A turboprop airliner on approach over the Konkan coast
Chipi · Sindhudurg · Maharashtra

What can 200 acres beside a runway become?

Four versions for the land next to Sindhudurg Airport, each building on the one before: turboprop MRO, flight training, drone tech, space tech and a place to live.

Parcel200 acres
Runway2,500 m
Airport land271 ha
Anchor fleet6 to 50+ ATRs
Four versions

Each version keeps the one before it and adds what the evidence supports.

Version 1 is the smallest bet that proves the site. Version 4 is where it leads. Open any deck; use the arrow keys or swipe to move through slides.

Version 1 · 10 slides

The Hangar Line

A turboprop MRO and a flight school on half the land, with 70 acres held in reserve.

Land
130 ac
Capex
Rs 250 to 350 cr
People
About 700
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Version 2 · 12 slides

The Flight Academy

A campus that trains pilots, maintenance engineers and drone operators, with a teaching MRO.

Land
188 ac
Capex
Rs 500 to 700 cr
People
About 1,800
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Version 3 · 13 slides

The Aerospace Park

The full brief on one parcel: MRO, flight school, drone manufacturing and testing, space tech, living.

Land
200 ac
Capex
Rs 800 to 1,100 cr
People
About 2,500
Open deck
 Recommended
Version 4 · 18 slides

Sindhudurg Aerospace Gateway

Fly, fix, build, launch: four clusters and Maharashtra’s first common space facility, phased so Horizon 1 is Version 1.

Land
200 ac
Capex
Rs 1,200 to 1,600 cr
People
4,000 plus
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V1 Hangar LineFastest and cheapest proof of the site.
V2 Flight AcademySteadiest cash, from the first intake.
V3 Aerospace ParkEverything in the brief.
V4 GatewayFirst of its kind in India.
The real site

Sindhudurg Airport, Chipi-Parule.

A greenfield airport on a laterite plateau between a tidal river and the Arabian Sea. Opened in October 2021, built and operated by IRB Infrastructure.

Aerial view of Sindhudurg Airport runway on the plateau
Aerial view, 2016. Photo: Trinidade, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sindhudurg Airport runway
Runway, 2018. Photo: Feroze Ahmad, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sindhudurg Airport entrance
Entrance, 2018. Photo: Feroze Ahmad, CC BY-SA 4.0

All other images are concept renders. Capex and headcount figures are indicative orders of magnitude, to be replaced by a quantity surveyed estimate. Facts drawn from: Sindhudurg Airport, ATR on the Fly91 order, Fly91 Sindhudurg routes, IMARC India MRO market, DoS common technical facilities, India drone airspace zones, CGWB Sindhudurg rainfall.