Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated an international airport near Rajkot city in Gujarat.
It is the first greenfield airport in the state and has been built at a cost of Rs 1,405 crore, a government release said.
The facility, located in Hirasar village, around 30 km from Rajkot, is spread over an area of 1,025.50 hectares (2,534 acres), out of which the Airports Authority of India has constructed the airport in an area of 1,500 acres, it said.
It has a 3,040 metre (3.04 km)-long and 45-meter-wide runway where 14 planes can be parked at any given point, a government release said.
