ghaziabad seven acres of land next to the hindon air base in ghaziabad have been identified to start civilian flight operations from the indian air force iaf facility which will effectively turn it into the second airport for commercial flights in delhinational capital regionthe civil aviation ministry is looking at the hindon air base home to iafs heavy lift transport aircraft globemaster as a supplementary facility to reduce the heavy burden on delhis igi airport till the jewar international airport in greater noida takes shapein august the air force had agreed to allow the use of the air base for civilian flights under the governments regional connectivity scheme rcsthe land on which the government plans to build infrastructure for civilian flights are in sikandarpur village next to the bases perimeter wall officials said a separate gate for passengers and a seating area would be developed in this part passenger flights can use the existing runway the hindon air base is around 10km from dmrcs dilshad garden metro station on the red line the sikandarpur site was recently inspected by officials from the airport authority of india the air force and the ghaziabad administration two sites were surveyed but sikandarpur village was found to be suitable and there is inprinciple agreement to use it for developing civilian infrastructure ghaziabad dm ritu maheshwari told