Gujarat Government has proposed a new
International Airport for
Ahmedabad city at
Fedara. The proposed international airport is to be strategically located near the planned
SEZ project of the
Adani Group at Dholera. A new seaport was initially proposed, but the plans have been abandoned. In 2025, Dholera, along with
Kutch, was identified as a suitable site for setting up launchpads for space exploration institutions by the government of Gujarat.
Tata Group is constructing a
semiconductor chip fabrication plant in the town.
Dholera International Airport Dholera International Airport, a
greenfield airport is under construction near Navagam in the Dholera taluka of
Ahmedabad district. The project site is spread over 1,426 hectares near Navagam village in Dholera taluka, about 80 km from Ahmedabad and around 20 km from the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR). The
Airports Authority of India (AAI) inspected the site in January 2010 to carry out a techno-economical feasibility study and gave its technical clearance. The Dholera International Airport Company Ltd (DIACL) was founded in 2013 to develop the airport. The central government approved the site in July 2014, the Environment Ministry gave its approval in December 2015. In 2021, the Airport Authority of India released a Rs. 987 crore tender for Phase 1 of airport project. The airport will have a 3,200 metre long runway suitable for 4E category aircraft. The airport is expected to cater to not only DSIR and its hinterland, but also to traffic overflow from the Ahmedabad international airport. The Gujarat government has allocated 1427 hectares of land for the said project and 75 hectares of government land, has been allocated for commercial development. ==References==