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{{Short description|Aerodrome in Mumbai, India. First airfield in India}}
{{Redirect|VAJJ|the euphemism used in ''Grey's Anatomy''|Vajayjay}}
{{Coord|19|05|53|N|72|50|02|E|type:airport|display=title}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Juhu Aerodrome
| image = Juhu Aerodrome.jpg
| image-width = 220px
| IATA =
| ICAO = VAJJ
| pushpin_map = Mumbai
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[Mumbai]] since 1928
| location = [[Juhu]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| hub =
*[[Pawan Hans]]
| elevation-f = 13
| elevation-m = 4
| website =
| r1-number = 08/26
| r1-length-f = 3,750
| r1-length-m = 1,143
| r1-surface = Paved
| r2-number = 16/34
| r2-length-f = 2,400
| r2-length-m = 731
| r2-surface = Paved
| footnotes =
}}
'''Juhu Aerodrome''' {{Airport codes||VAJJ}} is located in [[Juhu]], an upmarket residential [[suburb]] of [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It is used by small [[General Aviation]] aircraft and helicopters.<ref name="book76647674">{{cite book | author=Volume 7 | title=Asian and Indian skyways | year=1953 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhs-AQAAIAAJ |access-date=20 February 2011}} Page 52</ref> It was founded in 1928 as India's first civil aviation airport,<ref name=rediff07>{{cite news|title=Juhu airstrip to get a facelift|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2007/oct/13juhu.htm|access-date=10 February 2012|newspaper=[[Rediff.com]]|date=13 October 2007}}</ref> In 1932, [[JRD Tata]] landed at the Juhu Aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail service. Juhu served as the city's primary airport during and up to [[World War II]]. In 1948, commercial operations were moved to the much larger [[RAF Santacruz]] (now [[Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport]]; CSIA) which was built 2 km east of Juhu aerodrome during the war.

Today, the aerodrome handles all helicopter operations out of Mumbai. It also hosts the [[Bombay Flying Club]] and several executive and light aircraft and [[Glider (sailplane)|gliders]]. In 2010, the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI), which runs the airport, proposed to extend the runway 08/26 into the sea to allow larger aircraft to land, however permission for this was denied by the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Ministry of Environment and Forests]]. With the New Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules of 2011 permitting roads on stilts, the Airports Authority of India announced in January 2012 that it would once again pursue its plan of extending the runway at Juhu Aerodrome into the sea.<ref>At Juhu aerodrome VHF (very high frequency) communication exists at 124.35 MHz.</ref>

==History==
The aerodrome started off as an unpaved airfield in 1928. It was used by the then newly established Bombay Flying Club for teaching, joy-rides, and air travel. The activities of the club were limited by the fact that the aerodrome at Juhu was not suitable during the monsoon. Much progress had been made in the layout of the ground of the aerodrome by 1932, although the ground was still not fit for use during that year's monsoon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bombay Aerodrome at Juhu |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1932/1932%20-%200843.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=19 August 1932 |access-date=16 September 2011 }}</ref> [[J. R. D. Tata]], the father of civil aviation in India, made his maiden voyage to Juhu Airport from [[Drigh Road Airstrip]] in [[Karachi]], via [[Ahmedabad]], on 15 October 1932 carrying mail in a [[de Havilland Puss Moth|Puss Moth]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Tata Airmail Service |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1933/1933%20-%200531.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=14 September 1933 |access-date=16 September 2011 }}</ref>
The Tata Airmail Service, as it was called, continued on to Pune, Bellary, and Madras.<ref>{{cite news |title=When air mail came to Madras |url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2020%20No%2014/when-air-mail-came-to-madras.html |work= Madras musings | date=1–15 November 2010 |access-date=16 September 2011 }}</ref> This was the birth of [[Air India]], which, in 1932, was based here out of a hut with a palm-thatched roof and had 1 pilot and 2 apprentice mechanics with 2-piston-engined aircraft, a [[de Havilland Puss Moth|Puss Moth]] and a [[de Havilland Leopard Moth|Leopard Moth]].<ref name="isbn8120724828">{{cite book |author1=Pran Nath Seth |author2=Pran Nath Seth |author3=Sushma Seth Bhat | title=An introduction to travel and tourism | publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd| year=2005 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcGn-Fmc43sC&pg=PA112|page=112 | isbn=978-81-207-2482-2 }}</ref><ref name="isbn8120813227">{{cite book | author=Bepin Behari | title=Astrological Biographies: Seventeen Examples of Predictive Insights | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. | year=1996 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vI_OINmOtDYC| isbn=978-81-208-1322-9 | page= 341}}</ref> Two bitumen runways - one aligned East - West, and the others North-Northwest - South-Southeast, were laid in 1936. During the monsoons, operations had to be shifted to [[Pune|Poona]] due to water logging. A third runway was planned for construction in 1939 but this never occurred. It served as the city's airport up to and during [[World War II]].<ref name=aotw>{{cite book | last=Stroud | first=John | title=Airports of the world: Putnam Aeronautical Books | year=1980 | publisher=Putnam | isbn=0-370-30037-8 | page=161}}</ref>

