New Airport Terminal building to be ready for operations. The Terminal building built by the Airport Authority India at 60 crores is prepared for operations. This was slightly delayed due to the COVID 19. Our Hon'ble MP Shri MVV Satyanarayana, APD Shri Srinivas, Airport Advisory committee members K KumarRaja, D S Varma, and O Naresh Kumar reviewed the progress of the new Terminal building. 

As of now, all works are complete and only cleaning work is in progress. Shifting the customs and immigration computers to the new terminal is only pending. The new spacious building can accommodate more than double the passengers operating from existing buildings and help the smooth passengers flow in the domestic and international terminal. 

With the new N5 Taxi track operation, additional parking bays recently added, and now this new international terminal, Vizag Airport is on its way to handling double the passenger traffic it currently takes with ease. The additional space would be utilised exclusively for international arrivals and departures. The existing space, which is now being used for international arrivals and departures, will be used to cater to the needs of the requirements of the domestic passengers. With the expansion of the terminal building, an additional 10,000 sqm of space will be added to the existing 20,000 sqm.

The new terminal building has six parking bays and three aero-bridges. Six more are already working, and it will facilitate parking 12 planes simultaneously. In one hour, 12 flights can land and take off, which means handling over 3,000 passengers at the airport at a time. The expansion of the terminal building is expected to take care of that load. The extra space will help ensure social distancing.

Two new baggage handling belts and four additional departure gates have been added. In addition to the above, there are four parking bays near the old terminal building at the apron. These parking bays are now used for the movements of non-scheduled aircraft and VIP planes. The canopy work is also fully completed and operational.

Total footfalls in Visakhapatnam in 2021-22 were 16,10,483 against 11,13,516 in 2020-21. Aircraft movements were 14,878, up 39.5% over last year. Cargo tonnage was 4326 tons, up 14.5% over the previous year.

The airport handled a peak of ..2.85million pre covid, 28,53,990  passengers travelled from Visakhapatnam airport for the financial year 2018-19. They are expecting that to cross the peak load traffic soon.