Chennai Parandur Airport is a proposed greenfield airport project to serve the Chennai Metropolitan Area in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is planned to be built near Parandur in Kanchipuram district, and will serve as the secondary airport alongside the existing Chennai International Airport. 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. 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. Chennai: The land acquisition process for Chennai’s proposed greenfield airport at Parandur in Kancheepuram district has gathered significant momentum, with officials saying that nearly 1,000 ...
