Mumbai: Minister of Tourism Aaditya Thackeray said the Maharashtra government was considering the third airport in the Mumbai Metropolitan region (MMR), near Palghar.
This project is in the preliminary discussion stage.
He said a site had not been identified.
“This is part of a preliminary discussion, seeing the needs of the area.
However, we will immediately begin the process,” Thackeray told Toi.
Officials say with Mumbai airport used for full potential and delayed Navi Mumbai airport may also not be enough to meet the requirements, the state government is considering the third airport.
Airline officials praised the decision but air safety experts warned of the initial announcement, citing developments after the Navi Mumbai Airport project was announced.
“The builder reviews the soil around the proposed Navi Mumbai airport and the area goes to construction,” said the flight source.
The Indian Airport Authority (AAI) provides a certificate without objections (NOC) for high cleaning of buildings within a 20 km radius from the airport.
For example, the building in a 4km radius of the airport center can be a maximum of only 45m high (around 15 floors).
“But for Navi Mumbai airport, CidCo began giving NOCs to build a height in accordance with the norms of AAI only after 2012, decades after the airport project Announced, ” said the source.
“Some buildings to the east of the proposed airport, such as those in Khandeshwar and Kamothe who received NOC before 2012, may be found too high for structures that fall under the path of the Navi Mumbai plane approach, two parallel runways 26, ” said the source.
Before the airport is assigned, the survey of obstacles will be carried out.
Some buildings can be served notifications for reduction of height, but the runway will have a “refugee threshold ‘, which is a shorter foundation will be considered to be used for take-off / landing because of the barrier along the path Aircraft approach.
“It can lead to problems for heavy aircraft operations, and this is not how the airport must be planned,” said the source.