Ministry of Civil Aviation has said that Kolhapur Airport will get a new terminal building with enhanced capacity and world-class facilities by March next year. It said that considering the tremendous passenger traffic growth at the Kolhapur airport, the Airports Authority of India has undertaken the work for developing the airport for enhanced capacity. The Ministry said that more than sixty per cent of the work for extension of the terminal building is complete.<br />'' <br />'' The Ministry highlighted that a new terminal building is being constructed in an area of four thousand square meter and will be able to process three hundred passengers during peak hours. It said, with ten check-in counters, the Terminal will be equipped with all modern passenger amenities.<br />''  <br />''Our correspondent reports that Kolhapur Airport has been identified for Regional Connectivity Scheme operations under UDAN scheme and is presently connected to Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai and Tirupati. Recently the Airport Aerodrome license has been upgraded to round of clock flight operations.