Jaisalmer Airport
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Jaisalmer Airport | |||
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IATA: JSA - ICAO: VIJR | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Military | ||
Operator | Indian Airforce | ||
Serves | [[Jaisalmer (India)]] | ||
Elevation AMSL | 751 ft (251 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
04/22 | 9,000 | 2,742 | CONC |
04L/22R | 9,000 | 2,742 | CONC |
Jaisalmer Airport (IATA: JSA, ICAO: VIJR) is located at Jaisalmer in the Rajashthan province of India.
Jaisalmer Airport is primarily a Indian Air Force Base. There are not commercial and Charter flights that operate from this airport. ICAO code for Jaisalmer Airport is VIJR and IATA code description is JSA. The Airport is has a single runway of 9000 feet length and 150 feet width and is Concretised.
There have been some attempts to operate commercial flights from Jaisalmer Airport, but border tensions with Pakistan prove problematic. Carriers that have flown to/from the airport include Air India and Kingfisher Airlines.