1930s. The maharaja of Kolhapur State built an airfield in Kolhapur in 1939, and offered a subsidy to Air Services of India to operate air service to Juhu. Small airstrips had been built by the 1940s at Phaltan, Sangli, Akola and Gondia in addition to larger airfields at Santacruz, Pune and Nagpur, built by the Indian Air Force and also used for civil aviation. During the 1980s and 1990s, Vayudoot served ten airports in the state. Airports Most of Maharashtra's airfields are operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI); Reliance Airport Developers (RADPL) operate five smaller airports at Latur, Nanded, Baramati, Osmanabad and Yavatmal on a 95-year lease. The Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) was founded in 2002 to develop airports in the state which are not under the AAI or the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). MADC is leading the planning and implementation of the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) project. Maharashtra has three international airports: Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, one of India's busiest Pune Airport, with flights to Dubai, Frankfurt and Sharjah Nagpur's Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Major domestic airports of Maharashtra include: Aurangabad Airport Jalgaon Airport Nanded Airport Kolhapur Airport Nashik Airport Airports at Akola, Amravati, Baramati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Karad, Latur, Osmanabad, Ratnagiri, Solapur and Yavatmal do not have scheduled air service. There are also private airstrips at Aamby Valley City and Shirpur. A greenfield airport is being built by the MADC at Shirdi, and IRB Infrastructure is building Sindhudurg Airport. A new passenger terminal at Nashik Airport was inaugurated in March 2014. Navi Mumbai International Airport, to be constructed by CIDCO for , is in the land-acquisition stage. The New Pune Airport is planned, in addition to greenfield airports at Boramani (near Solapur) and Gadchiroli. Water The ports on the Konkan coast have historically been the gateway to the Deccan Plateau. Although most have diminished in importance, they remain fishing ports. Maharashtra's two principal ports, Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port (also in the Mumbai region), are controlled by the government of India. There are about 50 minor ports in Maharashtra; most handle passenger traffic, with limited capacity. None of the state's major rivers are navigable. See also Transport in India References Maharashtra Transport in India by state or union territory