Jorhat Airport

Jorhat Airport

Rowriah Airport
Jorhat Airport; ; Rowriah Airport
	IATA: JRH; ICAO: VEJT;
Summary
Airport type	Civil Enclave
Owner/Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Jorhat, Golaghat (Assam)
Location	Jorhat
Elevation AMSL	311 ft / 95 m
Coordinates	26°43′54″N 094°10′32″E / 26.73167°N 94.17556°E
Map
	JRH Location in Assam JRH JRH (India)
Runways

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Jorhat Airport (IATA: JRH, ICAO: VEJT) also known as Rowriah Airport is located at Rowriah, 7 Kilometres South-West of Jorhat city, Assam, India. The civil enclave, run by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is the 2nd major airport in Assam after Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport It was established in early 1950s and commonly known as Rowriah Airport because it is located at Rowriah area of the city.^[1]

Jorhat AFS is the Indian Air Force's first air base in the East. It is primarily a transport base for launching aircraft that carry out airdrops in the Naga Hills in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

It is equipped with two squadrons of An-32 transport aircraft and air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Refs.
IndiGo	Bangalore,^[3] Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata	^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Our Special Correspondent (14 August 2011). "Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
↑ "Challenging Sorties". Vayu-sena.tripod.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
↑ "Bengaluru airport now connects 61 domestic destinations, mostly non-metro cities". www.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
↑ "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
↑ "IndiGo Announces New Destinations, Adds 16 New Flights. Details Here". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

External links

Jorhat Airport at the AAI
Airport information for VEJT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

[1] Our Special Correspondent (14 August 2011). "Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[2] "Challenging Sorties". Vayu-sena.tripod.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[3] "Bengaluru airport now connects 61 domestic destinations, mostly non-metro cities". www.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[Indigo1-4] "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[5] "IndiGo Announces New Destinations, Adds 16 New Flights. Details Here". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

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