Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Gujarat’s first Greenfield Airport at Hirasar near Rajkot on the 27th of this month.
Built over 1500 acres area at a cost of 1,405 crore, the airport has been renamed as Rajkot international airport.
The Greenfield airport at Hirasar is 30 kilometers away from Rajkot City, the commercial capital of the Saurashtra region. The airport has a 45-meter-wide runway that can park 14 planes at any given point.
The green filed airport is equipped with a solar power system, a green belt, and a rainwater harvesting system.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for the construction of the international airport near Rajkot in 2017.