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Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport expansionलाल बहादुर शास्त्री हवाई अड्डा विस्तार
A ₹2,869.65 crore expansion approved by the Union Cabinet in June 2024: a new 75,000 sq m terminal for 6 million passengers a year, runway extension with an under-runway road tunnel, parallel taxiway and apron. Construction is under way; no official opening date has been announced.
Timeline
Cabinet approval June 2024 · Under construction · Opening date not announced
How to reach
- 19 km from Varanasi Junction (Cantt) station in a straight line
- 0.1 km from Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in a straight line
- 21.8 km from Godowlia crossing, where cars stop for the old city in a straight line
Straight-line distances; by road through the lanes it is further.
Sources: PIB — Cabinet approves development of Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi · Airports Authority of India — Varanasi: construction of new terminal building (EPC)
