Jaipur Airport

Jaipur International Airport जयपुर अंतराष्ट्रीय विमानपत्तन
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
Coordinates		26°49′27″N 075°48′44″E / 26.82417°N 75.81222°E / 26.82417; 75.81222
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.^[4] The civil apron can accommodate 14 A320 aircraft and the new terminal building can handle up to 1000 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.^{[citation needed]}

Structure

The new domestic terminal building at Jaipur Airport was inaugurated on 1 July 2009.^[5][6] 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

Terminal building

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.

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.^[9]
• On 9 August 1971, Vickers Viscount VT-DIX of Indian Airlines was damaged beyond economic repair when it overran the runway. The aircraft was landed with a tailwind on a wet runway.^[10]
• On 6 Jan 2014, AI 890 Guwahati-Delhi flight of Air India with 173 passengers on board, which was diverted to Jaipur airport due to poor visibility in Delhi, suffered a tyre burst during landing, major tragedy averted.^[11]

Gallery

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  Outside view

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  Terminal Building as seen from Apron

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  Old terminal building

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  Salient Features of New Jaipur Airport Terminal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaipur Airport.

• Accident history for JAI at Aviation Safety Network