Jabalpur Airport
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Coordinates | 23°11′05″N 080°03′31.5″E / 23.18472°N 80.058750°E | ||||||||||
Website | Jabalpur Airport | ||||||||||
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Jabalpur Airport (IATA: JLR, ICAO: VAJB), also known as Dumna Airport, is a domestic airport serving the city of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located at Dumna, 25 km (16 mi) east of the city. It is the third busiest airport in Madhya Pradesh after Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport in Indore and Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal in terms of both passenger and aircraft movements. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has upgraded the airport to provide better services to the air travellers of the region.
The airport serves the whole of eastern
History
The airport was constructed during the British era. The 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.[citation needed]
In 2015, the State government handed over 468.43 acres of land to the AAI for expansion of the airport.[4] The new terminal building was commissioned on 10 March 2024, being built at a cost of Rs 412 crore.
Facilities
Airport has CNS/ATM facility like
Runway
The runway is capable of serving narrow body aircraft including Airbus 320 family/Boeing 737-800 and is equipped with night landing facilities,
The newly expanded runway, 2,750 m long, was successfully trialed by a Delhi–Jabalpur IndiGo Airlines flight on Saturday, 27 May 2023, and came under regular operation the next week. With the runway expansion, Jabalpur Airport is now home to the second longest runway in Madhya Pradesh, next only to that of Indore Airport (2,754 m) and ahead of the runways at Bhopal Airport (2,744 m), Gwalior Airport (2,743 m), and Khajuraho Airport (2,274 m).[5]
Terminal
The new terminal building has been designed to accommodate 800 passengers at the peak hours. It has 14 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.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Alliance Air | Bilaspur, Delhi, Jagdalpur[6] |
IndiGo | Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Mumbai (resumes 1 July 2024)[7] |
SpiceJet[8] | Delhi, Mumbai |
Statistics
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Expansion
The new terminal building, spread over an area of 115,180 sq.ft. (10,701 m2), with a capacity to handle 800 passengers during peak hours is constructed and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on 10 March 2024. The terminal has three
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 December 2015, a boars. Three 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[10]
- On 12 March 2022, an Alliance Air ATR-72-600 with the registration VT-AIW operating Alliance Air flight 617, was landing on runway 06 when it overshot the runway and came to rest on the RESA. All 55 passengers and 5 crew were evacuated from the aircraft unharmed.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Jabalpur Airport upgradation". Press Information Bureau. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Jabalpur News: दिल्ली से आने वाली उड़ान करेगी नए रनवे का 2750 मीटर का सफर शनिवार को होगा ट्रायल". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Air service is also going to start from Jagdalpur, in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh for Jabalpur on Tuesday". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "IndiGo reinstates direct connectivity between Mumbai and Jabalpur". IndiGo (Press release). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "SpiceJet Flight Schedule". Official Website of SpiceJet. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Foundation stone laid for upgradation of Jabalpur Airport". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Alliance Air flight skids off runway at Jabalpur airport, passengers safe". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.