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

What can 200 acres beside a runway become?

Four versions for 200 acres on a 99 year lease beside Sindhudurg Airport, each building on the one before. A master developer services the land; MRO, flight school, drone, space and hotel operators build their own facilities.

Parcel200 acres
Runway2,500 m
Operations24x7 all weather
Phase 124 months
Four versions

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

Every deck covers the zoning, the 99 year lease, the legal framework, the approvals, the capital structure, the 24 month Phase 1 plan and the risk matrix. Open any deck; use the arrow keys or swipe to move through slides.

Version 1 · 15 slides

The Hangar Line

Service the airside and roadside land first for an MRO, a flight school and a hotel. Hold 80 acres until tenants sign.

Serviced
120 ac
Developer capex
Rs 140 to 240 cr
First income
Month 19 to 24
Open deck
Version 2 · 16 slides

The Flight Academy

A training campus for pilots, engineers and drone operators. The developer also builds cadet housing, let to the academy.

Serviced
200 ac
Developer capex
Rs 240 to 380 cr
People
About 1,800
Open deck
Version 3 · 18 slides

The Aerospace Park

The full brief in four zones: airside 30%, tech 20%, residential 20%, hospitality 15%, buffers 15%.

Serviced
200 ac
Developer capex
Rs 280 to 450 cr
People
About 2,500
Open deck
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Version 4 · 22 slides

Sindhudurg Aerospace Gateway

The investor deck: V3’s plan plus the master developer model, capital structure, investment thesis, partner strategy and how to start.

Serviced
200 ac
Developer capex
Rs 320 to 520 cr
Equity : debt
40:60 to 50:50
Open deck
V1 Hangar LineSmallest bet that proves the site.
V2 Flight AcademyCaptive tenants, steady income.
V3 Aerospace ParkThe full brief, zoned.
V4 GatewayBuilt for institutional capital.
Experience it

Walk the site, watch it, or play it.

A real time 3D world with the ATR landing, the hangars, the drone field and the people who will work and live here; the same world recorded as a 74 second film with music; and an original pixel platformer that teaches the project as you play.

Real time 3D · with music

Gateway World

Fly in with an ATR on a 24 hour runway, walk the apron with ground crew and cadets, then orbit the four zones yourself.

Enter the world
Platformer · three levels

Gateway Run

Run a cadet pilot through Zone A, the drone lab and the township. Hit the i blocks and talk to the people you meet.

Play the game
Flight game · 21 gates

Gateway Flight

Fly a Fly91 ATR 72-600 off runway 27. Each gold gate opens a chapter of the proposal: zones, lease, capital, plan and risks. Land back at Chipi.

Take off
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, licensed for 24x7 all weather operations since January 2026.

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, DGCA 24x7 approval, Section 63 and 63-1A, Integrated Township Projects, CRZ Notification 2019, MRO guidelines and tax, UDCPR amenity space. Legal points are a planning summary, not legal advice; confirm with Maharashtra counsel.