Parandur airport

By the year 2030, travellers from Chennai might be boarding airplanes at a posh new airport where departures occur concurrently from parallel runways. The aerotropolis' location has been determined to be Parandur. Now, it might take two years to finish the paperwork, and another four to five years to finish building the city's second airport. The upcoming new Chennai-Bengaluru motorway is planned to have the airport's entrance. Chief Minister MK Stalin tweeted, "It's imperative for Chennai to have a new airport to meet its demands, attain our goal of One Trillion USD Economy & make Chennai the best destination for investments in Asia. In this regard, I'm glad to announce that Chennai will have its new greenfield airport at #Parandur."

Also Read | Here is everything you need to know about the new Chennai airport: The proposed site is approximately 68.5 km from the heart of the city – MGR Chennai Central Railway station. The new airport site may take 2 hours and 20 minutes by road. Distance between major Chennai locations and Parandur: Guidy Metro station to Parandur: 72 km Adayar to Parandur: 76 km Velachery to Parandur: 71 km Anna Nagar to Parandur: 63 km Nungambakkam to Parandur: 66 km

US Consultancy Firm Louis Berger has started work on a detailed Techno-Economic Feasibility Report (TEFR) for Chennai's proposed second airport in Parandur in the Kancheepuram district. The TEFR report will comprise everything from a master plan, survey, and financial model to a social impact study for the second airport. To begin the process, the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) hired Louis Berger in December last year to prepare a comprehensive techno-economic report and assist with securing the necessary clearances from various agencies over the next several years. It was in August 2022 that Chief Minister M K Stalin announced that a greenfield airport would be built in Parandur, located around 15 km northeast of Kanchipuram, at an investment of Rs 20,000 crore with a capacity to handle 100 million passengers per annum. The Parandur location was selected as the site for the project due to the present airport's impending capacity saturation and other passenger issues. According to A high-level expert committee, formed by the government, to examine potential environmental issues since the Parandur site has several waterbodies has conducted meetings. The committee tasked with evaluating the impacts of possible floods in the area has moved a step forward. The Water Resources Department, in charge of providing data about rainfall, geological conditions, and flood levels, has recently submitted the necessary details to the committee. The officials monitor...

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Parandur Greenfield International Airport is a planned greenfield airport project that would provide airport services to the city of Chennai in India. It’s planned for the state of Tamil Nadu, close to the town of Parandur in the Kanchipuram district. In tandem with Chennai International Airport, it will serve the city. An area of around 5,000 acres has been designated for the planned airport. Officials in Tamil Nadu’s government have announced that the state-run Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation would oversee the initiative. As part of their search for a new airport for Chennai, the Airports Authority of India surveyed some potential locations. Chennai New Airport Parandur will be a specialised cargo terminal at the airport, expanding commerce between Chennai and the surrounding areas and hastening the growth of the state’s economy. Chennai Second Airport Parandur planned construction site encompasses a whopping 5,000 acres. It takes around 1 hour and 50 minutes to drive from Chennai to Parandur (the distance is about 70 kilometres), and about the same from the current airport. Impact The old Chennai airport at Meenambakkam is rapidly unable to fulfil the growing demand for air travel in the city. At roughly 20 million yearly passengers, airport operations are at near-maximum levels. The planned greenfield airport for Chennai is located at Parandur, around 40 kilometres from the city centre, and is an ideal answer for the city’s airport requirements. Construct...

Consultant begins work on preparing techno economic report for airport at Parandur The Water Resources Department has submitted details regarding the rainfall and pattern in the area, geological conditions and flood level to a high-level committee formed to look into environmental issues June 12, 2023 07:30 pm | Updated 07:30 pm IST - CHENNAI Louis Berger, the consultant appointed by the State government, has begun the work to carry out the techno economic report for Chennai’s second airport proposed at Parandur. Last year, the government announced its decision to build the second airport for Chennai to meet the increasing passenger traffic. With the present airport likely to reach a saturation point soon in terms of capacity and with complaints pouring in from passengers about the congestion during peak hours and lack of hygiene, the government went ahead with its proposal to build a second airport at an estimated cost of ₹20,000 crore and identified 4,790 acres of land in Parandur as the site for the project. As a first step, in December, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) decided to rope in a consultant to do the extensive techno economic report for building the airport and assist it with receiving various clearances from different agencies over the course of next few years. Recently, TIDCO awarded the contract for this work to Louis Berger. “The firm has begun the work for detailed techno economic report and they are likely to submit this report in a...

• • • • Chennai's second airport to come up at Parandur Chennai’s second airport to come up at Parandur Tamil Nadu government authorities had identified four locations for the development of a greenfield airport near Chennai. Among them, the AAI had found Pannur and Parandur comparatively more feasible locations for the airport. Chennai’s long wait for its second airport is set to end as Parandur near Sriperumbudur has been chosen as the site to construct the greenfield facility. To a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu Dr Kanimozhi NVN Somu, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh said Monday that after comparing the viability and feasibility, including the presence of habitations and industrial establishments and the land acquisitions cost of both sides, the state government had shortlisted Parandur as the location for the development of the greenfield airport. Singh noted that the Tamil Nadu government authorities had identified as many as four locations for the development of a greenfield airport near Chennai and requested the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to carry out inspection of sites to their sustainability for airport development. He said the AAI had found Pannur and Parandur comparatively more feasible locations for the airport. Must Read | Following this, the AAI forwarded the pre-feasibility report to Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO) advising it carry out obstacle limitation surface (OLS) survey and cha...

Finally, after more than two decades, Chennai city is set to get a second airport at Parandur. On Monday, in response to a question raised by Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu MP Kanimozhi NVN Somu, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V.K. Singh said the Tamil Nadu government had shortlisted Parandur as the site for the development of the greenfield airport, the second airport for Chennai. The State government will now have to submit a proposal to the Ministry of Civil Aviation for ‘grant of site clearance’ for the finalised site. “After comparing the viability and feasibility, including the presence of habitations and industrial establishments and the land acquisition cost of both the sites, the State Government has shortlisted Parandur site as the location for development of the greenfield airport,” he said. According to the Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008, this process comprises a two stage approval – ‘site clearance’ and ‘in-principle’ approval. He also noted that the concerned airport developer, including the State government, will have to take the responsibility of implementation and funding. Talks to establish a second airport for the city resumed early this year, and the State government requested the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to execute a feasibility study for the project. Four sites – Pannur, Parandur, Tiruporur and Padalam – were identified, and the AAI team inspected each site and submitted a report. Pannur and Parandur were then shortlisted. After st...

By the year 2030, travellers from Chennai might be boarding airplanes at a posh new airport where departures occur concurrently from parallel runways. The aerotropolis' location has been determined to be Parandur. Now, it might take two years to finish the paperwork, and another four to five years to finish building the city's second airport. The upcoming new Chennai-Bengaluru motorway is planned to have the airport's entrance. Chief Minister MK Stalin tweeted, "It's imperative for Chennai to have a new airport to meet its demands, attain our goal of One Trillion USD Economy & make Chennai the best destination for investments in Asia. In this regard, I'm glad to announce that Chennai will have its new greenfield airport at #Parandur."

Also Read | Here is everything you need to know about the new Chennai airport: The proposed site is approximately 68.5 km from the heart of the city – MGR Chennai Central Railway station. The new airport site may take 2 hours and 20 minutes by road. Distance between major Chennai locations and Parandur: Guidy Metro station to Parandur: 72 km Adayar to Parandur: 76 km Velachery to Parandur: 71 km Anna Nagar to Parandur: 63 km Nungambakkam to Parandur: 66 km