The Adani Group-run Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati will move to its upcoming terminal by April 2025. The initial target to complete the terminal building, being developed at a total cost of over Rs 2,000 crore, was December 2024. However, it got delayed by around four months due to change in design to include more facilities in the building.

In August 2020, the Union Cabinet accorded its approval for leasing the airport for operation, management and development to Adani Enterprises for 50 years. The master plan of the terminal has been prepared.

The capacity of the new terminal will be 13.1 million passengers per annum (MPPA) as against 3.4 MPPA of the existing facility. More than Rs 2,000 crore is being spent in the entire facility, and about Rs 1,600 crore is being invested in the terminal building, while the remaining will be used in constructing a new taxiway and expanding the runway. After the completion of the parallel taxiway, the runway capacity of LGBI Airport will increase to 34 air traffic movements from 18 at present.

In the subsequent phases, it has plans for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, aerocity, helipad and various allied services. The company has set four visions for the airport, with the first being establishing connection with all the 16 airports of Northeast and major cities of the country.

Plans are to develop LGBI Airport as an international hub for South East Asia, wherein it intends to develop a cargo market in the region and introduce air transportation for perishable goods. LGBI Airport wants to be the fillip to the development of the tourism sector in the Northeast.