First aircraft lands at Dholera airport: an AAI calibration flight, not an opening
An Airports Authority of India calibration aircraft, VT-CNS, made the first landing on Dholera airport's 3,200 m runway on 4 June 2026, greeted with a water-cannon salute near Pipli village.
Carried by credible news outlets. No official document confirms it yet.
The trial proves the runway is usable and followed the reported completion of the runway, taxiways and ATC tower. It does not mean the airport is open: the passenger terminal was around 75 percent complete at the time, and operations were later targeted for September-October 2026.
Dholera's airport has carried slipping opening dates since roughly 2010, which is why this site records milestones with dates instead of promises.
Embraer and Adani reported exploring a civil-aircraft assembly line, Dholera among candidate sites
The Airports Authority invited proposals to put flying training schools at Dholera airport
In July 2025 the centre said the airport would be ready by December 2025 and that there had been no extension
Everything we recorded in June 2026
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