Initially, the Hosur airport will have one terminal, and two runways have been planned. Photo used for representational purpose
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The Tamil Nadu government has sent the site clearance application to the Ministry of Civil Aviation seeking the first stage of approval for establishing the airport at Hosur.
The State government has envisaged Hosur as an international airport located in Shoolagiri taluk (between Berigai and Bagalur), which will have a capacity to handle 30 million passengers.
The State government has once again written to the Ministry of Defence requesting permission to relax airspace restrictions for the Hosur airport. The Tamil Nadu government had sought the Defence Ministry’s clearance in this regard for the first time in June. Sources said the Defence Ministry responded that they were not in favour of the arrangement owing to various reasons and since the airspace in Hosur region also fell within the control of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
“The airspace of Bengaluru airport and Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited (TAAL) already overlap with HAL airspace. The Chief Secretary has provided all the technical details to the Ministry again citing how it would be possible to do so with the Hosur airport as well, and there could be an arrangement in this regard. We have highlighted the reasons on how it could coexist. We are waiting to hear from them now,” a source said.
It will take a minimum of six to eight months to get site clearance for the Hosur airport, sources said. In the case of the Parandur airport, it took a little more than a year for the Tamil Nadu government to receive site clearance.
If site clearance is obtained from the Centre, the State government then needs to receive in-principle approval.
The State government will have to wait another eight years to start passenger operations at Hosur airport since Bangalore International Airport Limited and the Ministry of Civil Aviation have an agreement that prohibits the establishment of other airports within 150 km of aerial distance of the Bengaluru airport.
Hosur, which already is an electronics and manufacturing hub, has also been attracting a slew of fresh investments in other sectors too and is gearing up rapidly to transform into an economic hub. The new airport with advanced passenger and cargo infrastructure will reduce the dependence on the Bengaluru airport. The airport will further boost development in the region and will draw more investments into the State.
Initially, the Hosur airport will have one terminal, and two runways have been planned. The airport will be designed in such a way that it can be expanded in the future as per requirement. The Tamil Nadu government has proposed to build the airport on 2,300 acres and of this, nearly 650 acres is already owned by it.
Published – November 15, 2025 10:30 pm IST
