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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">| opened = 22 September 2018</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">| footnotes = Source: [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]]<ref name="traffic_stats1">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex3.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2021: Annexure-III|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=7 May 2021|access-date=7 May 2021|page=3}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats2">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex2.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2021: Annexure-II|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=7 May 2021|access-date=7 May 2021|page=3}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats3">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k20Annex4.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-IV|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=21 May 2020|page=3}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Veer Surendra Sai Airport''' also known as '''Jharsuguda Airport''' {{Airport codes|JRG|VEJH}} is an Indian airport. The airport is located 5 kilometers north-east of [[Jharsuguda]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/VEJH/ | title=Information about Jharsuguda Airport – World airport database}}</ref> The airport is located in Durlaga, approximately 8.5&nbsp;km from the {{stnlnk|Jharsuguda Junction}}. Named after </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Veer Surendra Sai]], the airport is second commercial airport in the state of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/spicejet-to-start-flights-to-jharsuguda-from-delhi-hyderabad-and-kolkata-from-march-31/articleshow/68189987.cms|date=27 February 2019|title=SpiceJet started flights to Jharsuguda from Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata On March 31,2019|work=[[Times of India]]|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==History==</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The airfield was used during World War II by the RAF and other [[Allies of World War II|Allied Forces]] to counter Indian freedom fighters led by [[Subhas Chandra Bose]].<ref name="Subash chandra bose proof">{{cite news |title=</del>Veer Surendra Sai Airport <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in Jharsuguda – A Brief History – |url=https://odishanewsinsight.com/odisha/veer-surendra-sai-airport-in-jharsuguda-a-brief-history/ |access-date=14 February 2019 |work=Odisha News Insight |date=22 September 2018}}</ref> After [[Indian Independence Act 1947|India gained Independence]] from Allied Forces, the airfield was abandoned.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In July 2013, the [[Government of Odisha]] sanctioned ₹ 50 crores to kick-start the {{INR}} 175-crore airport development project which was to be jointly executed by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) and the state government.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|title=Government sanctions Rs 50 crore for Jharsuguda |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-23/bhubaneswar/40748118_1_jeypore-airstrip-jharsuguda-airport-biju-patnaik-airport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728170423/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-23/bhubaneswar/40748118_1_jeypore-airstrip-jharsuguda-airport-biju-patnaik-airport |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 22 July 2013 |access-date=27 July 2013}}</ref> On 30 July 2014, Odisha government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the [[Airports Authority of India]] for the mentioned.<ref>{{cite news|title=Odisha signs MoU with AAI for second airport at Jharsuguda |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/odisha-signs-mou-with-aai-for-second-airport-at-jharsuguda/articleshow/39300801.cms|publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=30 July 2014|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In August 2018, the airport received a 4C category licence from the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation]] (DGCA), making Jharsuguda the second commercial airport in Odisha after [[Biju Patnaik International Airport]] in [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=J'suguda Airport fit for 320 Airbus flight|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/jsuguda-airport-fit-for-320-airbus-flight.html|publisher=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date=2 August 2018|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On 22 September 2018, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] inaugurated the airport, in the presence of Odisha Governor [[Ganeshi Lal]], Chief Minister [[Naveen Patnaik]], Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister [[Dharmendra Pradhan]], former Union Minister of Civil Aviation [[Suresh Prabhu]] and former Bargarh Lok Sabha Member Prabhas Singh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-modi-inaugurates-new-airport-in-odishas-jharsuguda/articleshow/65911376.cms|title=PM Modi inaugurates new airport in Odisha's Jharsuguda}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Inaugurated in September 2018, the passenger terminal is built over an area of {{convert|5500|sqm|sqft}} with modular design for handling 150 arriving and 150 departing passengers at a time with a scope for future expansion. On 1 November 2018, the airport was renamed after famed freedom fighter [[Veer Surendra Sai]] by the cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/cabinet-clears-renaming-jharsuguda-aerodrome-as-veer-surendra-sai-airport/articleshow/66459624.cms?from=mdr|title=Cabinet clears renaming Jharsuguda aerodrome as Veer Surendra Sai airport}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/jharsuguda-airport-renamed-after-odisha-freedom-fighter-veer-surendra-sai-118110100715_1.html|title=Jharsuguda airport renamed after Odisha freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/jsuguda-airport-to-have-night-landing-facility.html|title=J'suguda airport to have night landing facility}}</ref> The interiors of the terminal building depict local handcraft, artwork and tourist destinations of [[Odisha</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/airlines-aviation/jharsuguda-airport-inauguration-by-pm-modi-sneak-peek-into-odishas-second-airport-a-big-boost/1322565/|title=Jharsuguda airport inauguration by PM Modi: Sneak-peek into Odisha's second airport – a big boost!}}</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Veer Surendra Sai Airport <br />
| image = Jharsuguda_Airport.png<br />
| image-width = 280px<br />
| IATA = JRG<br />
| ICAO = VEJH<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| city-served = [[Jharsuguda]]<br />
| location = [[Jharsuguda]], [[Odisha]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|21|54|48|N|84|03|01|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India Orissa#India<br />
| pushpin_relief = 1<br />
| pushpin_label = '''JRG '''<br />
| pushpin_mapsize = 280<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in India<br />
| r1-number = 06/24<br />
| r1-length-f = 7844<br />
| r1-length-m = 2391<br />
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]<br />
| elevation-f = 757<br />
| opened = 22 September 2018<br />
| stat-year = April 2020 – March 2021<br />
| stat1-header = Passengers<br />
| stat1-data = 2,03,601<br />
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| stat2-header = Aircraft movements<br />
| stat2-data = 3,472<br />
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage<br />
| stat3-data = <br />
