Jabalpur Airport

Jabalpur Airport (IATA: JLR, ICAO: VAJB), also known as Rani Durgawati International Airport, is an airport situated 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of the city of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. It is the third busiest airport in Madhya Pradesh after Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport in Indore, and Raja Bhoj International Airport in Bhopal. The airport serves the whole of eastern Madhya Pradesh, especially the Mahakaushal region. It serves tourists who visit Kanha National Park and Bandhavgarh National Park and the marble cliffs and waterfalls on either sides of the Narmada river at nearby Bhedaghat amongst other areas and attractions. The airport is spread over an area of 760 acres. Alliance Air, Indigo and SpiceJet operate scheduled flight services to and from Jabalpur.

Jabalpur Airport

Rani Durgawati International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesJabalpur, Damoh, Dindori, Mandla , Umaria , Seoni, Narsinghpur, Katni
LocationDumna
Elevation AMSL1,624 ft / 495 m
Coordinates23°11′05″N 080°03′31.5″E
Websitewww.aai.aero/allAirports/Jabalpur.jsp
Map
JLR
Location in India
JLR
JLR (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 9,022 2,745 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2019-March 2020)
Passenger movements331,085 (30.3%)
Aircraft movements5,453 (28.5%)

History

The airport was constructed during the British era airport was opened in the 1930s and used periodically by the Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps before and during World War II. It was commonly known as Jubbulpore Aerodrome, and had a dirt runway until the 1960s. The new paved runway was built atop the original dirt runway, in the same alignment. Before the aerodrome at Dumna was opened, planes had been landing, even in the 1920s, within a racecourse inside the city limits of Jabalpur.

Runway

The runway is capable of serving narrow body aircraft including Airbus 320 family/Boeing 737-800 and is equipped with night landing facilities, DVOR/DME, NDB and precision approach path indicator. It has a parking for one A-320/B-737 or 2 ATR-72 aircraft.

Terminal

The terminal has the capacity of handling 200 passengers at the peak hours. It has 4 check-in desks apart from CCTV's and an X-ray machine for security. The airport is equipped with runway lighting, car-calling, night landing facilities, a food stall and an ATM. The Government of Madhya Pradesh had provided with Tourism Information Center and medical facilities like first-aid, MIR, and doctors and nurse will be provided soon.

Expansion

A new Integrated terminal will be built with an area of 9350 m2 and capable of handling 500 passengers at peak hours. The project also includes extending the runway to 2750 meters from the current 1988 meters, a 14 km long boundary wall, a 5 km long approach road connecting airport to the city, ATC control tower cum technical block, apron, taxiway, isolation bay and a fire station. The foundation stone was laid on August 13, 2018 by Suresh Prabhu, Jayant Sinha, Rakesh Singh amongst others[1] and is expected to complete by June 2021.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Air Delhi
IndiGo Delhi,[2] Kolkata,[3] Mumbai[4]
SpiceJetBangalore,[5] Delhi, Mumbai

JCTSL offers airport shuttle services starting from ISBT from Jabalpur Airport. Pre-paid metro taxi services are available along with pre-paid auto rickshaws. Coach services to key locations in Jabalpur and private car rental services are available.

Accidents and Incidents
  • On 4 December 2015, a Spicejet Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 registration VT-SUC, was operating as Spicejet Flight 2458, was landing at Jabalpur when the aircraft collided with a herd of 30-40 wild boars. 3 boars were killed and the aircraft skidded off the runway coming to a stop with the left gear collapsed, left engine damage, and other unknown damage caused by the impact. Despite the damage, no serious passenger injuries were reported[6][7]

References
  1. "Foundation stone laid for upgradation of Jabalpur Airport". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
  3. "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
  4. "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
  5. https://www.spicejet.com/Schedules.aspx
  6. "Accident: Spicejet DH8D at Jabalpur on Dec 4th 2015, boar strike, runway excursion, left main and nose gear collapsed". Avherald.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. Boyle, Darren. "Indian passenger aircraft badly damaged after hitting a wild boar on landing | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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