 In 2016, Frost and Sullivan completed a feasibility study for the development of an integrated aviation hub including an international airport in 3 phases.The airport has been upgraded for the UDAN domestic flights with technical collaboration with AAI, which was mostly completed by December 2018, The upgrade included new terminal building, 3 hangars, strengthening of runway, installation of night flying equipments, perimeter flood lights, security equipments and arrangements, widening of approach road to four lanes, etc., with a cumulative total of more than 

The runway will be extended from to to accommodate turboprop aircraft (such as the ATR 72) and jets (such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320), for sub-basing parking hub operations of airlines, Maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) and defence manufacturing.As of Sept 2019, this phase is under construction and will be completed by October end, after which 18 seater turboprop aircraft will be able to serve this airport which is currently served by 6 or 7 seater aircraft.