India, Aug. 29 -- The Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials said on Thursday that it has requested the Ghaziabad administration to allocate 9 hectares for the proposed expansion of the civil airport at Sikandarpur while submitting a report of a survey conducted by it.

To be sure, currently, this Hindon airport is spread over about 22,050 square metre area (2 hectares).

The airport, which is using the runway of the Indian Air Force base at Hindon, is operating at optimum capacity in terms of number of flights and passengers' footfall, and further expansion is required, they said.

"We have about 25 cities connected to 50 flights and have a daily footfall of over 5,000 passengers. An expansion plan is being discussed at the highest l...