India, June 15 -- Noida International Airport (NIAL) is at Jewar, in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India, serving the NCR region and western Uttar Pradesh.

Location of this airport: Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, and about 75 km from Delhi, near the Yamuna Expressway. Developed by the company Yamuna International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (YIAPL), which is a Zurich Airport International AG subsidiary. Phase 1 runway is 3,900 metres long and wide-body capable, with a starting capacity of 12 million passengers a year. Purpose of this airport: Built as Delhi-NCR's second international airport, designed to take pressure off IGI. Commercial flight operations started at Noida International Airport at Jewar on ...