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| name = Kohima Chiethu Airport
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| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
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| city-served = [[Kohima]]
| location = Chiethu, [[Kohima District]], [[Nagaland]]
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'''Kohima Chiethu Airport''' is a [[greenfield airport]] currently under construction at Chiethu, 25 kilometres north of [[Kohima]], the capital of Nagaland. It will operate as a second airport for Nagaland with the existing [[Dimapur Airport]] continuing to operate. The new airport is being built by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) over an area of 645 acres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/node/200497|title=Consultancy Services for Preparation of Detailed Project Report for Development of Greenfield Airport at Chiethu near Kohima in Nagaland State, India|website=[[Airport Authority of India]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/aai-agrees-to-prepare-project-report-for-nagalands-ciethu-airport-says-rio/|title=AAI agrees to prepare project report for Nagaland's Chiethu airport, says Rio|newspaper=Eastern Mirror|date=12 September 2020|access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviationindia.net/2020/09/aai-to-prepare-dpr-for-chiethu-airport.html?m=1|title=AAI to prepare DPR for Chiethu Airport, Nagaland CM|website=Aviation India|date=12 September 2020|access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nagalandpost.com/proposed-chiethu-airport-gets-aai-to-prepare-dpr/222926.html|title=Proposed Chiethu airport gets AAI to prepare DPR|newspaper=[[Nagaland Post]]|date=7 October 2020|access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>

==Status updates==
* In 2006, the central government carried out a field assessment for the project. The report was later “nullified” as the feasibility report was found to be “unclear”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenagarepublic.com/trending-news/nagaland-struggles-to-get-governance-development-on-track-even-as-sikkim-meghalaya-take-off/|title=Nagaland struggles to get governance, development on track even as Sikkim, Meghalaya take-off|website=The Naga Republic|date=2 October 2018|access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>
* In 2020, the Airports Authority of India agreed to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) of the Kohima Chiethu Airport.<ref name=":0"/>
* On 15 July 2021, the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] issued a "no-objection certificate" (NOC) for the proposed airport at Chiethu, Kohima.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2021/07/15/nagaland-defence-ministry-issues-no-objection-certificate-for-chiethu-airport/|title=Nagaland: Defence Ministry Issues ‘No Objection’ Certificate For Chiethu Airport|work=Northeast Today|accessdate=15 July 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of airports in India]]

==References==
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{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Proposed airports in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Nagaland]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Nagaland]]
[[Category:Proposed airports in India]]

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Kamal Guha at 02:31, 25 June 2023