Jalgaon Airport (IATA: JLG, ICAO: VAJL) is a domestic airport located off National Highway 753F South-East of the city of Jalgaon in Maharashtra, India. It has flights to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Nanded and Kolhapur operated by TruJet.[2] Jalgaon Airport is 47 km away from the Ajanta Caves which is the closest airport to it.

Jalgaon Airport
IATA: JLG ICAO: VAJL[1]
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
Website	Jalgaon Airport
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 5,574 1,700 Asphalt

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 Rupees 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 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 & Runway 09 Both). The 700 square metre terminal building can accommodate 50 passengers.

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