Jalgaon Airport

Jalgaon Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Airports Authority of India
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Jalgaon
Location Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Elevation AMSL 840 ft / 256 m
Coordinates 20°57′43″N 075°37′36″E / 20.96194°N 75.62667°E / 20.96194; 75.62667Coordinates: 20°57′43″N 075°37′36″E / 20.96194°N 75.62667°E / 20.96194; 75.62667
Website Jalgaon Airport
Map
VAJL
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 5,574 1,700 Asphalt

Jalgaon Airport (IATA: JLG, ICAO: VAJL) is a public airport located off State Highway 186, 6 Kilometres South-East of the town of Jalgaon, in the Nashik Division of Maharashtra, India.

History

Jalgaon airport was built in 1973 by the Public Works Department.[2] The Jalgaon Municipal council took over its operations in April 1997 and handed it over to the Maharashtra Airport Development Company in April 2007.[3] The Government of Maharashtra signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Airports Authority of India (AAI) to upgrade the existing airfield in July 2009.[4] The then President of India, Pratibha Patil laid the foundation stone for the development and expansion of the Jalgaon airport in June 2010.[5] The AAI completed the first phase of work worth Rupees 61 crores in Feb 2012[6] including an apron and a taxiway. and the revamped airport was inaugurated on 23 March 2012 by President Pratibha Patil[3] The Central Government announced that ten airports including Jalgaon were to be developed and started under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Air Deccan won the contract to start a flight from Jalgaon to Mumbai.

Structure

Jalgaon airport is spread over 630 Acres and has one runway oriented 09/27, 1,700 metres in length. Its new apron measuring 68 metres by 67 metres provides parking space for 2 ATR aircraft at a time. The runway has basic approach and runway edge lighting. Navigational and landing aids at this airport includes a DVOR /DME and a PAPI (Runway 27 only). The 700 square metre terminal building can accommodate 50 passengers.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Deccan Mumbai [7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aai.aero/misc/AIPS_2012_14.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D AAI Aerodrome data
  2. ↑ "Airstrips in Maharashtra". Maharashtra Public Works Department. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 "President inaugurates Jalgaon airport". Newstrackindia.com. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "MADC - Projects". Maharashtra Airport Development Company. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "President lays foundation stone for Jalgaon airport". Zeenews.com. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Jalgaon Airport works". Indian Express. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Shukla, Tarun (12 December 2017). "Air Deccan set to relaunch operations with Re1 flight tickets". livemint.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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