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{{Short description|Airport of Assam, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Jorhat Airport
| ensign =
| nativename =
| nativename-a =
| nativename-r =
| image =
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| IATA = JRH
| ICAO = VEJT
| type = Public/Military
| owner-oper = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner =
| operator = [[Indian Air Force]] [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Jorhat]], [[Golaghat]]
| location = Rowriah, [[Jorhat]]
| elevation-f = 311
| elevation-m = 95
| coordinates = {{coord|26|43|54|N|094|10|32|E|type:airport}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam
| pushpin_label = '''JRH'''
| r1-number = 04/22
| r1-length-f = 9,000
| r1-length-m = 2,743
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| metric-rwy =
| footnotes = Source: [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III - Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k22Annex3.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k22Annex2.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k22Annex4.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>
| stat1-header = Passengers Aircraft movement Cargo tonnage
| stat1-data = 75,172 ({{increase}} 78.2%) 728 ({{increase}} 41.1%) 13 ({{decrease}} 45.8%)
| stat-year = April 2021 - March 2022
}}

'''Jorhat Airport''' {{Airport codes|JRH|VEJT}}, also known as '''Rowriah Airport''' is a [[domestic airport]] serving [[Jorhat]], [[Assam]], [[India]]. It is located at Rowriah, which is situated 7 kilometres south-west from the city centre.<ref>{{cite web|author=Our Special Correspondent |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110814/jsp/orissa/story_14375595.jsp |title=Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2011-08-14 |access-date=2014-06-20}}</ref>

==History==
It was established in early 1950s and commonly known as Rowriah Airport because it is located at Rowriah area of the city. Jorhat AFS is the [[Indian Air Force]]'s first air base in the East. It is primarily a transport base for launching aircraft that carry out airdrops in the [[Naga Hills]] in [[Nagaland]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]].

It is equipped with two squadrons of [[An-32]] transport aircraft and air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the [[West Kameng District|Kameng]], [[Upper Subansiri district|Subansiri]], [[Upper Siang district|Siang]], [[Lohit district|Lohit]] and [[Tirap district|Tirap]] districts of Arunachal Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/other-north_east_logistics.html |title=Challenging Sorties |publisher=Vayu-sena.tripod.com |access-date=2014-06-20}}</ref>

==Expansion==
On 8 February 2022, [[Government of Assam|Govt of Assam]] cabinet has approved the sanction of Rs 156 crore for the acquisition of private land to facilitate the expansion of Jorhat Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://constructionbusinesstoday.com/news/assam-cabinet-approves-jorhat-airport-expansion/|title=Assam Cabinet approves Jorhat airport expansion |publisher=constructionbusinesstoday.com |access-date=2012-02-09}}</ref>

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

==Airlines and destinations==

{{Airport-dest-list|3rdcoltitle={{Abbr|Refs.|References}}|3rdcolunsortable=yes

|[[IndiGo]] |[[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]]|<ref name="Indigo1">{{cite web|url=https://www.goindigo.in/information/flight-schedule.html|title=Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights |website=IndiGo |access-date=25 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/indigo-announces-new-destinations-adds-16-new-flights-check-prices-routes-schedule-dates-here-1866443 |title=IndiGo Announces New Destinations, Adds 16 New Flights. Details Here |work=NDTV.com |access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref>
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170902040928/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jorhat_airpo_gi.jsp Jorhat Airport at the AAI]

{{Airports in India}}
{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian Air Force]]
[[Category:Transport in Jorhat]]
[[Category:Airports in Assam]]
[[Category:Airports established in the 1950s]]
[[Category:1950s establishments in Assam]]
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]

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