Chennai International Airport, Chennai: 3,658 mt
The Chennai International Airport at Meenambakkam near Chennai handles around 11 million passengers annually. It's runway is 3,658 mt long, equipped to handle any aircraft.
Although the airport offers many passenger amenities, work on the further modernisation of the airport by the Airports Authority of India will start soon.
The plan has been cleared by the Public Investment Board and detailed project reports submitted to the government for approval, Patel told the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his ministry.
Image: A police officer stands guard as an Air Sahara aircraft travels along the run-way at the Chennai airport. | Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images
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