Jaipur International Airport

Jaipur International Airport
जयपुर अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा
IATA: JAI – ICAO: VIJP
JAI
Location of airport in India
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Jaipur
Location Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Elevation AMSL 1,263 ft / 385 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 9,177 2,797 Concrete/Asphalt
15/33 5,223 1,592 Asphalt
Statistics (Apr '10 - Mar '11)
Passenger movements 1,655,212
Aircraft movements 14,989
Cargo tonnage 8,575
Source: AAI [1][2][3]

Jaipur International Airport (IATA: JAI, ICAO: VIJP) is in the southern suburb of Sanganer, 13 km (8.1 mi) from Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Jaipur airport is the only international airport in the state of Rajasthan. It was granted the status of international airport on 29 December 2005. The civil apron can accommodate 14 A320 aircraft and the new terminal building can handle up to 500 passengers at a time. There are plans to extend the runway to 12,000 ft (3,658 m) and expand the terminal building to accommodate 1,000 passengers per hour..The Ground Handling of all the international flights and non scheduled domestic as well as the international flights at this airport is taken care by Indo Thai Airport Management Services Pvt Ltd . Soon the complete domestic operations will also be taken care by them.

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Structure

The new domestic terminal building at Jaipur Airport was inaugurated on 1 July 2009.[4][5] The new terminal has an area of 22,950 sqm, is made of glass and steel structure having modern passenger friendly facilities such as central heating system, central air conditioning, inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated with the departure conveyor system, inclined arrival baggage claim carousels, escalators, public address system, flight information display system (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, airport check-in counters with Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking, etc. The International Terminal Building has peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers and annual handling capacity of 4 lakhs.

The entrance gate, made of sandstone and Dholpur stones along with Rajasthani paintings on the walls, give tourists a glimpse of the Rajasthani culture. Two fountains on both sides of the terminal, dotted with palm trees, maintain normal temperature within the airport premises. The transparent side walls of the building have adjustable shades that control the passage of sunlight into the airport premises, thereby cutting down heavily on electricity bills.

Terminals, airlines and destinations

There are two terminals at the Jaipur International Airport:

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Air Arabia Sharjah 1
Air India Mumbai, Delhi 1
Air India Express Dubai 1
GoAir Mumbai, Bangalore, 2
IndiGo Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai 2
Jet Airways Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Indore, Raipur, Kolkata 2
Kingfisher Airlines Delhi, Udaipur 2
Oman Air Muscat 1
SpiceJet Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune 2

Expansion Plans

There Are Plans for extending the length of the runway the airport from the current of 2,797 meters to 3,507 meters. The Airport would be partially close for 15 months starting from October 2011 to December 2012. The extensions are being done so as to make the runway suitable for landing of Boeing 747 and Airbus 380 so as to further increase international as well as domestic traffic . The new runway will be operational in 2013 with a Category II Instrumental Landing System(CAT II). Which will enable flights to land and take-off even during low visibility. The estimated cost of this overhaul project is Rs 85 crore. AAI, Jaipur has received Rs 70 crore for the project. The remaining is set for release in the near future. The airport authorities claimed that they have acquired the land required for the extension and said construction work will commence with the start of new winter roaster.As of october 2011 , it has been reported to postpone the expansion work till march 2012 .[6]

Cargo

The cargo terminal is adjacent to the old passenger terminal building, and has an area of approximately 700 square metres (7,500 sq ft). Cargo terminal facility is adjacent to main old terminal 1 building. Cargo facility is being provided by Rajasthan Small Scale Industries Co. Ltd., a public sector undertaking of Govt. of Rajasthan.

Airlines Destinations
Blue Dart Aviation Ahmedabad, Delhi
Kingfisher Xpress Bangalore

Airport status

Aircraft Movements
Year 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
International 1,096 1,241 2,317 2,331 2,885 2,730
Domestic 8,262 9,465 10,536 19,211 16,449 15,728
Passenger Traffic
Year 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
International 47,033 51,689 140,019 204,283 221,732 255,704
Domestic 338,763 397,204 598,341 1,137,762 987,608 1,267,876

Accidents and incidents

Gallery

References

  1. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex3.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex2.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex4.pdf.pdf
  4. ^ "New domestic terminal set for take-off on 1 July". The Times of India. 21 June 2009. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jaipur/New-domestic-terminal-set-for-take-off-on-July-1/articleshow/4682413.cms. 
  5. ^ "Passengers welcomed on Terminal-2". The Times of India. 2 July 2009. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jaipur/Passengers-welcomed-on-Terminal-2/articleshow/4726502.cms. 
  6. ^ "Travel travails for tarmac tune up". The Times of India. 7 July 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-07/jaipur/29746463_1_jaipur-airport-international-flights-low-visibility. 
  7. ^ "VT-CJH Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690218-0. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
  8. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710809-0. Retrieved 5 September 2009. 

External links

International

Ahmedabad: Sardar Patel Airport • Amritsar: Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee Airport (Raja Sansi)¹ • Bangalore: Bengaluru Airport (Devanahalli) • Chennai (Madras): Chennai Airport (Meenambakkam) • Coimbatore Airport (Peelamedu)¹ • Delhi: Indira Gandhi Airport (Palam) • Gaya Airport¹ • Goa: Dabolim Airport¹ • Guwahati: Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (Borjhar)¹ • Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi Airport (Shamshabad) • Jaipur: Sanganer Airport¹ • Kochi (Cochin): Cochin Airport (Nedumbassery) • Kolkata (Calcutta): Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (Dum Dum) • Kozhikode (Calicut): Calicut Airport (Karipur) • Lucknow: Amausi Airport¹ • Mangalore Airport (Bajpe)¹ • Mumbai (Bombay): Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Sahar) • Nagpur: Babasaheb Ambedkar Airport (Sonegaon)¹ • Pune Airport (Lohegaon)¹ • Siliguri: Bagdogra Airport¹ • Srinagar: Sheikh ul Alam Airport¹ • Trichy: Tiruchirapalli Airport¹ • Trivandrum Airport • Varanasi (Benares): Babatpur Airport¹

  • Note: ¹ Designated as a "restricted international airport" ("customs airport"); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports.
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