Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu pose for a photograph at Noida International Airport (Jewar), in Noida. (Source: ANI Photo/File)

4 min read May 4, 2026 06:24 AM IST First published on: May 4, 2026 at 06:24 AM IST

On March 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh. Built at a cost of around Rs 11,200 crore, the airport will transform the size and character of UP’s economy. When fully developed, it will be able to handle 11.6 crore passengers, 7.3 lakh flights and 28 lakh metric tonnes of cargo each year, making it one of India’s largest airports and air-logistics hubs.

The airport will be an important piece in UP’s infrastructural and economic strategy puzzle, positively impacting the state’s economy in four ways: Increasing GSDP, creating a large number of quality jobs, generating new economic opportunities, and deepening the technology and electronics manufacturing…