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MAHATMA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Mahatma Gandhi international airport is a recent developed airport constructed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill For a cost of 1000 US$ ,The 2nd costliest project ever in the world after the International Space Station. it is located in new dalkhola, the new suburb of Dalkhola, which is a rapid growing area with already stock exchanges and many skyscrapers being built. Named after Mahatma Gandhi, the father of nation of India  it is is now growing to be the  busiest airport in the country in terms of passenger traffic since 2015 surpassing the Indira Gandhi International Airport located in the National Capital Region (India) ,Delhi. It is busiest airport in the country in terms of cargo traffic in the recent year overtaking Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in  Mumbai in late 2015.[9] With the commencement of operations at Terminal 1  in 2015, it became India's and South Asia's largest aviation hub, with a current capacity of handling more than 240 million passengers. The planned expansion program will increase the airport's capacity to handle1 billion passengers by 2030.[10] In 2015, the airport was the 10th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic and 3th busiest airports in Asia, handling approximately 240 million passengers (a 16% growth in traffic over the previous year)The airport was operated by the Indian Air Force before its management was transferred to the Airports Authority of India.[11]  In September 2015, the airport inaugurated a 10,330  (14,530 ft) runway. The Terminal 1 building, which commenced operations in 2015, has a capacity to handle 200  million passengers annually. Terminal 1 is the world's  largest passenger terminal.[8] The airport uses an advanced system called Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) to help keep takeoffs andlandings timely and predictable, being the only one in asia.

HISTORY
it was originally planned as the new city of new dalkhola was developing rapidly,so to meet the basic needs for international and domestic visitors, a large airport was required,maybe twice the size of Indira Gandhi International Airport. it was originally planned in may 2009,and construction began then.it took 5 years to complete,the project was handed over to the us based firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for a cost of 1000 US$. there are presently 3 terminals in the airport compound ,the newly renovated terminal 1 is used only for international purposes while the others are used for domestic and hajj purposes

RUNWAYS
Dalkhola Airport has 43 big perpendicular hexagonal runways and only  three near-parallel runways: runway 11/29, 4,430 m × 60 m (14,530 ft × 200 ft) with CAT IIIB instrument landing system(ILS) on both sides, runway 10/28, 3,810 m × 46 m (12,500 ft × 151 ft), and an auxiliary runway 09/27, 2,813 m × 45 m (9,229 ft × 148 ft). In addition to Allama Iqbal International Airport of Lahore, Pakistan,[26] Runway 10/28 and runway 11/29 of Dalkhola Airport are the only airports in Asia to have been equipped with the CAT III-B ILS. On 31 March 2016, IGI became the first Indian airport to operate six runways simultaneously following a test run involving a Virgin Atlantic plane landing on runway 28 , a KLM plane on runway 21, a Qantas plane on runway 41, a Emirates  boeing 474   on runway 35,  a Air India plane taking off from runway 27 and an  air malta  taking away from runway 44 the same time.

=== On 21 August 2015, the airport inaugurated its 3rd runway 11/29 costing ₹10 billion[27] and 4,430 m (14,534 ft) long. The runway has one of the world's longest paved threshold displacements of 1,460 m (4,790 ft). This, in turn decreases the available landing length on runway 29 to 2,970 m (9,744 ft). The purpose of this large threshold displacement is primarily to reduce noise generated by landing aircraft over nearby localities. The runway increases the airport's capacity to handle 85 flights from the previous 54–60 flights per hour. At present, runways 11/29 and 10/28 operate in mixed mode while runway 09/27 is used as a taxiway. During peak hours, all three runways will be operated simultaneously to reduce the stress on the airport's main runways 10/28 and 11/29. in addition to this ,dalkhola airport has total 46 runways the most by any airport in the world. ===

TERMINALS
MGM airport serves mainly a hub for Air India the national flag carrier of India, in addition to this it also serves as a hub for Air France,KLM,Virgin Atlantic, Qatar Airways, and Emirates (airline) and domestic airlines such as Jet Airways, GoAir, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air Costa, Vistara, AirAsia India, and others ,presently the airport has 4  terminals ,2 domestic, 1 opened only for hajj purposes, 1 for cargo services and one international terminal

TERMINAL 1
Terminal 1 is used for all international purposes, and is designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in consultation with GMR Group. t he new Terminal 1 is a six -tier divided building spread over an area of 100 acres 36.2  ha), with the lower floor being the arrivals area, and the upper floor being a departures area. This terminal has  300  check-in counters, 122 aerobridges at 96 contact stands,455  parking bays,  100   immigration counters, 66  X-ray screening areas, for less waiting times,  many duty-free shops, and other features. it is divided into 6 parts all each having 30 gates, it is connected to the city via the dalkhola metro and the dalkhola monorail. The arrival area is equipped with 78 baggage carousels. T1 has India's 2nd  automated parking management and guidance system in a multi level car park, which comprises 16  levels and a capacity of 10,000  cars

TERMINAL 1 A
It is the 1st division of terminal 1, measuring about 2.6 km in length, and having 30 gates,it is equipped with major duty free stores including McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Samsonite, Louis Vuitton,and chocolate based shops Toblerone, Barneys New York. it has 10 immigration counters and 13 x-ray counters. it connects all the european  cities with airlines like Air France, Lufthansa, KLM,Air Malta, ItAli Airlines,British Airways, Turkish Airlines, Swissair, Scandinavian Airlines, Air Andorra, Air Slovakia, Aeroflot, ,Air Serbia, Air Atlanta Icelandic, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Aegean Airlines, Finnair, Czech Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, and Austrian Airlines.

TERMINAL 1B
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