"This airport would be extended and used for domestic flight operations, while international flights would use Bihta airbase," said a senior official at Patna airport. Though the need of extending the Patna airport terminal building is being felt for over a decade, talks on the same picked speed from April his year. Choubey, held a meeting with chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and other senior bureaucrats at Patna airport on April 7. Sources claimed the extended terminal building would be double the size of the one at Gaya international airport. The state hangar will be shifted next to the Bihar Flying Club and three hangars will be built (see chart).

Source: The Telegraph June 14, 2016 21:59 UTC