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<div>{{Short description|Airport of Assam, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Jorhat Airport<br />
| ensign = <br />
| nativename = Rowriah Airport<br />
| nativename-a =<br />
| nativename-r =<br />
| image =<br />
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| caption =<br />
| IATA = JRH<br />
| ICAO = VEJT<br />
| type = Civil Enclave<br />
| owner-oper = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| owner =<br />
| operator = [[Indian Air Force]]<br />[[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| city-served = [[Jorhat]], [[Golaghat]] ([[Assam]])<br />
| location = [[Jorhat]]<br />
| elevation-f = 311<br />
| elevation-m = 95<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|26|43|54|N|094|10|32|E|type:airport}}<br />
| website =<br />
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam<br />
| pushpin_label = '''JRH'''<br />
| r1-number = 04/22<br />
| r1-length-f = 9,000<br />
| r1-length-m = 2,743<br />
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]<br />
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'''Jorhat Airport''' {{Airport codes|JRH|VEJT}} also known as '''Rowriah Airport''' is located at Rowriah, 7 kilometres south-west of [[Jorhat]] city in [[Assam]], [[India]] .<ref>{{cite web|author=Our Special Correspondent |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110814/jsp/orissa/story_14375595.jsp |title=Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2011-08-14 |access-date=2014-06-20}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
It was established in early 1950s and commonly known as Rowriah Airport because it is located at Rowriah area of the city. 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]].<br />
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It is equipped with two squadrons of [[An-32]] transport aircraft and air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the [[West Kameng District|Kameng]], [[Upper Subansiri district|Subansiri]], [[Upper Siang district|Siang]], [[Lohit district|Lohit]] and [[Tirap district|Tirap]] districts of Arunachal Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/other-north_east_logistics.html |title=Challenging Sorties |publisher=Vayu-sena.tripod.com |access-date=2014-06-20}}</ref><br />
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==Expansion==<br />
On 8 February 2022, [[Government of Assam|Govt of Assam]] cabinet has approved the sanction of Rs 156 crore for the acquisition of private land to facilitate the expansion of Jorhat Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://constructionbusinesstoday.com/news/assam-cabinet-approves-jorhat-airport-expansion/|title=Assam Cabinet approves Jorhat airport expansion |publisher=constructionbusinesstoday.com |access-date=2012-02-09}}</ref><br />
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== Statistics == <br />
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=JRH}}<br />
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==Airlines and destinations==<br />
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|[[IndiGo]] |[[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]]|<ref name="Indigo1">{{cite web|url=https://www.goindigo.in/information/flight-schedule.html|title=Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights |website=IndiGo |access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/indigo-announces-new-destinations-adds-16-new-flights-check-prices-routes-schedule-dates-here-1866443 |title=IndiGo Announces New Destinations, Adds 16 New Flights. Details Here |work=NDTV.com |access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170902040928/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jorhat_airpo_gi.jsp Jorhat Airport at the AAI]<br />
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{{Airports in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian Air Force]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Jorhat]]<br />
[[Category:Airports in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Airports established in the 1950s]]<br />
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