Jaipur International Airport

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Jaipur International Airport
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  • IATA: JAI
  • ICAO: VIJP
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAAI
OperatorAdani Jaipur International Airport Limited (AJIAL)
ServesJaipur, Rajasthan, India
LocationSanganer
Focus city for
  • Air India
  • AirAsia India
  • Go First
Elevation AMSL385 m / 1,263 ft
Coordinates26°49′27″N 075°48′44″E / 26.82417°N 75.81222°E / 26.82417; 75.81222Coordinates: 26°49′27″N 075°48′44″E / 26.82417°N 75.81222°E / 26.82417; 75.81222
Websitewww.adani.com/jaipur-airport
Map
JAI is located in Jaipur
JAI
JAI
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,407 11,178 Concrete/

Asphalt

15/33 (decommissioned) 1,592 5,223 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2020 - March 2021)
Passengers1,850,187 (Decrease63.2%)
Aircraft movements18,933 (Decrease52.0%)
Cargo tonnage12,204 (Decrease30.3%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Jaipur International Airport (IATA: JAI, ICAO: VIJP) is the primary airport serving Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Jaipur International Airport has been declared as the World's Best Airport in the category of 2 to 5 million passengers per annum for 2015 & 2016 according to Airports Council International.[4][5] Jaipur Airport is the 11th busiest airport in India in daily scheduled flight operations.[6]

It is located in the southern suburb of Sanganer, 13 km (8.1 mi) from Jaipur.[7] The airport was granted the status of international airport on 29 December 2005.[8] The civil apron can accommodate 14 aircraft and the new terminal building can handle up to 1,000 passengers at a time.[9]

Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur International Airport Terminal 2 from Apron

Runway[]

Runways at Jaipur International Airport
Runway Number Length Width Approach Lights/ILS
9/27 3,407 m (11,178 ft) 45 m (148 ft) CAT III-B / CAT III-B

The airport's runway is (9/27) and is 11,178 feet (3,407 m) long. Runway 9/27 became operational from 15 September 2016 to handle bigger aircraft like the Boeing 747 to take off and land from Jaipur Airport after the completion of the runway extension from 9,174 feet (2,796 m) to 11,178 feet (3,407 m) in order to handle Boeing 777s.[10] The runway 9/27 is CAT-IIIB instrument landing system (ILS) compliant. This facilitates the landing of aircraft on a runway visibility range (RVR) of up to 50 metres (160 ft) during fog. Earlier this was 550 metres (1,800 ft), benefiting airlines in terms of increased safety and avoiding diversions to other airports resulting in better operational and environmental efficiency.[11] CAT III B became operational from December 8, 2016. A taxiway has been planned for Jaipur Airport, parallel to runway 9/27 to deal with its air traffic congestion.[12] The work will be completed in the end of May 2018,[13] after the completion the airport will be able to accommodate 16 flights in an hour.[14]

Terminals[]

Terminal 1[]

Terminal 1 used to operate international flights until July 2012, when the airport authorities decided to shift the international flights to the newly built Terminal 2 to reserve Terminal 1 for cargo operations.[15] After four years, in 2017, the airport administration began preparations to resume commercial flight operations in the old terminal due to increasing passenger load on Terminal 2.[15] Presently, only Hajj and cargo flights are operated from Terminal 1. To shift the flights to Terminal 1, a part of the cargo operations will have to be shifted from there.[16] Renovation work of Terminal 1 started in December 2017 and there are plans to make it operational by May 2019. Terminal 1 will be renovated in Rajasthani look.[15][17] After the completion of renovation, Terminal 1 will be fully upgraded and expanded to 18,000 square meters and it will cater to only international departures and arrivals.[18]

Terminal 2[]

The new domestic terminal building at the airport was inaugurated on 1 July 2009.[19][20] The new terminal has an area of 22,950 square metres (247,000 sq ft) with facilities such as a central heating system, central air conditioning, an inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated with the departure conveyor system, inclined arrival baggage claim carousels, escalators, a public address system, a flight information display system, CCTV for surveillance, airport check-in counters with Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking, etc. The domestic terminal building has a peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers and an annual handling capacity of 400,000. The entrance gate is made of sandstone and Dholpur stones along with Rajasthani paintings on the walls. The terminal is currently integrated to allow both international and domestic flights. To manage the hordes of VIP's who fly in and out of the Pink City, the airport has three VIP lounges to ensure that the visiting guests and commuters do not cause inconvenience to each other.[21] Terminal 2 is spread over twenty three thousand meter square in area and has 14 airport check-in counters, six immigration counters, four customs counters, and four security counters that can easily accommodate the passenger traffic at the airport and provide them a hassle free experience.[22]

Cargo[]

An AirAsia X A330 at Jaipur International Airport

Beginning from July 16, 2012, Terminal 1 was closed to passenger traffic and was remodeled to handle solely cargo operations.[23] The cargo terminal is adjacent to the old passenger terminal building and has an area of approximately 700 square metres (7,500 sq ft). The cargo facility is being provided by Rajasthan Small Scale Industries, a public sector undertaking of Government of Rajasthan. To shift the flights to Terminal 1, a part of the cargo operations will have to be shifted from here.

Modernisation and expansion of terminals[]

The current Terminal 2 will be expanded in a width of around 20 meters on each side. A new hall will be made in the departure area and 3 conveyor belts will be established in the arrival area with 2 new aerobridges to ease passenger movement.[24] The work will be completed by May. The new departure area is spread in 2,700 square metres while the arrival area was constructed in an area of nearly 23,000 square feet.[25]

A new integrated third terminal with world class amenities will come up in the following years, with an area seven times larger than Terminal 2, which will negate the need for passenger operations at previous Terminals 1 and 2.

Statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at JAI airport. See source Wikidata query.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Air India Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Doha, Dubai–International, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Muscat
AirAsia India Bangalore, Chennai,Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune
Alliance Air Delhi[26]
Go First[27] Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai[28]
IndiGo Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar,[29] Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Surat,[30] Vadodara, Varanasi
SpiceJet Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra,[31] Dehradun, Chennai, Delhi, Dubai–International, Guwahati, Gwalior, Jaisalmer,[32] Jalandhar, Mumbai, Surat, Udaipur, Varanasi[33]

Incidents[]

  • On 18 February 1969, Douglas DC-3 VT-CJH of Indian Airlines crashed on take-off on a scheduled passenger flight. The aircraft was overloaded and take-off was either downwind or with a crosswind. All 30 people on board survived.[34]
  • On 5 January 2014, Flight AI-890 Airbus A320 VT-ESH of Air India from Imphal to Delhi via Guwahati was diverted to Jaipur Airport due to heavy fog in Delhi. The rear tire of the plane burst during landing, damaging the right wing. The plane received substantial damage and the aircraft was written off. All 173 passengers and 6 crew members survived.[35][36]

See also[]

References[]

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