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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Jodhpur | ||||||||||
| Location | Jodhpur,Rajasthan,India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 216 m / 710 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°15′26″N073°03′06″E / 26.25722°N 73.05167°E /26.25722; 73.05167 | ||||||||||
| Website | Jodhpur Airport | ||||||||||
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| Source:AAI[1][2][3] | |||||||||||
Jodhpur Airport (IATA:JDH,ICAO:VIJO) is adomestic airport and anIndian Air Force base serving the city ofJodhpur,Rajasthan,India. It is operated by theAirports Authority of India (AAI) and shares its airside with the Jodhpur Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force.
TheGovernment of Rajasthan signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) with theIndian Air Force for the expansion of the passenger terminal in March 2017, wherein 37 acres of IAF land was transferred to AAI.[4] In May 2021, it was transferred by IAF to AAI through Jodhpur Development Authority (JoDA), and the terminal was built.[5] It is the48th-busiest airport in India, handling more than half a million passengers in FY 2018–2019. Beside the existing terminal, a new, larger terminal is being constructed to meet the rapidly rising traffic and demands. Itsfoundation stone was laid byPrime MinisterNarendra Modi in October 2023, and construction began in the same month.[6] It is slated to be completed by the end of 2025.[7]
The Jodhpur Flying Club was set up by MaharajaUmaid Singh in the 1920s at a small airfield near his Chittar Palace (Umaid Bhavan Palace) in Jodhpur. Through the next three decades, the airfield grew in stature, being used as anairfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.[8] The airfield was upgraded in 1950 after the formation of theRoyal Indian Air Force (which later became the Indian Air Force).[9] Jodhpur was home to the IAF's Air Force Flying College until the 1965 war.[10]
The airport's 12-acre civil enclave contains a terminal building measuring a built-up area of 5,690 m2, which is capable of handling 430 passengers per hour. The terminal has seven check-in counters and three boarding gates. The adjoining concrete apron measures 140 by 100 metres and has three parking bays that can cater to twoAirbus A320 andBoeing 737 type aircraft simultaneously.
The runway is 2,743 metres long and 45 metres wide. The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities and anInstrument Landing System (ILS) as well as navigational facilities likeDVOR/DME and anNDB.[11]
Squadrons ofHAL Dhruv,HAL Prachand,HAL Chetak,Mil Mi-17 andSukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft are based here. It was active during theKargil War of 1999. There is also a battalion of theGarud Commando Force here.
On 3 October 2022,IAF inductedHAL Prachand into143 Helicopter Unit at Jodhpur Air Force Station.[12][13][14][15]
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| Air India | Delhi,Mumbai |
| Air India Express | Bengaluru,Delhi[16] |
| IndiGo | Regular:Bengaluru,Delhi,Hyderabad,Mumbai,PuneSeasonal:Ahmedabad,Indore,Jaipur,[17] |
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