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	'''Thanjavur Air Force Station''' {{airport codes\|TJV\|VOTJ}}<ref name="WAD" /> of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) is located in [[Thanjavur]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is home to a [[No. 222 Squadron IAF\|No. 222 squadron]] of the IAF's [[Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]] [[fighter aircraft]] - the first IAF fighter squadron in ~~Tamil Nadu~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/sulur-air-base-to-get-one-more-lca-squadron/articleshow/68192399.cms\|title=Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron {{!}} Coimbatore News - Times of India\|last=Feb 28\|first=TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2019\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-09-17\|last3=Ist\|first3=4:37}}</ref> The facility was expected to start functioning by 2012.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/11/stories/2010081158970200.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818091810/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/11/stories/2010081158970200.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2010-08-18 \| title=Thanjavur Air Force base to be a major one soon \| access-date=2011-02-05 \| date=2010-08-11 \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| location=Chennai, India }}</ref> However, the schedule was delayed<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=85756 \| title=Delay in Completion of Strategic Air Force Projects \| access-date=24 March 2013 \| date=8 August 2012 \| work=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref> and the airbase was inaugurated on 27 May 2013 by then Defence Minister [[A. K. Antony]]. As of 2019 it operates a squadron of [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI\|Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/sulur-air-base-to-get-one-more-lca-squadron/articleshow/68192399.cms\|title=Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron {{!}} Coimbatore News - Times of India\|last=Feb 28~~\|first=TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2019\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-09-17\|last3=Ist\|first3=4:37}}<~~/~~ref~~>		'''Thanjavur Air Force Station''' {{airport codes\|TJV\|VOTJ}}<ref name="WAD" /> of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) is located in [[Thanjavur]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is home to a [[No. 222 Squadron IAF\|No. 222 squadron]] of the IAF's [[Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]] [[fighter aircraft]] - the first IAF fighter squadron in Southern India.<ref name="Feb 28">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/sulur-air-base-to-get-one-more-lca-squadron/articleshow/68192399.cms\|title=Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron {{!}} Coimbatore News - Times of India\|last=Feb 28\|first=TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2019\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-09-17\|last3=Ist\|first3=4:37}}</ref> The facility was expected to start functioning by 2012.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/11/stories/2010081158970200.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818091810/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/11/stories/2010081158970200.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2010-08-18 \| title=Thanjavur Air Force base to be a major one soon \| access-date=2011-02-05 \| date=2010-08-11 \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| location=Chennai, India }}</ref> However, the schedule was delayed<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=85756 \| title=Delay in Completion of Strategic Air Force Projects \| access-date=24 March 2013 \| date=8 August 2012 \| work=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref> and the airbase was inaugurated on 27 May 2013 by then Defence Minister [[A. K. Antony]]. As of 2019 it operates a squadron of [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI\|Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]].<ref name="Feb 28"/>

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{{Infobox airport
| name = Thanjavur Air Force Station
| nativename = தஞ்சாவூர் விமானப்படை நிலையம்
| image = Roundel of India.svg
| image-width = 60px
| IATA = TJV
| ICAO = VOTJ
| type = Military
| owner =
| operator = [[Indian Air Force]]
| city-served =
| location = [[Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| elevation-f = 253
| elevation-m = 77
| coordinates = {{coord|10|43|20|N|079|06|05|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu#India
| pushpin_label = '''TJV'''
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 07/25
| r1-length-m = 3500
| r1-length-f = 11483
| r1-surface = Concrete
| r2-number = 14/32
| r2-length-m = 1,450
| r2-length-f = 4,757
| r2-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2015
| stat1-header = Passenger movements
| stat1-data = 500
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 75
| footnotes = Source: [[DAFIF]]<ref name="WAD">[http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VOTJ Airport information for VOTJ] from [[DAFIF]] (effective October 2006)</ref><ref name="GCM">{{GCM|TJV|source=DAFIF}}</ref>
}}

'''Thanjavur Air Force Station''' {{airport codes|TJV|VOTJ}}<ref name="WAD" /> of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) is located in [[Thanjavur]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is home to a [[No. 222 Squadron IAF|No. 222 squadron]] of the IAF's [[Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]] [[fighter aircraft]] - the first IAF fighter squadron in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/sulur-air-base-to-get-one-more-lca-squadron/articleshow/68192399.cms|title=Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron {{!}} Coimbatore News - Times of India|last=Feb 28|first=TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17|last3=Ist|first3=4:37}}</ref> The facility was expected to start functioning by 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/11/stories/2010081158970200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818091810/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/11/stories/2010081158970200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2010-08-18 | title=Thanjavur Air Force base to be a major one soon | access-date=2011-02-05 | date=2010-08-11 | work=[[The Hindu]] | location=Chennai, India }}</ref> However, the schedule was delayed<ref>{{cite news | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=85756 | title=Delay in Completion of Strategic Air Force Projects | access-date=24 March 2013 | date=8 August 2012 | work=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref> and the airbase was inaugurated on 27 May 2013 by then Defence Minister [[A. K. Antony]]. As of 2019 it operates a squadron of [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI|Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/sulur-air-base-to-get-one-more-lca-squadron/articleshow/68192399.cms|title=Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron {{!}} Coimbatore News - Times of India|last=Feb 28|first=TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17|last3=Ist|first3=4:37}}</ref>

== History ==
The airfield was used by the Royal Air force during World War II as a base for its [[Lockheed Hudson]], [[Vickers Wellington]], [[Hawker Hurricane]], and [[P-47 Thunderbolt]] aircraft. After the war the airfield was handed over to the government for civilian use and eventually came under the jurisdiction of the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI). In the early '90s, Thanjavur was connected with [[Chennai]] via the [[Vayudoot]] Flight Service, which was stopped due to poor patronage. The IAF took over the airfield in March 1990. During the heavy [[Cyclone Nisha (2008)|floods in Tamil Nadu]] in November 2008, IAF helicopters operating from Thanjavur dropped 15,000 kg of relief materials to the affected areas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Information Bureau|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=96238|access-date=2021-03-11|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

== Facilities ==
The airport is situated at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|253|ft|0}} above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[runway]]s with [[concrete]] surfaces: 07/25 measuring {{convert|5680|x|150|ft|0}} and 14/32 measuring {{convert|4757|x|150|ft|0}}.<ref name="WAD" /> Recent aerial photography only shows extension of Runway 07/25 to 9000 feet with parallel taxiway and aprons under construction.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=10.722222,79.101389&z=16 Aerial image of Thanjavur Air Force Station]. Google Maps. Accessed 24 March 2013.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ASN|TJV}}

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