New Purandar Airport

Where is Purandar airport: location and map

Purandar airport is in Purandar taluka of Pune district, about 20 to 25 km southeast of Pune city. It is often searched as the Pune new airport or Pune's second airport: the existing Lohegaon airport shares its site with an Indian Air Force base and has no room to expand, so the state chose Purandar for a new international airport. The site covers seven villages. Saswad, about 25 km from Pune, is the nearest established town and sits outside the acquisition boundary on the approach road from the city. The Purandar airport villages list below is also the proposed location by village:

PMRDA is building six approach roads, 61 km in all, at Rs 636.84 crore. They include Saswad to Pargaon Chaufula (10.5 km), Uruli Kanchan to Jejuri (15 km) and the Bopdeo Ghat road (19.5 km), linking the site to Pune's Inner Ring Road, the Pune-Satara road and the Solapur highway. The acquisition boundary is set by survey numbers in MIDC's notifications under the Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, village by village. People searching for the Purandar airport map in Marathi (पुरंदर विमानतळ नकाशा) are usually looking for this boundary. View the seven villages and the boundary on the 1acre map layer, then confirm the survey number against the MIDC notification before you pay anything.

Purandar airport facts: official name, area in acres and developer

Most of the confusion around Purandar airport comes from mixed figures for area and dates. The table below gives the figures from the latest official or news reports, with the month of each update. The airport area in acres depends on which figure you mean: the land in the current acquisition round is 1,216 hectares, about 3,000 acres, while the full site notified in earlier stages is about 2,830 hectares.

Purandar airport latest status: October 2026

The latest update, on 21 October 2026, is that the Pune district administration has taken over about 76% of the 1,216 hectares and will compulsorily acquire the remaining 40 hectares, all in Pargaon, in the coming days. About 96% of farmers have consented, and around Rs 4,000 crore has been credited to them. Farmers had challenged the site in the Bombay High Court; according to the administration, the court dismissed the petition.

What has not happened yet matters as much for buyers. In July 2026, officials said construction tenders could be issued at the end of September or early October 2026, and an August 2026 report quoted the Chief Minister as saying work would start in December. As of October 2026, no construction start has been reported. The earlier target of an operational airport by March 2029 should be read as at risk until a contractor is appointed and work begins on site.

MIDC Acquisition Under the 1961 Act: What Purandar Airport Land Inside the Seven Villages Actually Means

The Maharashtra government is acquiring 2,823 hectares across seven villages under the Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, 1961, not the central LARR (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013) Act of 2013. That distinction matters: the MIDC Act empowers the state industrial corporation to declare the area as industrial land and proceed with compulsory acquisition independently. Once MIDC issues the acquisition notification for a survey number, any private sale executed thereafter is legally challengeable and cannot be registered without risk. All seven villages (Vanpuri, Udachiwadi, Kumbharvalan, Ekhatpur, Munjwadi, Khanwadi, and Pargaon Memane) fall entirely inside the notified 2,753-hectare industrial boundary, with a further 70 hectares from the forest department. In a High-Power Committee meeting held on April 24, 2026, the base compensation rate was officially fixed at Rs 1.61 crore per acre (District Collector announcement, May 6, 2026). The effective average payout is approximately Rs 2 crore per acre once houses, trees, wells, and orchards are included. Farmers who voluntarily surrender their land receive 4 times the current market value plus 10% of developed land; those who do not volunteer proceed through the compulsory route at the base rate. The table below shows the seven acquisition villages and their status as reported in mid-2026:

As of October 2026, the overall position has moved on: 96% of farmers across the seven villages have consented, about 76% of the 1,216 hectares has been handed over, the consent deadline closed on 10 October 2026, and the last 40 hectares, in Pargaon, are going through compulsory acquisition. Landowners whose land is acquired compulsorily receive only the monetary compensation, not the developed-land benefit offered to consenting farmers. Land measurement across all seven villages was targeted for completion by October 2025; any plot listed for private sale inside these villages after that date carries a serious legal defect regardless of what documents the seller presents. A second risk compounds this: most agricultural land near the airport remains unconverted to NA (Non-Agricultural) status. Land without NA conversion cannot legally be used for construction under PMRDA (Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority) rules. Brokers selling plots in Saswad, Jejuri, and Dive Ghat via Power of Attorney or unregistered Agreement of Sale, without a valid NA order attached, are presenting legally defective titles. MahaRERA (Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority) has been actively pursuing unregistered agents operating in fringe zones like Purandar; demand a RERA-registered developer and a current NA conversion certificate before any discussion of price.

Saswad to Dive Ghat: Which Corridors Outside Purandar Airport's Acquisition Zone Hold Real Investment Value

The seven acquisition villages are not purchasable. The investable corridor runs in the ring outside those boundaries, along approach roads from Pune, the Pune Outer Ring Road, and the Pune-Satara highway. The Pune ORR is the most consequential variable here: it determines which approach route serves airport traffic, and plots near the ORR junction to the airport access road carry a logical long-term premium, but only once both the ORR section and the access road are actually complete. The table below shows micro-markets outside the acquisition zone, with the realistic land signal and primary risk at each:

Saswad is the most grounded entry point: it is the nearest established town on the approach road, active plotted development is visible, and it sits outside the acquisition boundary. The core risk is the same as across the entire corridor: a large share of land remains agricultural and unconverted. Without a valid NA order from PMRDA, any plot in Purandar taluka is legally just farmland, with no construction rights. Pune Metro Phase 2 proposes two new lines connecting to the airport, but no construction start date is confirmed. The proposed Rajewadi railway spur is in early planning only. Do not price land near either of these on infrastructure that has not reached tender stage.

Data Sources & Verification

This page is based on the PMRDA project page for the airport and on dated reports from the Pune district administration, the state government and established news outlets, read in October 2026. Village names, the acquisition law and the SPV come from official statements; status figures (consent, hectares handed over, compensation paid) come from the district collector's statements as reported. Where reports differ, the page gives the latest dated figure. Facts that could not be confirmed were left out.

* PMRDA, Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje International Airport project page: notified area, villages inside and outside PMRDA limits, MADC as special planning authority, SPV shares * Punekar News (21 October 2026): 76% land handed over, compulsory acquisition of 40 hectares in Pargaon, Rs 4,000 crore credited, High Court petition dismissed * Punekar News and Swarajya (7 and 10 October 2026): 980 hectares possessed, 96% consent, Rs 1.61 crore per acre, consent deadline * Punekar News (2 September 2026) and Aviation Jeta (3 September 2026): 94% consent and compulsory acquisition decision * Navbharat Live (20 July 2026): location, runways, capacity, Aerocity, cost, SPV name and expected tender timing * My Pune Pulse (February 2025 and February 2026): PMRDA approach roads, cabinet approval and land deadline * Punekar News (30 April 2026): land rate and acquisition start on 4 May 2026 * Swarajya (November 2025, February 2026): 1,285 hectares measured, 1,216 hectares earmarked * IANS via NewKerala (July 2026): MADC responsibility and Rs 6,000 crore HUDCO loan * Punekar News (November 2023): why Lohegaon cannot expand