The ministry of civil aviation has approved the plans for the Sindhudurg airport project estimated at an investment of Rs.492 crore in Maharashtra. The decision came in after the new greenfield airports policy was finalised.

The state government had sought an 'inprincipal' approval to set up a greenfield airport at Sindhudurg after the Airports Authority of India (AAI) carried out site inspection. The airport is to be set up through PPP mode while the  Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) will be the nodal agency to select PPP partners through competitive bidding. The state government has already identified 271 hectares of non-agricultural land. The airport will be catering  to domestic traffic along with decongesting the Dabolim airport in Goa.

Also, the government finalised the guidelines for approval of proposals to set up greenfield airports. All the proposals for setting up new airports will be routed through the steering committee.