[14] The airport will operate on a hybrid model with 30% cross-subsidy, and the concession offers 232 acres of land for commercial city-side development for a period of 60 years.

[19] The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the project were issued in January 2016, seeking bids from interested companies to construct the airport.

[15] In 2016, the State Government proposed to establish an Aviation Skill Development centre in order to provide employment opportunities at the airport to local youth.

[23] The State Government acquired 78.41 lakh square metres of land for the airport from villages of Casarvarnem, Chandel, Varconda, Uguem, and Mopa in Pernem taluka.

[25] GGIAL and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Delhi on 31 March 2017 for necessary support from the centre to develop the airport.

The master plan of the airport was also reviewed and approved by Engineers India through a separate contract earlier in 2017.

[29] On 18 January 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the Goa Government and GGIAL to maintain status quo on the project[30] due to environmental impact.

[39] The airport is code 'E' compliant, featuring a 3.5 kilometre long runway with Rapid Exit Taxiways.

The airport has an Integrated Passenger Terminal Building, Air Traffic Control (ATC) building, meteorological facilities, a cargo terminal, ancillary facilities for processing and storage, aircraft rescue and firefighting services and infrastructure for aviation fuel.

[61] The state-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation operates bus services to the airport from Panaji, Mapusa, and Margao.

[62] The airport will be directly connected with the nearby neighbouring districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka via the proposed Nagpur–Goa Expressway by the next 4–5 years.

The expressway, which will begin near Nagpur at Wardha district will terminate at an interchange with the NH-66 at Patradevi, located about 20 km (12 mi) north from the airport on the Maharashtra–Goa border.