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{{Short description|Airport in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Jabalpur Airport
| nativename-a =
| nativename-r =
| image = Jabalpur Airport New Terminal.jpg
| image-width = 350px
| image_alt =
| IATA = JLR
| ICAO = VAJB
| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in India
| pushpin_label = '''JLR'''
| type = Public
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| operator = Airports Authority of India
| city-served = [[Jabalpur]]
| location = Dumna, Jabalpur, [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 1,624
| elevation-m = 495
| coordinates = {{coord|23|11|05|N|080|03|31.5|E|type:airport_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Jabalpur.jsp|Jabalpur Airport}}
| metric-rwy =
| r1-number = 06/24
| r1-length-f = 9,022
| r1-length-m = 2,750
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 392,869 ({{increase}} 19.8%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 5,000 ({{increase}} 9.5%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = —
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''Jabalpur Airport''' {{Airport codes|JLR|VAJB}}, also known as '''Dumna Airport''', is a [[domestic airport]] serving the city of [[Jabalpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is located at Dumna, {{cvt|25|km}} east of the city. It is the third busiest airport in Madhya Pradesh after [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|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 [[Madhya Pradesh]], especially the [[Mahakaushal]] region. The tourists visiting [[Kanha National Park]], [[Bandhavgarh National Park]], [[Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary]] and [[Pench National Park]] can conveniently approach multiple National Parks of Madhya Pradesh keeping it as the centre point. The recently notified [[Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve]], the 7th tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh also lies in close vicinity to Jabalpur and can be easily visited. [[Bhedaghat]], [[Dhuandhar Falls]], [[Amarkantak]], [[Panchmarhi]], and [[Khajuraho]] are easily accessible through Jabalpur. The airport is spread over an area of {{convert|960|acre}}. [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]], and [[IndiGo]] operate scheduled flight services to and from Jabalpur Airport.

==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|date=October 2020}}

In 2015, the State government handed over {{Convert|468.43|acre}} of land to the AAI for expansion of the airport.<ref name="PIB">{{Cite web |date=29 September 2020 |title=Jabalpur Airport upgradation |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1660043 |access-date=7 October 2020 |website=[[Press Information Bureau]]}}</ref> The new terminal building was commissioned on 10 March 2024, being built at a cost of Rs 412 crore.

== Facilities ==
=== Communication, navigation and surveillance ===
Airport has {{Clarify|reason=expand or explain acronyms|date=September 2024|text=CNS/ATM}} facility like [[VHF]], [[Automatic terminal information service|ATIS]], [[Digital video recorder|DVR]], [[AFTN]], [[DVOR]]/[[Distance Measuring Equipment|DME]], [[Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast|ADS-B]], RCAG. [[Instrument landing system|ILS]] and [[Automation]] is going to be installed after completion of RWY expansion. Airport have also airport system and security facilities for APSUs like [[CCTV]], [[X-ray machines]], [[Explosives trace detector|ETD]], [[Flight information display system|FIDS]], [[Public address system|PA SYSTEMS]], [[Metal detector|DFMD]], [[Metal detector|HHMD]]. The facilities are installed, operated, managed by [[Communication, navigation and surveillance|CNS]] team of [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]].

=== 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]]/[[Distance Measuring Equipment|DME]], [[Non-Directional Beacon|NDB]] and [[precision approach path indicator]]. It has a parking for 4 [[A-320]]/[[B-737]] or 4 [[ATR-72]] aircraft. [[Instrument landing system|ILS]] is under process after completion of runway expansion, by CNS team and [[ADS-B]] and [[RCAG]] is going to commissioned soon.

The newly expanded runway, {{Convert|2,750|m|4=0|abbr=on}} long, was successfully trialed by a Delhi–Jabalpur [[IndiGo|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 [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore Airport]] ({{Convert|2,754|m|4=0|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and ahead of the runways at [[Raja Bhoj Airport|Bhopal Airport]] ({{Convert|2,744|m|4=0|abbr=on|disp=or}}), [[Gwalior Airport]] ({{Convert|2,743|m|4=0|abbr=on|disp=or}}), and [[Khajuraho Airport]] ({{Convert|2,274|m|4=0|abbr=on|disp=or}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-24 |title=Jabalpur News: दिल्ली से आने वाली उड़ान करेगी नए रनवे का 2750 मीटर का सफर शनिवार को होगा ट्रायल |url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/jabalpur-flight-coming-from-delhi-will-travel-2750-meters-of-new-runway-trial-will-be-held-on-saturday-8135157 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Nai Dunia |language=hi}}</ref>

===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|date=October 2020}}

==Expansion==
The new terminal building, spread over an area of 115,180 sq.ft. (10,701 m<sup>2</sup>), 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 [[aerobridges]], an advanced baggage screening system and a car parking for more than 250 cars and buses.
The new terminal also includes the extension of runway to {{Convert|2,750|m|4=0}} from the current {{Convert|1,988|m|4=0}} with one end with ILS facility, a {{cvt|14|km|adj=on}} long boundary wall, a {{cvt|5|km|adj=on}} long approach road connecting airport to the city, a {{convert|32|m|adj=on}} high new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower cum technical block, apron, taxiway, isolation bay and a fire station at a cost of Rs. 412 crores. Hence, the foundation stone was laid on 13 August 2018, by [[Suresh Prabhu]], [[Jayant Sinha]], [[Rakesh Singh (politician)|Rakesh Singh]] amongst others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/foundation-stone-laid-for-upgradation-of-jabalpur-airport201808132120090001/|title=Foundation stone laid for upgradation of Jabalpur Airport|website=www.aninews.in|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808093459/https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/foundation-stone-laid-for-upgradation-of-jabalpur-airport201808132120090001/|url-status=dead}}</ref> These upgrades were expected to be completed by December 2021, but due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], which faced delays in work, it got delayed, and was finally completed and inaugurated on 10 March 2024.

==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport-dest-list|{{nowrap|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]}}|[[Bilasa Devi Kevat Airport|Bilaspur]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Jagdalpur Airport|Jagdalpur]]

|[[IndiGo]]|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]}}

==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=JLR}}

==Accidents and incidents==
*On 4 December 2015, a [[Spicejet]] [[Bombardier Dash 8|Bombardier Dash 8 Q400]] registration VT-SUC, operating as Spicejet Flight 2458, was landing at Jabalpur when the aircraft collided with a herd of 30-40 wild [[boar]]s. 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=49052366&opt=0 |title=Accident: Spicejet DH8D at Jabalpur on Dec 4th 2015, boar strike, runway excursion, left main and nose gear collapsed |publisher=Avherald.com |access-date=2017-03-29}}
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*On 12 March 2022, an [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] [[ATR 72|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 [[Runway safety area|RESA]]. All 55 passengers and 5 crew were evacuated from the aircraft unharmed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/mar/13/alliance-air-flight-skids-off-runway-at-jabalpur-airport-passengers-safe-2429437.html|title=Alliance Air flight skids off runway at Jabalpur airport, passengers safe|publisher=indianexpress.com|access-date=2022-03-13}}
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== See also ==
* [[List of airports in Madhya Pradesh]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Airports in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Transport in Jabalpur]]
[[Category:1930s establishments in India]]
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[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]
[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

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