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Jaisalmer Airport
Airport of Rajasthan, India
Airport of Rajasthan, India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jaisalmer Airport |
| image | File:Jaisalmer Airport.png |
| image-width | 260px |
| IATA | JSA |
| ICAO | VIJR |
| type | Military/Public |
| owner | Airports Authority of India |
| operator | Airports Authority of India |
| city-served | Jaisalmer |
| location | Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India |
| pushpin_map | India Rajasthan#India |
| pushpin_label | JSA |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of airport in Rajasthan |
| elevation-f | 751 |
| elevation-m | 251 |
| coordinates | |
| metric-elev | y |
| metric-rwy | y |
| r1-number | 04/22 |
| r1-length-f | 9,000 |
| r1-length-m | 2,743 |
| r1-surface | Concrete |
| stat-year | April 2024 - March 2025 |
| stat1-header | Passengers |
| stat1-data | 120,714 ( 10.9%) |
| stat2-header | Aircraft movements |
| stat2-data | 1,018 ( 29.6%) |
| footnotes | Source: AAI |
| stat3-data | — |
| stat3-header | Cargo tonnage |
| image-width = 260px | city-served = Jaisalmer | elevation-f = 751 | elevation-m = 251 | metric-elev = y | metric-rwy = y | r1-number = 04/22 | r1-length-f = 9,000 | r1-length-m = 2,743 | r1-surface = Concrete | stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025 | stat1-header = Passengers | stat1-data = 120,714 ( 10.9%) | stat2-header = Aircraft movements | stat2-data = 1,018 ( 29.6%) | stat3-data = — | stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
Jaisalmer Airport is a domestic airport serving Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. It is located 12.6 km from the city centre. The airport operates as a civil enclave on an Indian Air Force base.
The airport has a single runway of 9,000 ft in length and 150 ft in width. Carriers that have previously flown to/from the airport include Vayudoot and Kingfisher Airlines. In 2015, it was not used for civil flights, and was closed until services resumed under the UDAN scheme in 2017.
New civil terminal
The Airports Authority of India has constructed a new passenger terminal at the southern end of the airfield. Construction of the ₹ 80 crore terminal was completed in March 2013. The civil enclave is spread over 65 acres, and consists of the terminal and an apron for parking three Airbus A321 aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
|Air India | Delhi |Alliance Air| Seasonal: Delhi |IndiGo | Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai Seasonal: Bengaluru |SpiceJet| Delhi
Gallery
File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal features 3.png|Terminal entrance File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal features 2.png|Check-in counters File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal features 1.png|Waiting hall area File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal view from Apron.png|Terminal building view from Apron
References
Data current as of October 2006.
References
- "Annexure III – Passenger Data".
- "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data".
- "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data".
- [https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Railway+station+Jaisalmer,+Gandhi+Nagar,+Jaisalmer,+Rajasthan,+India/Jaisalmer+Airport,+Air+Force+School+Rd,+Shastri+Nagar,+Jaisalmer,+Rajasthan+345001,+India/@26.8901238,70.8624002,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x3947bd8ec9ac503f:0xa5487a2df44fb0eb!2m2!1d70.9268419!2d26.9149319!1m5!1m1!1s0x3947bedc47525011:0x10618f3e578fc59d!2m2!1d70.8558645!2d26.8706234 Google maps, journey from the railway station to the airport]
- (26 December 2007). "Kingfisher Airlines Launches Direct Flights Connecting Udaipur to Mumbai".
- Wilkes, Tommy. (19 August 2015). "Ghost airports highlight risks as Modi spends to grow". Reuters.
- (2 September 2013). "Rupees 80 crore-worth airport left abandoned". [[Dainik Bhaskar]].
- (2010-04-20). "Airports Authority of India". Aai.aero.
- "Air India to commence Delhi-Jaisalmer service in Oct-2025". CAPA.
- (21 November 2022). "Alliance Air now connects Delhi-Jaisalmer and back effective 2nd December 2022". Alliance Air.
- Sengupta, Joy. (21 August 2023). "IndiGo announces connectivity to Jaisalmer". The Times of India.
- "IndiGo to commence Bengaluru-Jaisalmer service in Oct-2025". CAPA.
- "SpiceJet flight schedules".
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