The Airports Authority of India approved construction of a passenger terminal at the Trishul Air Force Base.[5] The district administration bought 10 hectares (25 acres) of land from local farmers for the project.[6] The AAI began the tender process to award construction contracts for the airport in September 2017, and expected the civil enclave to be ready by March 2018, pending the approval from the Government of Uttar Pradesh.[7] However, the IAF requested changes in the layout of the taxiway connecting the terminal to the runway.[8] After the Ministry of Defence approved the taxiway, passenger service was hoped to begin by February 2019.[9] The job of developing the civil enclave was awarded to M/s SCC Infrastructure Pvt.Ltd. a construction company based at Ahmedabad, and the turn key engineering and design of the proposed structures was entrusted to M/s Solcon Consultants a design and engineering firm based at Vadodara, Gujarat.
Terminals
Terminal 1
The airport's first passenger terminal to begin commercial operations was inaugurated by
the state civil aviation minister, Nand Gopal Nandi, and Union Minister, Santosh Gangwar, on 10 March 2019, at the air force base.
The terminal building covers an area of 2,500 square meters, and can handle 150 passengers (75 arrival, 75 departure) during peak hours. Its new apron, measuring 95×100 metres, provides parking space for two ATR-72 type aircraft at a time, as per IMG norms, and has a parking facility for ,250 cars.[10]
Terminal 2
A new terminal building, next to the first terminal towards north, was inaugurated on 8 March 2021, as part of the airport expansion project. It is spread over 3,020 square metres and has a capacity to accommodate over 300 passengers. It has two baggage conveyor belts and six check-in counters.The dimension of Link Taxiway will be 835 m x 18 m . The new apron for parking of three Airbus A321 type aircraft.[a] The total cost of these works is around ₹ 70 crore.[12]
