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{{Short description|Airport serving Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Jammu Airport
| image = Jammu Airport.png
| image-width = 240
| caption =
| IATA = IXJ
| ICAO = VIJU
| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| pushpin_label = '''IXJ'''
| type = Public/Military
| owner = [[Indian Air Force]]<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=65078 | title=Evaluation of Patna And Jammu Airport | publisher=[[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation]] | date=19 August 2010 | access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref>
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner-oper =
| city-served = [[Jammu (city)|Jammu]]
| location = Jammu, [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| metric-elev = y
| elevation-f = 1,029
| elevation-m = 314
| coordinates = {{coord|32|41|21|N|074|50|15|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time]]
| utc = +5:30
| website = [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/jammu Jammu Airport]
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-f = 8,000
| r1-length-m = 2,438
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 1,614,167 ({{increase}} 10.8%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 13,520 ({{increase}} 19.1%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 1,054 ({{increase}} 20.2%)
| 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=30 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=30 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=30 April 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''Jammu Airport''', officially known as '''Jammu Civil Enclave'''<ref name="aaigi" /> {{airport codes|IXJ|VIJU}}, is a [[domestic airport]] serving [[Jammu (city)|Jammu]], the [[winter capital]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. It is located {{cvt|6.1|km}} south of the city centre and {{cvt|14|km}} from the [[India–Pakistan border]].

==Infrastructure==

===Terminal 1===
The {{convert|14,500|m2|adj=on}} terminal can only handle domestic flights. It has 5 gates and 20 check-in desks.<ref name="aaiti">{{cite web | url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jammu_technicalinfo.jsp | title=Jammu: Technical information | work=[[Airports Authority of India]] | date=25 June 2014 | access-date=27 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128195208/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jammu_technicalinfo.jsp | archive-date=28 November 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> A store selling traditional packaged food items, a shoe shop, a restaurant, and a souvenir store and information desk for pilgrims travelling to the [[Vaishno Devi]] temple are among the amenities available in the terminal.<ref name="aaipi">{{cite web | url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jammu_passengerinfo.jsp | title=Jammu: Passenger information | work=[[Airports Authority of India]] | date=12 September 2016 | access-date=27 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128195245/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jammu_passengerinfo.jsp | archive-date=28 November 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Terminal 2===
In September 2021, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that there would be a new terminal of 45,000 square meters, and an investment worth rupees 700 crores would be made.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jk-govt-to-handover-122-acres-of-land-to-aai-to-build-new-airport-terminal-at-jammu/article37318528.ece|title = J&K govt to handover 122 acres of land to AAI to build new airport terminal at Jammu|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 3 November 2021}}</ref>

==Night landing==

"The launch of night flights encourages investment by boosting the local economy, improving air connectivity and increasing the number of tourists in the region. It also allows residents of the Jammu district to travel to the state capital and beyond. It will provide the flexibility that has been coveted for," LG Sinha said.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

According to airport authorities, new carpet construction on the runway has been completed and a runway approach light system, including a series of light strips with flashing lights, has been installed and is in operation. Therefore, nighttime operations have begun at all other facilities already installed and in operation at Jammu Airport, including Instrument Landing System (ILS), CAT1 Lights, PAPI. The extended 1,300-foot runway will be integrated with the existing runway and all related work was meant to be completed by August 31, 2021. Jammu Airport extended its business hours in early 2019, but due to delayed runway expansion, the night flight system was put on hold.

On July 17, 2021, it was announced that Jammu Airport was capable of handling night flights. The first scheduled night flight was by Go Air on July 23, 2021.

The [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN57042 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20161221042938/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN57042 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=21 December 2016 | title=Jammu -- VIJU | work=[[DAFIF]] | date=October 2006 | access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref> runway, 18/36, has dimensions {{convert|2042|x|45|m}}.<ref name="aaiti" /> It can handle [[Instrument landing system#ILS categories|CAT I instrument landing system]] approaches. The apron has space to park three [[Airbus A320]] aircraft and three [[Boeing 737]].<ref name="aaiti" />

==Airlines and destinations==
[[File:GoAir Airbus A320 over Jammu Airport.JPG|thumb|An aircraft over the airport]]

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|[[Air India]]|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport|Leh]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Srinagar Airport|Srinagar]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/time-table.htm|title=Air India Timetable|work=Air India|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref>

|{{nowrap|[[Air India Express]]}}|[[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Hindon Airport|Ghaziabad]], [[Srinagar Airport|Srinagar]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/aviation/international/air-india-express-expands-domestic-reach-with-new-flights-to-jammu-and-port-blair/114617727|title=Air India Flights from jammu and port blair|work=Air India Express|access-date=28 November 2024}}</ref>

|{{nowrap|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]}}|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/alliance-air-to-commence-dehradun-jammu-service-in-mar-2023-1193010|title=Alliance Air to commence Dehradun-Jammu service in Mar-2023|work=CAPA|accessdate=24 March 2023}}</ref>

|[[IndiGo]]|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.flightsfrom.com/IXJ |title=IndiGo flight network from Jammu|work=FlightsFrom|accessdate=29 May 2025}}</ref> [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.flightsfrom.com/IXJ |title=IndiGo flight network from Jammu|work=FlightsFrom|accessdate=29 May 2025}}</ref> [[Chandigarh Airport|Chandigarh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/indigo-to-commence-chandigarh-jammu-service-in-apr-2024-1252321|title=IndiGo to commence Chandigarh-Jammu service in Apr-2024|work=CAPA|accessdate=7 March 2024}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]],<ref>{{cite web |title=IndiGo Aug – Oct 2024 Domestic Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240814-6eaug24in |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/aviation/story/indigo-announces-6-new-domestic-routes-check-list-here-419469-2024-02-29|title=IndiGo announces 6 new domestic routes; check list here|work=Business Today|accessdate=28 February 2024}}</ref> [[Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport|Leh]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Srinagar Airport|Srinagar]]|

|[[SpiceJet]]|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Srinagar Airport|Srinagar]] |<ref name="SpiceJet Flight Schedules">{{cite web|url= https://www.spicejet.com/Schedules.aspx|title=SpiceJet flight schedules|website=www.spicejet.com}}</ref>
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== Statistics ==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=IXJ}}

==Access==
The airport is located {{convert|8|km}} southwest of the city of Jammu, along [[Ranbir Singh Pora|Ranbir Singh Pura]] Road.<ref name="aaigi">{{cite web | url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jammu.jsp | title=Jammu: General information | work=[[Airports Authority of India]] | date=5 September 2016 | access-date=27 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223032451/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jammu.jsp | archive-date=23 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="book2014">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mJQBAAAQBAJ | title=Kashmir: Jammu, Kashmir Valley, Ladakh, Zanskar | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides | year=2014 | location=Chalfont St Peter | pages=230 | isbn=978-1-84162-396-2 | author1=Lovell-Hoare, Sophie | author2=Lovell-Hoare, Max}}</ref> There is a car park with 80 spaces. Bus, taxi and car rental services provide transportation to the city.<ref name="aaipi" />

==Incidents and accidents==

* On 9 January 2017, Air India 821, an [[Air India]] [[Airbus A320-200]] on a scheduled flight from Delhi, overran runway 36 at Jammu on landing. The aircraft touched down at a distance of 2,400 feet from the runway threshold. Four of the eight main landing gear tires burst during the rollout and the aircraft came to a stop on soft ground 8 metres from the edge of the runway. Smoke was observed in the rear cabin and an evacuation ensued. The investigation revealed the serious incident was caused by the late touchdown and reduced deceleration rate due to improper application of the brakes. None of the 143 occupants was injured.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hradecky |first1=Simon |title=Incident: India A320 at Jammu on Jun 9th 2017, overran runway on landing |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=4aa1c154&opt=0 |website=The Aviation Herald |access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref>
* On 27 June 2021, there were twin blasts at the IAF station of the airport, which was suspected to be a terror attack. The blasts took place within five minutes during the night of the day. The first blast was heard at 1:37 AM IST, while the second one was on the ground, and blasted at 1:42 AM IST. The first bomb damaged one building by blowing of its roof, while the other one exploded on an empty area, outside the airport. It injured two army personnel, but they were soon recovered and the impacted building was repaired.<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Bhat, Sunil, Sandhu, Kamaljit|title=Twin explosions rock Air Force-operated area of Jammu airport– Highlights|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/story/mysterious-blast-air-force-station-jammu-police-on-spot-1819845-2021-06-27|website=India Today|date=27 June 2021|access-date=25 April 2023|language=en}}</ref>
* On 10 April 2025, one of the leased Indian Army Heron Mk2 crashed at [[Satwari Airport]] at around 2:45 pm IST while returning from a reconnaissance mission. The incident, under investigation, occurred after loss of control while landing. The aircraft crashed into an IAF tower at the airport injuring an [[Defence Security Corps|DSC]] personnel (Naik Surinder Pal).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khajuria |first=Ravi Krishnan |date=2025-04-11 |title=Army’s UAV crashes into IAF tower at Technical airport, Jammu, soldier critically injured |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/armys-uav-crashes-into-iaf-tower-at-technical-airport-jammu-soldier-critically-injured-101744312556784.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of busiest airports in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Jammu Airport}}
*{{ASN|IXJ|Jammu-Satwari Airport}}
*[https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/jammu Jammu Airport] at the Airports Authority of India

{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Airports in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Jammu (city)]]
[[Category:Transport in Jammu]]
[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

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