Navi Mumbai International Airport: Everything you need to Know

Last updated on: 8th october, 2025.

Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) as known as DB Patil Navi Mumbai Airport is an upcoming greenfield airport is located in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai, Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. The Navi Mumbai International Airport will help reduce congestion at Mumbai’s existing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, which is currently operating beyond its capacity

The new greenfield airport is being built by CIDCO(City and Industrial Development Corporation) through PPP (Public Private Partnership) model. Navi Mumbai Airport  is being developed by the Adani Group-led Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL) with a 4 phase master plan to handle over 60 million passengers per annum in the future.

Airport is expected to be opened for flight operations in April 2025.

Quick Facts of NMIA

• State – Maharashtra
• District – Raigad
• Area – 1,160 hectares
• Estimated Cost – Rs. 16,700 crore
• Runways –1 ( total 2 planned in future)
• Terminals – 1( Total 4 planned In future)
• Passenger Capacity -20 million per year( 90 million planned in future)
• Cargo Capacity – 0.8 million tones(2.5 million tones per year in future)
• IATA – NMI
• Owner – CIDCO (26%) MIAL (74%)
• Architects – Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
• Operator – Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL) an
• Civil Construction Contractor: L&T
• Operation start: 8th Oct. 2025

Phases

Phase-1 of airport will have one runway, one terminal and 20 million passenger handling capacity but after final phase there will be 3 terminals, 2 runways and 90 million passenger handling capacity.

Photo credit: NMIAL

Facilities

• 2 parallel runways
• 3 terminals
• 1 cargo terminal
• 88 check in counters
• 29 Aerobridges
• 9 baggage belts

Connectivity

CIDCO will construct the six-lane Ulwe Coastal Road (UCR) from Ulwe to airport and Kharghar Coastal Road (KCR) from Kharghar to airport, to improve connectivity to the airport.

The Airport will also be connected with Navi Mumbai metro line 1 and Mumbai metro line 8

Runways

The airport will have two runways, It is equipped with a Category II Instrument Landing System (ILS) with a three-degree glide angle. This airport can facilate the aircraft landings at visibility levels as low as 300 metres.

• Runway 08L/26R: 3,700 by 60 meters (12,140 ft × 200 ft)
• Runway 08R/26L: 3,700 by 60 meters (12,140 ft × 200 ft)

Terminals

The Navi Mumbai International Airport will have one terminal in phase-1 with capacity of 20 million passanger per year. in future NMIA has planned 4 terminals, 3 will be passanger terminal and 1 cargo terminal. 3 interconnected passanger terminal wil have state of the art facalities that can cater 90 million passanger on annual basis, while the cargo terminal wil facilate 0.8 million tones of cargo in a year in phase-1. the cargo capacity will increase to 2.5 million tones in future.

Owners

NMIA will be operated by Navi Mumbai International Airport limited whic is jointly form by Mumbai Internationl Airport ltd. under the Adani Airport holdings and CIDCO.

• CIDCO (26%)
• MIAL (74%)

Source:

• NMIA
• CIDCO

Benifits of New Airport

• he new airport will share traffic with the over-crowded Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, making travel smoother for millions of passengers.
• Built in Navi Mumbai, it will boost development in Raigad and nearby regions, supporting new businesses, logistics hubs, and jobs.

• Some road and metro projects are still under construction; delays could affect accessibility in the early phase.
• The project area includes reclaimed land and mangroves, so environmental protection and flood management will be key.

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