Jorhat Airport
| Jorhat Airport Rowriah Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
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Indian Air Force Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Jorhat, Golaghat | ||||||||||
| Location | Jorhat, Assam | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 311 ft / 95 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°43′54″N 094°10′32″E / 26.73167°N 94.17556°E | ||||||||||
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  JRH Location in Assam | |||||||||||
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Jorhat Airport (IATA: JRH, ICAO: VEJT) (also known as Rowriah Airport) is located 7 Kilometres South-West of Jorhat city, Assam, India. The civil enclave, run by the Airports Authority of India is the 4th major airport of Assam after Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Silchar (by number of daily flights and yearly passenger traffic).[1] Established in early 1950s,[2] Jorhat AFS is the Indian Air Force's first air base in the East. It is primarily a transport base for launching aircraft that carry out airdrops in the Naga Hills and Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. It is equipped with two squadrons of An-32 transport aircraft and air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh.[3]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Jet Airways | Guwahati, Kolkata, Bangalore |
| Zoom Air | Kolkata |
References
- ↑ List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic
- ↑ Our Special Correspondent (2011-08-14). "Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ↑ "Challenging Sorties". Vayu-sena.tripod.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
External links
- Jorhat Airport at the AAI
- Airport information for VEJT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.