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'''Ankleshwar Airport''' is a [[Greenfield project|greenfield]] airport being constructed at village [[Mandva]] on [[National Highway 8 (India)|National Highway 8]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Proposed airport at Ankleshwar too close to NH8: MoEF|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/proposed-airport-at-ankleshwar-too-close-to-national-highway-moef-114080100901_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date= 1 August 2014 |access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref> near [[Ankleshwar]], [[Gujarat]], India.<br />
The [[Airports Authority of India]] has cleared the techno-economic feasibility report for the proposed airfield<ref>{{cite news|title=Plan for four new airports takes off in state, 17 firms in fray|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/plan-for-four-new-airports-takes-off-in-state-17-firms-in-fray/903364/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date= 24 January 2012 |access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> and was expected to be operational by 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Global bidding for Bharuch, Ankleshwar development plan|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-06/surat/31596694_1_bharuch-ankleshwar-development-plan-sustainable-development |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216145343/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-06/surat/31596694_1_bharuch-ankleshwar-development-plan-sustainable-development |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2014 |date= 6 May 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> The Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited (GUJSAIL) has acquired 80 hectares of land for the construction of the airport. The AAI signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MoU) with the State Government in January 2019 for the construction of airport and a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit spread over 92 hectares.<ref name="TOI3">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/mous-inked-for-airports-at-dholera-ankleshwar/articleshow/67607531.cms|title=MoUs inked for airports at Dholera, Ankleshwar |publisher=Times of India|date=20 January 2019|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> Ankleshwar Airport is expected to handle 10% of India's total air cargo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/New-Ankleshwar-airport-may-bag-10-of-air-cargo/articleshow/46793575.cms|title=New Ankleshwar airport may bag 10% of air cargo {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India|last=Apr 3|first=Piyush Mishra {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2015|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-27|last3=Ist|first3=12:47}}</ref><br />
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The airport will serve Ankleshwar, [[Bharuch]], the Jagadia and [[Panoli, Gujarat|Panoli]] Industrial areas, the [[Dahej]] SEZ and the upcoming Petroleum Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR). The Ankleshwar Industries Association (AIA) had proposed the construction of the airport to the State Government in 1995. The [[Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation|GIDC]] had agreed to construct the airstrip and terminal, but the project was eventually referred to the GIDB.<ref>{{cite news|title=Airport at Ankleshwar feasible: E&Y report|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/airport-at-ankleshwar-feasible-e-y-report-104120901069_1.html|newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date= 9 December 2004 |access-date=7 June 2013}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Transport in Ankleshwar]]</div>Kamal Guha