be a great help to the people Itanagar as at present the nearest airport to Itanagar is at Lilabari in Assam at a distance of 80 km. The airport at Hollongi will reduce the distance by a fourth. 
    
    
  • In addition to providing better connectivity to the region, the airport will also unravel the tourism potential of the state. The airport will boost the economic growth of the region and will be of strategically important to the nation. 
    
    
  • The airport will have various sustainability features like green belt along approach road to act as noise barrier. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Comment: Right from bringing Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya on the Indian Railways map to inaugurating Sikkim's first greenfield airport at Pakyong, the NDA government has been working to boost connectivity in the Northeastern states of the country.