| footnotes = Source: [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]]<ref name="traffic_stats1">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex3.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2021: Annexure-III|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=7 May 2021|access-date=7 May 2021|page=3}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats2">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex2.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2021: Annexure-II|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=7 May 2021|access-date=7 May 2021|page=3}}</ref><ref name="traffic_stats3">{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k20Annex4.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-IV|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=21 May 2020|page=3}}</ref><br />
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'''Veer Surendra Sai Airport''' also known as '''Jharsuguda Airport''' {{Airport codes|JRG|VEJH}} is an Indian airport. The airport is located 5 kilometers north-east of [[Jharsuguda]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/VEJH/ | title=Information about Jharsuguda Airport – World airport database}}</ref> The airport is located in Durlaga, approximately 8.5&nbsp;km from the {{stnlnk|Jharsuguda Junction}}. Named after [[Veer Surendra Sai]], the airport is second commercial airport in the state of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/spicejet-to-start-flights-to-jharsuguda-from-delhi-hyderabad-and-kolkata-from-march-31/articleshow/68189987.cms|date=27 February 2019|title=SpiceJet started flights to Jharsuguda from Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata On March 31,2019|work=[[Times of India]]|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The airfield was used during World War II by the RAF and other [[Allies of World War II|Allied Forces]] to counter Indian freedom fighters led by [[Subhas Chandra Bose]].<ref name="Subash chandra bose proof">{{cite news |title=Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda – A Brief History – |url=https://odishanewsinsight.com/odisha/veer-surendra-sai-airport-in-jharsuguda-a-brief-history/ |access-date=14 February 2019 |work=Odisha News Insight |date=22 September 2018}}</ref> After [[Indian Independence Act 1947|India gained Independence]] from Allied Forces, the airfield was abandoned.<br />
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In July 2013, the [[Government of Odisha]] sanctioned ₹ 50 crores to kick-start the {{INR}} 175-crore airport development project which was to be jointly executed by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) and the state government.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|title=Government sanctions Rs 50 crore for Jharsuguda |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-23/bhubaneswar/40748118_1_jeypore-airstrip-jharsuguda-airport-biju-patnaik-airport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728170423/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-23/bhubaneswar/40748118_1_jeypore-airstrip-jharsuguda-airport-biju-patnaik-airport |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 22 July 2013 |access-date=27 July 2013}}</ref> On 30 July 2014, Odisha government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the [[Airports Authority of India]] for the mentioned.<ref>{{cite news|title=Odisha signs MoU with AAI for second airport at Jharsuguda |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/odisha-signs-mou-with-aai-for-second-airport-at-jharsuguda/articleshow/39300801.cms|publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=30 July 2014|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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In August 2018, the airport received a 4C category licence from the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation]] (DGCA), making Jharsuguda the second commercial airport in Odisha after [[Biju Patnaik International Airport]] in [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=J'suguda Airport fit for 320 Airbus flight|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/jsuguda-airport-fit-for-320-airbus-flight.html|publisher=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date=2 August 2018|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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On 22 September 2018, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] inaugurated the airport, in the presence of Odisha Governor [[Ganeshi Lal]], Chief Minister [[Naveen Patnaik]], Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister [[Dharmendra Pradhan]], former Union Minister of Civil Aviation [[Suresh Prabhu]] and former Bargarh Lok Sabha Member Prabhas Singh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-modi-inaugurates-new-airport-in-odishas-jharsuguda/articleshow/65911376.cms|title=PM Modi inaugurates new airport in Odisha's Jharsuguda}}</ref><br />
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==Facilities==<br />
===Terminal===<br />
Inaugurated in September 2018, the passenger terminal is built over an area of {{convert|5500|sqm|sqft}} with modular design for handling 150 arriving and 150 departing passengers at a time with a scope for future expansion. On 1 November 2018, the airport was renamed after famed freedom fighter [[Veer Surendra Sai]] by the cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/cabinet-clears-renaming-jharsuguda-aerodrome-as-veer-surendra-sai-airport/articleshow/66459624.cms?from=mdr|title=Cabinet clears renaming Jharsuguda aerodrome as Veer Surendra Sai airport}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/jharsuguda-airport-renamed-after-odisha-freedom-fighter-veer-surendra-sai-118110100715_1.html|title=Jharsuguda airport renamed after Odisha freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/jsuguda-airport-to-have-night-landing-facility.html|title=J'suguda airport to have night landing facility}}</ref> The interiors of the terminal building depict local handcraft, artwork and tourist destinations of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/airlines-aviation/jharsuguda-airport-inauguration-by-pm-modi-sneak-peek-into-odishas-second-airport-a-big-boost/1322565/|title=Jharsuguda airport inauguration by PM Modi: Sneak-peek into Odisha's second airport – a big boost!}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Veer Surendra Sai Statue at Jharsuguda Airport.jpg|thumb|Statue of Veer Surendra Sai infront of terminal building at Jharsuguda Airport]]<br />
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==Airlines and destinations==<br />
{{Airport destination list<br />
| [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] | [[Biju Patnaik Airport|Bhubaneswar]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Swami Vivekananda Airport|Raipur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?page=jsp/dgca/InventoryList/airOperation/certification/scheduled/domestic/Alliance%20Air_WS2020.pdf&main4201/4200/servicename|title=Domestic Flight Schedule|publisher=[[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)]]|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref><br />
| [[SpiceJet]] | [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.spicejet.com/Schedules.aspx|title=SpiceJet's Flights Schedule}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{Airports in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Airports in Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Jharsuguda district]]<br />
[[Category:Airports established in 2018]]<br />
[[Category:2018 establishments in Odisha]]</div>
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