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{{Short description|Airport in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Maa Danteswari Airport
| image = File:Jagdalpur Airport (Maa Danteshwari Airport).jpg
| image-width =300
| IATA = JGB
| ICAO = VEJR
| pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh#India
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label = '''JGB'''
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Chhattisgarh and India
| type = Public
| owner = [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]<ref name="PIB1">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=107174|title=Pre-feasibility Study for Jagdalpur Airport Conducted|publisher=Press Information Bureau |date=22 July 2014| access-date= 23 July 2014}}</ref>
| operator = [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]
| city-served = Jagdalpur City
| location = [[Jagdalpur]]
| elevation-f = 1,822
| elevation-m = 555
| coordinates = {{Coord|19|04|28|N|082|02|13|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| metric-elev = y
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 06/24
| r1-length-f = 5,600
| r1-length-m = 1,707
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2018 - March 2019
| stat1-header = Passenger movement
| stat1-data = 772

| stat2-header = Aircraft movement
| stat2-data = 248
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data =
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=traffic news Mar2K19Annex3 pdf |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=traffic-news Mar2K19Annex2 pdf |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf |website=www.aai.aero |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''Jagdalpur Airport''' {{Airport codes|JGB|VEJR}} is a [[regional airport]] located near [[Jagdalpur]], in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]]. The [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) conducted a pre-feasibility study in July 2013 for development of the airport<ref name="PIB1"/> and approved of operations of aircraft under [[Visual Flight Rules]] (VFR) conditions.<ref name="TP1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/centre-lays-firm-conditions-prior-to-airport-development-in-cgarh.html |title=Centre lays firm conditions prior to airport development in C'garh |publisher=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date= 23 March 2017| access-date= 11 December 2019}}</ref> The airport was chosen for an upgrade under the Government's [[UDAN]] scheme and the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a terminal building was performed in January 2017.<ref name="TP4">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/cm-performs-bhoomi-pujan-for-terminal-of-jagdalpur-airport.html |title=CM performs bhoomi pujan for terminal of Jagdalpur airport |publisher=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date= January 2017| access-date= 11 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="TP3">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/jagdalpur-airport-to-be-developed-for-atr-type-aircraft-ops.html |title=Jagdalpur airport to be developed for ATR type aircraft ops |publisher=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date= 6 September 2017| access-date= 11 December 2019}}</ref>
The airfield was upgraded to 3C category in 2019, allowing the operations of [[ATR-72]] type of aircraft.<ref name="TP2">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/safety-assessment-done-at-jagdalpur-airport-for-3c-licence.html |title=Safety assessment done at Jagdalpur Airport for 3C licence |publisher=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date= 10 December 2019| access-date= 11 December 2019}}</ref> On 21 September 2020 [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] started flights to Hyderabad and Raipur using [[ATR-72]] aircraft. Currently Jagdalpur airport name changed to Maa Danteshwari Airport, Jagdalpur (Bastar) on 21 September 2020. Currently Airport Director is Shri K. K. Bhaumik.

The district administration has floated a proposal to set up a new airport for Jagdalpur<ref>{{Cite news|last=News Network|first=Partika|date=6 June 2021|title=Ulnar to have the new Jagdalpur airport, district administration has already identified 250 hectares for the airport.|work=Patrika|url=https://epaper.patrika.com/chhattisgarh/jagdalpur/2021-06-06/78/page-1.html|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> in Ulnar village of Bastar district. This airport is expected to be set up in an area measuring 250 hectares. It would have a 3 km long and 200 metres wide runway. The airport would also boast of a state of the art airport terminal building. Since about 92% (229 hectares) of the land required is owned by the government, the land acquisition process is expected to be quick leading to a faster development time for the airport.

==Airlines and destinations==
[[File:Alliance Air aircraft At Apron of Jagdalpur Airport.png|thumb| [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] Aircraft at Jagdalpur Airport]]
{{Airport destination list
|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]] | [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Swami Vivekananda Airport|Raipur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/after-successful-trial-now-aviation-services-to-restart-in-jagdalpur-soon/articleshow/74537004.cms|title=After successful trial, now aviation services to restart in Jagdalpur soon|work=The Times of India|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* [[Swami Vivekananda Airport|Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur]]
* [[Bilaspur Airport|Bilasa Devi Kevat Airport, Bilaspur]]
* [[List of airports in India]]
* [[List of the busiest airports in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WAD|VE46}}

{{Airports in India}}

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[[Category:Airports in Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]
[[Category:Transport in Jagdalpur]]

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>Mettle30 at 20:18, 6 October 2021