Parandur airport: Chennai

Chennai: The Parandur airport project has gained momentum as the state govt has acquired 1,100 acres spread across 17 villages in Kancheepuram distric. Chennai Greenfield Airport Parandur planned construction site encompasses a whopping 5,000 acres. It takes around 1 hour and 50 minutes to drive from Chennai to Parandur (the distance is about 70 kilometres), and about the same from the current airport . Parandur Airport is a proposed airport in Tamil Nadu, India, notably in the Kanchipuram district, close to the town of Parandur . This airport project will need 5,000 acres of land and offer critical airport services to Chennai and serve as Chennai’s second airport . The new airport , coming up in Kancheepuram district, requires a total of 5,183 acres spread across 13 villages, including Parandur , Ekanapuram, Nelvoy, Podavur, Akkamapuram, and Valathoor.