Airport serving Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Jaipur International Airport (IATA :JAI ,ICAO :VIJP international airport servingJaipur , the capital ofRajasthan . It is located in the southern suburb ofSanganer , located about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the city centre.[ 5] 13th-busiest airport in India in daily scheduled flight operations.[ 6]
Name board for the airport Jaipur International Airport's Terminal 2, seen from the apron side On 29 December 2005, the airport was granted the status of international airport.[ 7] apron can accommodate 14 aircraft, and the new integrated terminal building can handle up to 1,000 passengers at peak hours.[ 8]
On 1 July 2009 T2 was inaugurated,[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Between 2018-24, T1 was upgraded, floor area was expanded from 10,000 to 18,000 square meters and redesigned to reflect traditional Rajasthani architecture.[ 12] [ 13]
2016 plan to construct a newgreenfield airport forJaipur at different location just outside theJaipur Ring Road at Shivdaspura,[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Terminal T1: International [ edit ] T1, being exclusively used as the international terminal.[ 17]
Terminal T2: Domestic [ edit ] T2, used exclusively as the domesticterminal ,[ 9] [ 18] airport check-in counters, four security counters,central heating system , central air conditioning, an inlinex-ray baggage inspection system integrated with the departure conveyor system, baggage claim carousels,escalators ,public address system,flight information display system , CCTV for surveillance,airport check-in counters with Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking, etc.[citation needed The domestic terminal building, built in Rajasthani architecture withsandstone andDholpur stone, has a peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers and an annual handling capacity of 400,000. It has three VIP lounges.[ 19] [ 20]
Terminal T3: proposed [ edit ] A 2018 plan for expansion, which envisaged annual passenger growth from 5 million passengers to over 10 million by 2023, a new passenger terminal T3 on 1.25 lakh square meters area was expected to be completed by 2026/27.[ 21]
An AirAsia X A330 at Jaipur International Airport Cargo terminal, adjacent to the T1, has an area of approximately 700 square metres (7,500 sq ft)[citation needed
Airlines and destinations [ edit ] Airlines Destinations Air Arabia Sharjah [ 22] Air India Mumbai–Shivaji ,Delhi ,[ 23] Akasa Air Ahmedabad ,Delhi , Goa Air India Express [ 24] Bengaluru ,Delhi ,Dubai–International ,Guwahati ,[ 25] Hyderabad ,Mumbai–Shivaji ,Pune ,Varanasi [ 26] Alliance Air Delhi ,[citation needed Kullu [ 27] Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi [ 28] [ 29] IndiGo Ahmedabad ,Bareilly ,[ 30] Bengaluru ,Bhopal ,[ 30] Chandigarh ,Chennai ,Dehradun ,Delhi ,Dharamshala ,[ 31] Goa–Mopa ,[ 32] Hyderabad ,Indore ,Jaisalmer ,[ 33] Jodhpur ,[ 34] Kolkata ,Lucknow ,Mumbai–Navi ,[ 35] Mumbai–Shivaji ,Pantnagar ,[ 30] Pune ,Surat ,[citation needed Udaipur SalamAir Muscat [ 36] SpiceJet Ahmedabad ,[ 37] Delhi ,Dubai–International ,Kolkata ,Mumbai–Shivaji ,Pune ,[ 38] Varanasi Seasonal: Prayagraj [ 39] Star Air Belgaum [citation needed Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang [ 40]
Busiest domestic routes from Jaipur International Airport, CY 2024[ 41] Rank Destination (IATA) Passengers (2024) Main airlines 1 Delhi (DEL) 1,520,000[ 42] IndiGo; Air India Express; Akasa Air; SpiceJet; 2 Mumbai (BOM) 1,280,000[ 42] IndiGo; Air India Express; Akasa Air;Air India 3 Bengaluru (BLR) 920,000[ 42] IndiGo; Air India Express 4 Hyderabad (HYD) 630,000[ 42] IndiGo; Air India Express 5 Ahmedabad (AMD) 570,000[ 42] IndiGo; Air India Express 6 Pune (PNQ) 500,000[ 42] IndiGo; Air India Express; SpiceJet 7 Lucknow (LKO) 400,000[ 42] IndiGo; Air India Express 8 Goa (GOX/GOI) 380,000[ 42] IndiGo; Akasa Air 9 Kolkata (CCU) 350,000[ 42] IndiGo ,SpiceJet ,Air India Express 10 Chandigarh (IXC) 320,000[ 42] IndiGo
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Runways at Jaipur International Airport Runway number Length Width Approach lights/ILS Comments/citations 08/26 3,407 m (11,178 ft) 45 m (148 ft) CAT III-B / CAT III-B [ 43] [ 44] [ 45]
The airport was declared as theWorld's Best Airport in the category of 2 to 5 million passengers per annum three consecutive times in 2015, 2016 and 2018 byAirports Council International .[ 46] [ 47] [ 48]
On 18 February 1969,Douglas DC-3 VT-CJH ofIndian Airlines crashed on take-off on a scheduled passenger flight. The aircraft was overloaded and take-off was either downwind or with a crosswind. All 30 people on board survived.[ 49] On 5 January 2014, Flight AI-890Airbus A320 VT-ESH ofAir India fromImphal toDelhi viaGuwahati was diverted to Jaipur Airport due to heavy fog in Delhi. The rear tire of the plane burst during landing, damaging the right wing. The plane received substantial damage and the aircraft was written off. All 173 passengers and six crew members survived.[ 50] [ 51] ^ "Jaipur International Airport" .cbonds.com . Retrieved7 March 2023 .^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF) .aai.aero . Retrieved27 April 2025 .^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF) .aai.aero . Retrieved27 April 2025 .^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF) .aai.aero . Retrieved27 April 2025 .^ "Jaipur Airport" . Airports Authority of India. Archived fromthe original on 14 June 2011. 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