7 March 2026 ko Shambhupura mein ek ceremony hui. Om Birla, CM Bhajanlal Sharma, aur Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu maujood the. PM Modi ne virtual address diya.
Bhoomi pujan ho gaya. Kota ka airport sapna ab haqeeqat ban raha hai.
Kota airport ka sapna kitna purana hai
1990s tak Kota mein commercial flights chalti thin. Phir band ho gayi — runway chota tha, expand nahi ho sakta tha kyunki aas paas buildings aa gayi thin.
Tab se Kota ke log Jaipur ya Jodhpur jaate the flight pakadne ke liye. 4-5 ghante ka chakkar. Har baar.
Decades tak demand uthti rahi. Kuch nahi hua. 2021 mein state cabinet ne approve kiya. 2025 mein Union Cabinet ne final haan bola. Aur March 2026 mein kaam shuru ho gaya officially.
Kahan banega ye airport
Location: Shambhupura village, Kota district.
Kota city se 15 km door. Bundi se 20 km. Rawatbhata se 50 km.
440 hectare zameen Rajasthan sarkar ne free mein AAI ko di. Airports Authority of India (AAI) is poore project ko build kar rahi hai.
Kitna bada hoga
Yeh sirf ek runway nahi hai. Poora infrastructure plan hua hai:
- Runway: 3,200 meter lamba, 45 meter chauda — Airbus A321 tak ke planes land kar sakte hain
- Terminal building: 20,000 square meter — ek ghante mein 1,000 passengers handle kar sakta hai
- Annual capacity: 20 lakh passengers per year
- Aircraft parking: 7 bays
- Car parking: 250 gaadiyaan
- ATC tower, fire station, taxiways — sab kuch
Phase 2 mein runway 3,581 meter tak badhega. Annual capacity 50 lakh tak pahuchegi post-2030.
Kab tak tayaar hoga
Construction September 2025 mein shuru hua.
Target: December 2027 tak flight operations shuru.
Civil Aviation Minister ne khud kaha — 2 saal mein complete hoga. Airlines se bhi positive response aa chuka hai. Ek major work order already issue ho chuka hai.
Matlab 2027 ke end tak Kota se seedha Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore flight milne ki poori ummeed hai.
Kota ke logo ko kya fayda hoga
Coaching students ke liye
Kota mein 3.5 lakh se zyada students rehte hain — IIT-JEE, NEET ki taiyaari ke liye. Unke parents baar baar aate jaate hain.
Abhi Delhi se Kota aane ke liye train 6-8 ghante lagti hai. Flight se Jaipur 1.5 ghante, phir road se 2.5 ghante — total 4 ghante aur zyada kharch.
Airport khulne ke baad? Seedha Kota. 1.5-2 ghante. Students, parents, coaching institutes — sabko seedha fayda.
Jobs aur industry ke liye
Om Birla ne khud kaha — jab bhi wo entrepreneurs ko Kota mein factory laane ko kehte the, woh airport nahi hone ki wajah se mana kar dete the.
Airport ke baad IT sector, manufacturing, tourism — sab aayenge. 20-25 naye hotels ki zarurat padegi sirf tourism ke liye. Hazaron naukri ka anuman hai seedha ya indirectly.
Tourism ke liye
Hadoti region mein kya kya hai:
- Garadia Mahadev — Chambal ke upar cliff par mandir
- Mukundara Hills National Park
- Bundi ke step-wells aur palaces
- Kota Doria sarees
- Shri Mathuradheesh Ji, Khade Ganesh Ji Maharaj
Sab kuch hai — bas log pahunchte nahi the. Airport ke baad domestic tourists 1 lakh se zyada aaenge annually ka estimate hai.
Purana airport kya hoga
Kota mein purana airport bhi hai — Jhalawar Road par. Sirf 400 square meter terminal, sirf VIP aur non-scheduled flights.
Uspe plan chal raha hai ek Pilot Training Institute banane ka. Naya airport operations ke sath sath aviation training bhi Kota mein shuru ho sakti hai.
Rajasthan mein baad mein kya
2024-25 mein Rajasthan se 61.5 lakh passengers ne flights li. Jaipur se 43 lakh, Udaipur aur Jodhpur baad mein.
Kota airport khulne ke baad yeh balance thoda change hoga. Hadoti region ka apna hub hoga pehli baar.
PM Modi ne kaha — 2014 mein India mein 70 airports the. Aaj 160 se zyada hain. Har 45 din mein ek naya airport khul raha hai desh mein.
Kota ka number aa gaya.
Summary — Ek nazar mein
| Detail | Jankari |
|---|---|
| Project Cost | Rs 1,507 Crore |
| Zameen | 440 Hectare |
| Location | Shambhupura, Kota |
| Runway | 3,200 Meter |
| Terminal Size | 20,000 sq meter |
| Peak Hour Capacity | 1,000 Passengers |
| Annual Capacity | 20 Lakh |
| Aircraft Type | Airbus A321 |
| Construction Start | September 2025 |
| Expected Opening | December 2027 |
| Built By | AAI (Airports Authority of India) |
Yeh bhi padho:
- Kota Mandi Bhav Aaj Ka
- Kota Mein Latest Naukri — Vacancy 2026
- Rajasthan SET 2026 — Kota University Conduct Karega