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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport of Rajasthan, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox airport <br />
| name = Jaisalmer Airport<br />
| nativename =<br />
| image = File:Jaisalmer Airport.png<br />
| image-width = 260px<br />
| caption = Terminal building at Jaisalmer Airport<br />
| IATA = JSA<br />
| ICAO = VIJR<br />
| type = Civil enclave<br />
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| city-served = [[Jaisalmer]]<br />
| location = [[Jaisalmer]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India<br />
| pushpin_label = '''JSA'''<br />
| elevation-f = 751<br />
| elevation-m = 251<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|26|52|49|N|70|51|18|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website = <br />
| metric-elev = y<br />
| metric-rwy = y<br />
| r1-number = 04/22<br />
| r1-length-f = 9,000<br />
| r1-length-m = 2,743<br />
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]<br />
| stat-year = Apr"2017 - March 2018<br />
| stat1-header = Passenger movements <br />
| stat1-data = 35896<br />
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements <br />
| stat2-data = 735<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Jaisalmer Airport''' {{Airport codes|JSA|VIJR}} is located 17 kilometres southeast of Jaisalmer in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. The airport operates as a [[civil enclave]] on an [[Indian Air Force]] base.<br />
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The airport has a single runway of {{convert|9,000|ft|m}} in length and {{convert|150|ft|m}} in width. Carriers that have previously flown to/from the airport include [[Vayudoot]] and [[Kingfisher Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flykingfisher.com/media-center/in-the-news/kingfisher-airlines-launches-direct-flights-connecting-udaipur-to-mumbai.aspx |title=Kingfisher Airlines Launches Direct Flights Connecting Udaipur to Mumbai |date=26 December 2007 |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222030902/http://www.flykingfisher.com/media-center/in-the-news/kingfisher-airlines-launches-direct-flights-connecting-udaipur-to-mumbai.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> In 2015, it was not used for civil flights, and was closed<ref>{{cite web | title = Ghost airports highlight risks as Modi spends to grow |work= Reuters | url = http://in.reuters.com/article/india-airport-idINKCN0QN2BV20150819 |date=19 August 2015| access-date = 2015-08-20 | first = Tommy | last = Wilkes }}</ref> until services resumed in 2017.<br />
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==New civil terminal==<br />
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The [[Airports Authority of India]] has constructed a new terminal at the southern end of the airfield. Construction of the Rs. 80 crore terminal was completed in March 2013.<ref name="DB">{{cite news|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/RAJ-JPR-rupees-80-crore-worth-airport-left-abandoned-4363864-NOR.html |title=Rupees 80 crore-worth airport left abandoned |newspaper=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date= 2 September 2013 |access-date=9 February 2014}}</ref> The civil enclave is spread over 65 acres<ref name="DB"/> and consists of the terminal and an apron for parking three [[Airbus A321]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Jaisalmer.jsp |title=Airports Authority of India |publisher=Aai.aero |date=2010-04-20 |access-date=2013-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021233125/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Jaisalmer.jsp |archive-date=21 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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[[File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal features 3.png|thumb|Terminal entrance ]]<br />
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[[File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal features 2.png|thumb|Check-in counters]]<br />
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[[File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal features 1.png|thumb|Waiting hall area]]<br />
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[[File:Jaisalmer Airport terminal view from Apron.png|thumb|Terminal building view from Apron]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{WAD|VIJR}}<br />
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{{Airports in India}}<br />
{{Indian Air Force}}<br />
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[[Category:Airports in Rajasthan]]<br />
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