Airport construction in Nepal

Nijgard, nepal
About

 Nijgadh International Airport  is a proposed hub-airport, located in Kolhabi, directly

68 km (42 mi) to the south of Kathmandu, near the town of Nijgadh in Province No. 2, 
Nepal. It is targeted to be completed by 2025 with an estimated investment of USD 6.7
billion[1]. If constructed, it would be the largest airport in South Asia and the fourth
largest airport in the world in terms of land area.[2] The airport is intended to relieve
expected capacity restraints at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu.
Civil engineering for construction of Airport

 The Civil Engineering Department, consisting of Civil and Structural Engineers,

undertakes structural design of passenger and cargo terminals, aircraft hangars,
runways and other pavements, technical buildings for installation of airport ground aids
etc. for AAI's in-house requirements and consultancy projects. To ensure timely
completion of projects, without cost overrun, the department adopts its proven
technique of deputing a Project In-charge for each of the projects undertaken, within
the organization and on consultancy basis, with adequate delegated powers.
 The department is facilitated by in-house soil and material testing laboratory and the R&D
Unit which have rendered valuable work on engineering especially in utilization of
locally available material, adoption of new techniques for pavement design and
pavement evaluation etc. The safety aspects of aircraft operations like maintenance of
friction level of runway and riding quality of runway surface are also ensured by the
Civil Engineering Department.
 The project management teams, under the Project In-charges carry out the bulk of activities
including project monitoring, contract management and quality control. The department has
proven track record in successfully completing major projects undertaken by AAI at
international level, under difficult logistics and varying climatic conditions prevailing at
project's sites and also during the construction of strategically important airports in India like
the airport at 'Agatti' in the Lakshwadeep islands and the airport at Leh at 10,683 ft. AMSL.
AAI has successfully completed the New Terminal Building Project at Jaipur, Udaipur,
Srinagar, Dehradun, Cooch Behar, Gaya, Dibrugarh, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Pune, Calicut,
Vizag, Trichy, and Mangalore. New Terminal Building projects are under construction at
Varanasi, Lucknow, Barapani, Ranchi, Raipur, Madurai, Mysore, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad,
Bhopal and Indore. A new greenfield airport at Pakyong, which became the only airport in
the State of Sikkim, is coming up with latest terramesh/green terramesh technology where
the height of cut/fill is up to 50 meter. Planning for new green field airports at Cheithu,
Itanagar to handle ATR-72 type of aircraft with ILS facility is in progress.
 A separate wing under the Civil Engineering Department normally looks after the day to
day maintenance requirements of the civil engineering aspects of airport management
and operations. The Civil Engineering Department of AAI is not only capable but
willing to accept any challenge in the field of airport civil engineering to add additional
feathers in its cap.
Capacity

 Annual (pax):15,000,000
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Dimensions

 Terminal:
 75,000m²
 Runways:
 3,600m × 60m
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Location

 Located in nijgard, nepal(As shown in figure)

Plans

 Total Area within the Airport Boundaries = 80 sq.km. = 8045.79 Ha = 11,8876Bigaha

Private Land Total = 110 Bigaha, Acquired 58 Bigaha (to be updated)
Area for Airport only , 6.7 kmx4.0 km = 2700 ha Appx.
Aerodrome reference code 4F
• Runway size Max 4700 m x 60 m with
7.5 m shoulder each side
• Design A/C B-747-400/ A 380
• Other facilities As Require for ARC -4F
• First phase Pax movement , ( 1st 10
yrs) = 10 million/year
• Final phase Pax movement , ( 40 yrs) =
> 60 million/ year
• Transit Hub – 20 major cities within 4
hrs.
• Cargo Handling – 70,000 tons/yr.
• EMP – to be prepared
• Costs for Phase I - US $ 1,200 million
Nepal Air Routes
World Air routes
Present Air Routes to and from Nepal

 S.
 No.
 Airways Sector Direction of Route Remarks
 1 L626 Kathmandu-Mahendranagar-Delhi Unidirectional Outbound Area Navigation Route
 2 B345 Lhasa-Tumlingtar-Kathmandu-
 Lucknow
 Unidirectional Outbound route between
 Kathmandu and Lucknow and Bidirectional
 between Kathmandu and Lhasa
 (*) Agreement has been reached with India to
 make bidirectional between Lucknow and
 Kathmandu also
 3 G336 Patna-Simara-Kathmandu Unidirectional inbound route between
 Patna and Kathmandu
 4 G335 Kathmandu-Janakpur-Patna Unidirectional outbound (*) Agreement has been reached with India to

 Make bidirectional through out 5 R325 Kathmandu-Janakpur-Kolkata Unidirectional
outbound (*) Agreement has been reached with India to make bidirectional through out
6 R344 Kathmandu-Biratnagar-Katihar- Rajshahi Unidirectional outbound (*)
Agreement has been reached with India to make it bidirectional between Biratnagar
and Kathmandu 7 A467 Kolkata-Katihar-Biratnagar Bidirectional (*) Agreement has
been reached with India to extend it up to Kathmandu and make it bidirectional
through out 8 G348 Kathmandu-MECHI-Bagdogra-Paro Bidirectional Exclusively for
Kathmandu-Paro flights 9 G598 Lucknow-APIPU-Simara Unidirectional Inbound 10
G590 Varanasi-Simara Bidirectional 11 R581 Kolkata-IPLAS-Simara Unidirectional
Inbound
Conclusion

 Donor funding is unlikely for such a big project. Moreover, implementation shall be prolonged due
 to complex requirements of the donors. It will be a waste of time and loosing of priority if foreign
 investment either by PPP/BOT or by multilateral agency funding is attempted for such a green field
 project .
 • Take up Phase I with minimum provisions with a five year target for about $200 million per year on
 100% GON funding. International consultants and contractors to be used only for those tasks
 beyond domestic capacity.
 • Coordinate with FT and KKHTH projects and facilitate their accelerated implementation. Initial 20
 km of the FT is common to FT and HHHTH and should be completed in 3 years time by DOR under
 100 % GON funding. Tolling to be applied for the remaining sections in both the FT and KKHTH.