[13][14] The project was first proposed in 2001 by then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh as a greenfield Taj International Aviation Hub (TIAH)[15] at Jewar near Greater Noida, adjacent to the Yamuna Expressway.

[18] When the Akhilesh Yadav-led government was formed in Uttar Pradesh in 2012, it contemplated shelving the project while proposing a new international airport in Agra.

In June 2013, the State Government decided on the Kurrikupa village near Hirangaon, Tundla in the Firozabad district as the site for the proposed airport.

YIAPL signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with IndiGo as its launch carrier in November 2023, and Akasa Air was added to the list in January 2024.

[28][29] The Noida International Airport (NIA) is located around 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Jewar Town in Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in India.

In October 2017, for the first phase of building the airport, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) acquired land in villages such as Mukimpur Siwara, Dayanat Pur, Ramner, Kishorpur, Banwari Bas, Ranhera, Rohi, and Parohi.

[30] Similarly in January 2021, YEIDA started taking possession of land for the phase-2 expansion in villages such as Ranhera, Shahpur Nangla, Birampur, Karauli Bangar, and Dayanat Pur (Jewar Tehsil).

The project was first proposed in 2001 by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Rajnath Singh, as Taj International Aviation Hub (TIAH) in Jewar.

However, in 2012 the project was shelved by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav as he planned to build a new airport near Tundla, Firozabad District.

The project was revived in 2018 by the BJP government,[44] with allocation of ₹ 1,260 crores for land acquisition,[45] to build the airport under the Public–Private Partnership (PPP) model.