Rajkot Airport

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{{Short description|Airport in Gujarat, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Rajkot Airport
| image = Rajkot Airport Departures.JPG
| image-width = 250px
| caption = Departures
| IATA = RAJ
| ICAO = VARK
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India
| pushpin_label= '''RAJ'''
| type = Public
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Rajkot]]
| location = [[Rajkot]], Gujarat, India
| elevation-m = 135
| elevation-f = 443
| coordinates = {{coord|22|18|33|N|070|46|46|E|type:airport}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| website =
| metric-elev = yes
| metric-rwy = yes
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-m = 1,843
| r1-length-f = 6,047
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
| stat-year= Apr '14 – Mar '15
|stat1-header= Passenger movements
|stat1-data= 551,343 ({{increase}}14.7%)
|stat2-header= Aircraft movements
|stat2-data= 3,334 ({{increase}}14.5%)
|stat3-header= Cargo tonnage
|stat3-data= 134 ({{decrease}}14.6%)
| footnotes = Source: [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]]<ref name="traffic_stats1">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-III|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=1 May 2019|access-date=1 May 2019|page=3}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats2">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-II|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=1 May 2019|access-date=1 May 2019|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501224637/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex2.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats3">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex4.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-IV|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501224509/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex4.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

'''Rajkot Airport''' {{airport codes|RAJ|VARK}} is a public airport located at [[Rajkot]], Gujarat, India. Rajkot Airport is the 4th busiest airport in [[Gujarat]] after [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport |Ahmedabad]], [[Surat Airport|Surat]] and [[Vadodara Airport|Vadodara]].

==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport destination list
|[[Air India]]|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]
|[[IndiGo]]|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]] (resumes from 31st October, 2021), [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goindigo.in/information/new-flights.html|title=New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo|website=www.goindigo.in}}</ref>
|[[SpiceJet]]|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dabolim Airport|Goa]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spicejet.com/Schedules.aspx|title=SpiceJet's Flights Schedule and Information for domestic and international flights.|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Modernisation plans==

[[Rajkot Urban Development Authority]] and [[Rajkot Municipal Corporation]] have proposed a plan to extend Rajkot airport runway from current {{convert|5400|ft|m}} to {{convert|6000|ft|m}} to accommodate larger aircraft and to provide connectivity to major cities besides Mumbai to cater to a large demand from the manufacturing companies located in Rajkot.
The airport now suffers from considerable capacity restraints, due to the expansion of the city and because of the residential and commercial buildings which have been built around it – this renders the plan to extend the runway unfeasible. The present strip is incapable of serving aircraft larger than Airbus 320 family/Boeing 737-800 (which is the largest aircraft operating from the airport). As such, plans for an entirely new airport has been approved.

Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the [[Rajkot Greenfield International Airport]] at Hirasar held on 7 October 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/narendra-modi-in-gujarat-pm-presides-over-bhumi-pujan-of-greenfield-airport-at-hirasar-near-rajkot-4120171.html |title=Narendra Modi in Gujarat: PM presides over 'bhumi pujan' of greenfield airport at Hirasar near Rajkot |publisher= [[Firstpost]]| date= 7 October 2017 | access-date= 8 October 2017}}</ref> This is located on Ahmedabad-Rajkot national highway about 36 km from Rajkot. Work is in progress & this new international airport is expected to be operational by 2022.

As of 2020, Rajkot airport runway is extended by 100 meters and additional bays are being constructed to park more aircraft due to increase in passenger traffic but the work has been slow due to COVID-19.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/rajkot.jsp Rajkot Airport] at the Airports Authority of India

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[[Category:Transport in Rajkot]]
[[Category:Airports in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Rajkot]]
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]

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