Jalgaon Airport

Coordinates: 20°57′43″N 075°37′36″E / 20.96194°N 75.62667°E / 20.96194; 75.62667
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Jalgaon Airport
AMSL
840 ft / 256 m
Coordinates20°57′43″N 075°37′36″E / 20.96194°N 75.62667°E / 20.96194; 75.62667
WebsiteJalgaon Airport
Map
JLG is located in Maharashtra
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JLG is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 5,574 1,700 Asphalt
TruJet ATR at Jalgaon Airport

Jalgaon Airport (

Nanded, and Kolhapur operated by TruJet.[2]
Jalgaon Airport is 47 km away from the Ajanta Caves for which it is its closest airport. Jalgaon Airport has a Flight Training Institute run by Skynex Aviation. Also very soon Jalgaon Airport is going to have Helicopter Pilot Training Institute. Jalgaon airport is a ATC controlled Airport with Night Landing Facility. Currently the Airport serves Private Chartered Flights.

History

Jalgaon Airport was built in 1973 by the Public Works Department.[3] The Jalgaon Municipal Council took over its operations from April 1997 and handed it over to the Maharashtra Airport Development Company in April 2007.[4] 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.[5] The then President of India, Pratibha Patil laid the foundation stone for the development and expansion of the Jalgaon Airport in June 2010.[6] The AAI completed the first phase of work worth Rs. 61 crores in Feb 2012[7] including an apron and a taxiway. The revamped airport was inaugurated on 23 March 2012 by President Pratibha Patil.[4]

In 2016, the Government of Maharashra signed up for the Ministry of Civil Aviation's regional connectivity scheme (RCS) called UDAN that would fast-track the development of ten regional airports in the state including Jalgaon.[8] Under UDAN, Air Deccan won the contract to start flights from Jalgaon to Mumbai. The airline flew the first ever scheduled commercial flight into Jalgaon airport on 23 December 2017.[9] However the airline stopped the flights within months, citing technical issues.[10] The Government cancelled the contract and the route was allotted to TruJet.[11] TruJet started operating from Jalgaon from 1 September 2019.[12]

Structure

Jalgaon Airport is spread over 630 acres and has one runway oriented 09/27, 1,700 metres in length. Its new

DVOR/DME and a PAPI
(Runway 27 & Runway 09). The 700 square metre terminal building can accommodate 50 passengers.

Statistics

References

  1. ^ [1] AAI Aerodrome data
  2. ^ "Domestic airlines in India | Domestic airline tickets Booking". www.trujet.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Airstrips in Maharashtra". Maharashtra Public Works Department. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b "President inaugurates Jalgaon airport". Newstrackindia.com. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  5. ^ "MADC - Projects". Maharashtra Airport Development Company. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012.
  6. ^ "President lays foundation stone for Jalgaon airport". Zeenews.com. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Jalgaon Airport works". The Indian Express. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Maharashtra first to sign up for regional connectivity scheme". The Economic Times. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  9. LiveMint
    . 23 December 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Air Deccan stops four flight operations in Maharashtra cities". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Maharashtra: 5 routes under UDAN scheme to restart from February 13". The Economic Times. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Jalgaon gets air link to Mumbai and Ahmedabad". The Times of India. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.