The plan for setting up Bengaluru’s second international airport, which is in the site selection phase, is gathering momentum. Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said the government is considering the second airport in south Bengaluru.

Here is what we know so far on the three shortlisted sites, what the Airports Authority of India report says about them, and the hurdles that need to be cleared before the project takes off.

Shortlisted sites

In March 2025, the State government shortlisted three locations for the second international airport: two near Kaggalipura and Harohalli, along Kanakapura Road, in the south and one on Kunigal Road in northwest of Bengaluru.

The locations identified are two adjacent land parcels of 4,800 acres and 5,000 acres along Kanakapura Road and a

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