Bengaluru International Airport (BIA), India's first greenfield airport, has been envisioned as a business and travel hub for South India. In keeping with this, our plans are designed to provide facilities and services to all our passengers while maximising the infrastructure and land space available.

Master Plan

Around the world, airports have been expanding their facilities to include retail outlets, office spaces and other commercial developments. Encompassing all these non-aviation facilities and beyond Bengaluru International Airport aims at setting a benchmark for the development of future airports in India. Our Master Plan ensures that the size and capacity of the airport's facilities are in line with passenger traffic forecast and projected cargo growth. The facilities include runways, taxiways, apron, passenger terminal building, fuel farm, airport fire service, aircraft maintenance facilities, access roads, car parking, control tower, technical building, maintenance, GSE Workshop, administrative building and security. Our Master Plan is prepared in line with current ICAO standards and recommendations, IATA guidelines and AAI requirements.

Phase 1

Phased Development

The airport development master plan has been staggered across several phases. The initial phase was completed in March 2008. The airport will soon embark on the next expansion phase. Till the final master plan is realized, the airport will be work in progress project. Gradual yet continuous expansion phases will be executed for the next 10-15 years as initially envisioned and planned.

The existing airport features

The passenger terminal for both domestic and international passengers, a runway of four thousand meters length, 3 rapid exits and a taxiway system, 42 aircraft stands and 8 passenger boarding bridges including one double arm aerobridge, a four lane main access road, the central access road, a secondary access road and an airside service road, approximately 2,000 car parks, various auxiliary buildings, a fuel farm, 2 major general cargo warehouses and flight kitchens. The aviation infrastructure will be constantly expanded in line with the growth of the traffic figures.

Additional Phases

With 4,000 acre of allocated land, the airport has ample expansion scope. What one sees today at the Bengaluru International Airport site is just one phase of the Master Plan.