The foundation stone for the development of New Greenfield Airport at Pakyong and the New Terminal Building at Dibrugarh were inaugurated today.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken up development of new Green field Airport at Pakyong, Sikkim for operation of ATR 72 type of Aircraft. The development works include construction of New Terminal Building, runway and apron with link taxi-track, fire station, technical block-cum-control tower and other associated works at an estimated cost of Rs. 310 crores.

The New Terminal Building at Dibrugarh Airport having an area of 10536 sqm. is made of glass and steel structure having modern passenger friendly facilities such, central air conditioning, baggage handling system, escalators, public address system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check-in counters, car parking, etc. The Terminal Building has peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers.