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{{short description|Airport in Jodhpur, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Jodhpur Airport
| image = Jodhpur Airport.png
| image-width = 250px
| caption =
| IATA = JDH
| ICAO = VIJO
| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India
| pushpin_label= '''JDH'''
| type = Military/Public
| owner =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner-oper =
| city-served = [[Jodhpur]]
| location = Jodhpur, [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 710
| elevation-m = 216
| coordinates = {{coord|26|15|26|N|073|03|06|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/jodhpur Jodhpur Airport]
| metric-elev = y
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-f = 9,002
| r1-length-m = 2,744
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/[[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 1,041,817 ({{decrease}} 4.5%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 8,171 ({{decrease}} 9.6%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 135 ({{increase}} 25.4%)
| 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>
}}

'''Jodhpur Airport''' {{airport codes|JDH|VIJO}} is a [[domestic airport]] and an [[Indian Air Force]] base serving the city of [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. It is operated by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) and shares its airside with the Jodhpur Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force.

The [[Government of Rajasthan]] signed a [[Memorandum of Understanding]] (MoU) with the [[Indian Air Force]] for the expansion of the passenger terminal in March 2017, wherein 37 acres of IAF land was transferred to AAI.<ref>{{cite news |title=MoU inked to expand Jodhpur airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jodhpur/mou-inked-to-expand-jodhpur-airport/articleshow/57845153.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date= 9 March 2018 |date=27 March 2017 }}</ref> In May 2021, it was transferred by IAF to AAI through Jodhpur Development Authority (JoDA), and the terminal was built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/iaf-barters-land-for-expansion-of-jodhpur-airport/articleshow/82781863.cms|title=IAF barters land for expansion of Jodhpur airport | Jaipur News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> It is the [[List of the busiest airports in India|48th-busiest airport in India]], handling more than half a million passengers in FY 2018–2019. Beside the existing terminal, a new, larger terminal is being constructed to meet the rapidly rising traffic and demands. Its [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] was laid by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] in October 2023, and construction began in the same month.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Modi lays foundation stone for new buildings in Udaipur, Jodhpur Airport|url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/pm-modi-lays-foundation-stone-for-new-buildings-in-udaipur-jodhpur-airport-123100600465_1.html|work=Business Standard|date=6 October 2023|access-date=30 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> It is slated to be completed by the end of 2025.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jodhpur Airport Terminal to get new airport building on Diwali - Jodhpur Airport Terminal|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hi/!state/the-new-terminal-of-jodhpur-airport-will-be-ready-by-diwali-2025-it-will-be-equipped-with-modern-facilities-rajasthan-news-rjs25041802762|work=ETV Bharat|date=18 April 2025|access-date=30 April 2025|language=hi}}</ref>

==History==
The Jodhpur Flying Club was set up by Maharaja [[Umaid Singh]] in the 1920s at a small airfield near his Chittar Palace ([[Umaid Bhavan Palace]]) in Jodhpur. Through the next three decades, the airfield grew in stature, being used as an [[List of former Royal Air Force stations#Rest of the World|airfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF)]] during World War II.<ref>{{citation |title=The History of the Jodhpur Flying Club|url=http://www.cgpublishing.com/Books/jodhpur.html|publisher= CGPublishing |access-date=30 November 2011}}</ref> The airfield was upgraded in 1950 after the formation of the [[Royal Indian Air Force]] (which later became the Indian Air Force).<ref>{{cite news |title=South Asia's Most Powerful Air Base at Jodhpur |url=http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=734 |publisher=Defence News |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407125655/http://www.defencenews.in/defence-news-internal.asp?get=new&id=734 |archive-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jodhpur was home to the IAF's Air Force Flying College until the 1965 war.<ref>{{cite web |title=Side Show in the South-Western Sector |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Chapter8.html |publisher=Bharat Rakshak.com |access-date=30 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117222535/http://bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/Chapter8.html |archive-date=17 November 2011 }}</ref>

==Structure==
The airport's 12-acre civil enclave contains a terminal building measuring a built-up area of 5,690 m<sup>2</sup>, which is capable of handling 430 passengers per hour. The terminal has seven check-in counters and three boarding gates. The adjoining concrete apron measures 140 by 100 metres and has three parking bays that can cater to two [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]] and [[Boeing 737]] type aircraft simultaneously.

The runway is 2,743 metres long and 45 metres wide. The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities and an [[Instrument Landing System]] (ILS) as well as navigational facilities like [[VHF omnidirectional range#DVOR|DVOR]]/[[Distance Measuring Equipment|DME]] and an [[Non-Directional Beacon|NDB]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AAI website |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Jodhpur_technicalinfo.jsp |access-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607022240/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/Jodhpur_technicalinfo.jsp |archive-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Jodhpur Air Force Station==
Squadrons of [[HAL Dhruv]], [[HAL Prachand]], [[Aérospatiale Alouette III|HAL Chetak]], [[Mil Mi-17]] and [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] aircraft are based here. It was active during the [[Kargil War]] of 1999. There is also a battalion of the [[Garud Commando Force]] here.

On 3 October 2022, [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] inducted [[HAL Prachand]] into [[No. 143 Helicopter Unit, IAF|143 Helicopter Unit]] at Jodhpur Air Force Station.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peri |first=Dinakar |date=2022-10-03 |title=IAF inducts indigenously-built Light Combat Helicopter |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/iaf-inducts-indigenously-built-light-combat-helicopter/article65965662.ece |access-date=2022-10-03 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-03 |title=Made-in-India attack helicopters inducted; special moment: PM Modi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajnath-singh-light-combat-helicopters-indian-air-force-8186713/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=In Pics: Air force inducts India-made light combat helicopter Prachand in Jodhpur |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/photos/india/in-pics-air-force-inducts-india-made-light-combat-helicopter-prachand-in-jodhpur-9276091.html |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Moneycontrol |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=From LCH Prachand to INS Vikrant, how 'Make in India' defence is transforming the nation |url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/from-lch-prachand-to-ins-vikrant-how-make-in-india-defence-is-transforming-the-nation-11384241.html |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:HAL light combat helicopter .jpg|right|thumb|HAL Prachand In Jodhpur AFS]]

== Airlines and destinations ==
[[file:Check in area and Baggage screening at Jodhpur Airport.jpg|thumb|Interior of the airport]]

{{Airport-dest-list
|[[Air India]]| [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]

|[[Air India Express]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Air India Express Sep – Nov 2025 Bangalore Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250929-ix2h25blr |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref>

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'''Seasonal:''' [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport|Indore]], [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/indigo-announces-new-jodhpur-jaipur-flight-to-boost-domestic-connectivity-9875411.html|title=IndiGo announces new Jodhpur-Jaipur flight to boost domestic connectivity|work=Moneycontrol|date=16 January 2023|accessdate=16 January 2023}}</ref>}}


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

==See also==
* [[Airports in India]]
* [[List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/jodhpur Jodhpur Airport webpage] at official Airports Authority of India web site.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110911113141/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-17/jaipur/27765100_1_jodhpur-aviator-rajasthan Times of India - "Aviator Maharaja"]
* [https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/jodhpur/news/civil-aviation-company-spicejet-rajasthan-high-court-jodhpur-plan-for-ten-flights-01629635.html Dainik Bhasker - "spicejet may start ten flights from jodhpur"]

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[[Category:Airports in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Jodhpur]]
[[Category:Transport in Jodhpur]]
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]
[[Category:1920s establishments in India]]
[[Category:Military airbases established in 1943]]
[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

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MargeneGoodfello at 11:46, 3 February 2026