Assam has formally asked India’s central government for additional emergency landing facilities and will sign a pact with the Civil Aviation Ministry next month to run feasibility studies for four new airports (Majuli, Diphu, Umrangso, Manas).

The request and upcoming MoU move emergency-landing capacity expansion from a one-off inauguration to an active pipeline, creating a near-term window for site selection, land acquisition, and budget alignment with the Centre. If the feasibility studies proceed, aviation and defense planners should assume new airfield options in Assam could enter the project queue, affecting basing, diversion planning, and regional connectivity priorities. Contractors and suppliers in airfield construction, navigation aids, and perimeter security should prepare for tendering activity once study scopes and timelines are finalized.