Jodhpur Airport

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{{short description|Airport in Jodhpur, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Jodhpur Airport
| image = Jodhpur Airport.png
| image-width = 250px
| caption =
| IATA = JDH
| ICAO = VIJO
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India
| pushpin_label= '''JDH'''
| type = Civil enclave
| owner =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner-oper =
| city-served =
| location = [[Jodhpur]]
| elevation-f = 717
| elevation-m = 219
| coordinates = {{coord|26|15|04|N|073|02|56|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/jodhpur https://aai.aero]
| metric-elev = y
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-f = 9,005
| r1-length-m = 2,745
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/[[asphalt]]
| stat-year= April 2018 - 31 March 2019
|stat1-header= Passenger movements
|stat1-data= 506,826 ({{increase}}8%)
|stat2-header= Aircraft movements
|stat2-data= 5,540 ({{decrease}}7.4%)
|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>
}}

'''Jodhpur Airport''' {{airport codes|JDH|VIJO}} is a [[civil enclave]] airport in [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. It is operated by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) and shares its airside with the Jodhpur Air Base of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF).

The Government of Rajasthan signed a [[Memorandum of Understanding]] (MoU) with the Indian Air Force for the expansion of the civil enclave in March 2017, wherein 37 acres of IAF land would be transferred to AAI.<ref>{{cite news |title=MoU inked to expand Jodhpur airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jodhpur/mou-inked-to-expand-jodhpur-airport/articleshow/57845153.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date= 9 March 2018 |date=27 March 2017 }}</ref> In May 2021 it was transferred by IAF to AAI through JoDA, and the construction of a new terminal building started.<ref>https://m.timesofindia.com/city/jaipur/iaf-barters-land-for-expansion-of-jodhpur-airport/amp_articleshow/82781863.cms</ref> It is the [[List of the busiest airports in India|44th busiest]] airport in India, handling more than half a million passengers in the year 2018 - 2019.

==History==
The Jodhpur Flying Club was set up by Maharaja [[Umaid 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 an [[List of former Royal Air Force stations#Rest of the World|airfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF)]] during World War II.<ref>{{citation |title=The History of the Jodhpur Flying Club|url=http://www.cgpublishing.com/Books/jodhpur.html|publisher= CGPublishing |access-date=30 November 2011}}</ref> The airfield was upgraded in 1950 after the formation of the [[Royal Indian Air Force]] (which later became the Indian Air Force).<ref>{{cite news |title=South Asia's Most Powerful Air Base at Jodhpur |url=http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=734 |publisher=Defence News |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407125655/http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=734 |archive-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jodhpur was home to the IAF's Air Force Flying College until the 1965 war.<ref>{{cite web |title=Side Show in the South-Western Sector |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Chapter8.html |publisher=Bharat Rakshak.com |access-date=30 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117222535/http://bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Chapter8.html |archive-date=17 November 2011 }}</ref>

==Structure==
Jodhpur airport's 12-acre civil enclave contains a terminal building measuring a built-up area of 5690 m<sup>2</sup>, 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 two A320s and an ATR aircraft simultaneously.

Jodhpur's runway is oriented 05/23, is 2743 metres long and 45 metres wide. The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities and an [[Instrument Landing System]] (ILS) as well as navigational facilities like [[VHF omnidirectional range#DVOR|DVOR]]/[[Distance Measuring Equipment|DME]] and an [[Non-Directional Beacon|NDB]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AAI website |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Jodhpur_technicalinfo.jsp |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607022240/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Jodhpur_technicalinfo.jsp |archive-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Jodhpur Air Force Base==
Squadrons of [[HAL Dhruv]], [[Mikoyan MiG-27]], [[Mil Mi-17]] and [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] aircraft are operated by the IAF from this airfield. It was active during the [[Kargil War]] of 1999. French-made [[Dassault Rafale]] fighter aircraft are expected to operate from Jodhpur air base. There is also a battalion of the [[Garud Commando Force]] here.

== Airlines and destinations ==
[[file:Check in area and Baggage screening at Jodhpur Airport.jpg|thumb|Inside Jodhpur Airport ticketing and baggage screening area.]]
{{Airport-dest-list

|[[Air India]]| [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]

|[[IndiGo]]| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]] , [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]

|[[SpiceJet]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]

|[[Star Air (India)|Star Air]]| [[Belgaum Airport|Belgaum]]

|[[Vistara]]| [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]

}}

==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=JDH}}

==See also==
* [[Airports in India]]
* [[List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/jodhpur Jodhpur Airport webpage] at official Airports Authority of India web site.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110911113141/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-17/jaipur/27765100_1_jodhpur-aviator-rajasthan Times of India - "Aviator Maharaja"]
* [https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/jodhpur/news/civil-aviation-company-spicejet-rajasthan-high-court-jodhpur-plan-for-ten-flights-01629635.html Dainik Bhasker - "spicejet may start ten flights from jodhpur"]

{{Airports in India}}
{{Jodhpur}}
{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Airports in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Jodhpur]]
[[Category:Transport in Jodhpur]]
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]
[[Category:1920s establishments in India]]

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