Purandar International Airport (Pune 2)

Purandar International Airport is a greenfield international airport under construction at Purandar, ~50 km southeast of Pune in Maharashtra. The project replaces Pune's existing Lohegaon Airport (which is navy-owned and operates with strict civilian capacity restrictions) with a dedicated civilian-only airport designed for 30+ MPPA capacity at full build-out.

The project was sanctioned in March 2024 by the Maharashtra government after years of stalled planning (originally proposed at Chakan in 2007, scrapped over land issues). MADC + Government of India are developing the project at ₹4,500 crore for Phase 1 (single 3.5 km runway + integrated terminal, 5 MPPA capacity).

Key design features include: Pune's first dedicated civilian airport (not shared with Indian Navy), provision for future second runway + Terminal 2 expansion (full build-out 30 MPPA), planned dedicated metro link from Pune Metro's Phase 3 expansion, and integration with the Bidkin Industrial City + Pune-Mumbai Expressway corridor.

First commercial flight target October 2027. When operational, Purandar will absorb 80%+ of Pune's air traffic from Lohegaon, dramatically improving Pune's connectivity (currently ~5 MPPA constrained capacity) for the city's IT + automobile manufacturing economy.