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Indira Gandhi International Airport undoubtedly one of the busiest airports in the world. The airport witnesses lakhs of passengers every day. To cut down the heavy traffic from IGI airport, Hindon airport is soon going to become the second airport in Delhi.
The airforce station is located close to Ghaziabad, near the Hindon lake. Hindon airport, which is around 40 km from the IGI Airport belongs to the Indian Air Force (IAF). The AAI (Airport Authority of India) has developed the civil enclave there. The Indian Air Force permitted the use of the airbase for civilian flights under regional air connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik).
The Hindon airport is a single-runway base. IGI airport is in the process of expanding the capacity of existing terminals and building a new runway by 2021. Made your travel plans already?
