Jorhat Airport

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Jorhat Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
Owner/OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesJorhat, Golaghat
LocationRowriah, Jorhat
Elevation AMSL311 ft / 95 m
Coordinates26°43′54″N 094°10′32″E / 26.73167°N 94.17556°E / 26.73167; 94.17556
Map
JRH is located in Assam
JRH
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Location in Assam
JRH is located in India
JRH
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JRH (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 9,000 2,743 Concrete
Statistics (April 2021 - March 2022)
Passengers

Aircraft movement

Cargo tonnage		75,172 (Increase 78.2%)

728 (Increase 41.1%)

13 (Decrease 45.8%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Jorhat Airport (IATA: JRH, ICAO: VEJT), also known as Rowriah Airport is a domestic airport serving Jorhat, Assam, India. It is located at Rowriah, which is situated 7 kilometres south-west from the city centre.[4]

History[edit]

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.

It is equipped with two squadrons of An-32 transport aircraft and air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh.[5]

Expansion[edit]

On 8 February 2022, 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.[6]

Statistics[edit]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
IndiGo Guwahati, Kolkata[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Our Special Correspondent (14 August 2011). "Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Challenging Sorties". Vayu-sena.tripod.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Assam Cabinet approves Jorhat airport expansion". constructionbusinesstoday.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "IndiGo Announces New Destinations, Adds 16 New Flights. Details Here". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

External links[edit]

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