IN-0277 Mopa International Airport (under construction) IFR

  • Name
    Mopa International Airport (under construction)
  • ICAO
    IN-0277
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    9:37 pm (IST)
  • Municipality
    Mopa
  • Coordinates
    15° 44′ 36″ N 73° 51′ 34″ E
  • Elevation
    586 ft (179 m MSL)

About Mopa International Airport (under construction)

Manohar International Airport (IATA: GOX, ICAO: VOGA), is an international airport at Mopa in Pernem Taluka, North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It serves North Goa and the adjoining districts of Karnataka and Maharashtra, and as a second airport of Goa after Dabolim Airport in Dabolim.

The airport is developed by GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV). It is built at a cost of ₹3,000 crore (equivalent to ₹32 billion or US$380 million in 2023). In financial year 2023-24, the airport handled over 4.4 million passengers, which is close to its current maximum capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. On an average, the airport handles around 100 aircraft movements and about 15,000 passengers daily. It is the fifteenth busiest airport in India. It is named after the former Minister of Defence and the former Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar.

The airport was completed and opened on 11 December 2022, with operations starting from 5 January 2023 with the first flight operated by IndiGo. It was expected to be completed by the financial year 2019–2020, but was delayed due to a Supreme Court order that impeded work on site, and also due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which caused lockdowns, restrictions, and curfews, resulting in lack of labor and delays in construction.

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