[[File:Juhu aerodrome composite.jpg|thumb|left|Runway 08/26, pointing towards the [[Arabian Sea]]]]
Waterlogging during the monsoon and the absence of proper runways for monsoon take-offs were serious drawbacks for Juhu aerodrome. The former problem was addressed by replacement of the bitumen runways with concrete runways in 1937, while proper runways, night flying facilities, hangars, etc. were provided in the following year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Juhu Improvements |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%202980.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=28 October 1937 |access-date=17 September 2011 }}</ref> At least two airlines were based out of Juhu during this period; [[Air Services of India]], Ltd. and Tata Sons, Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |title=Airline Companies of the World |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%201264.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=27 April 1939 |access-date=17 September 2011 }}</ref> The airport served as the city's sole airport till Santacruz Airport, now Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), was built in 1948.<ref name = "IE1">{{cite news |title=On a high |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=240391 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=2007-06-10 |access-date=2011-01-22 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=WW II ghost over land near Sahar|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/mar/210311-Air-Cargo-Complex-World-War-II-MIAL-British-Raj-Sahar.htm|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=[[Mid-Day]]|date=21 March 2011}}</ref> Santacruz Airport is within a 2 km radius of Juhu Aerodrome and this proximity of the two airports often caused confusion among pilots, leading to a permanent [[NOTAM|notice to airmen]] being issued by the Airports Authority of India cautioning that Santacruz's runway 09/27 should not be confused with runway 08/26 at Juhu.<ref>{{cite news|title=Disaster takes a stroll on our runways|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/91052/|access-date=11 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=12 April 1999}}</ref> Juhu Aerodrome continued to be used however, such as by then [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in 1948<ref name=swojn>{{cite book|last=Nehru|first=Jawaharlal|title=Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Volume 6|year=1989|publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund|pages=7, 8}}</ref> as well as by the ailing [[Vallabhbhai Patel]] (then [[Deputy Prime Minister of India|Deputy Prime Minister]]) who landed at Juhu in December 1950 to avoid large crowds that had gathered at Santacruz Airport to greet him.<ref name=svp>{{cite book|last=Panjabi|first=Kewalram Lalchand|title=The indomitable Sardar: a political biography of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel|year=1962|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|page=194}}</ref>

With air traffic congestion reaching an unacceptable threshold in Mumbai, the AAI put its age-old plan of reviving the Juhu Airport on the fast track to ease some pressure off of [[Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport]] (CSIA) in 2010. The AAI appointed consulting major [[KPMG]] to draw up a development plan for Juhu Airport. It was envisioned that its airstrip could take up to 18% load off CSI Airport with turboprop [[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]] and [[Boeing 737]] aircraft. The plan was to extend the runway to 2000 meters in phases, this would have ultimately seen the airstrip jutting into the sea and utilizing reclaimed parts of the Juhu Beach and seafront. Permission for the expansion was denied by the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests]] in 2010.<ref name = "MD">{{cite news|title=Juhu aerodrome to take load off airport? |url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/jul/100710-DGCA-AAI-aircraft-Juhu-aerodrome-KPMG.htm |newspaper=[[Mid-Day]] |date= 2010-07-10|access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref><ref name = "HT2">{{cite news|title=Navi Mumbai airport gets ministry nod |url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/11/22231043/Navi-Mumbai-airport-gets-minis.html |publisher=LiveMint ([[Hindustan Times]]) |date= 2010-11-27|access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref> Instead, the ministry asked for conservation of the land around the airstrip, stating that no development should take place there and that it should be conserved as a green space to compensate for the pollution caused by the airstrip.<ref name="HTmoef">{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramesh-wants-380-acre-open-space-around-Juhu-heliport/Article1-666495.aspx | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125071237/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramesh-wants-380-acre-open-space-around-Juhu-heliport/Article1-666495.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 January 2013 | title=Ramesh wants 380-acre open space around Juhu heliport | access-date=7 March 2011 | date=24 February 2011 | newspaper=Hindustan Times }}</ref>

With the New CRZ rules of 2011 permitting roads on stilts in CRZ-I areas (within 100 metres of the shoreline), the AAI decided in January 2012 to pursue its plan to extend the existing runway westwards from the current 1,143 metres to 2,020 metres by building it on stilts over the Juhu-Tara Road and into the sea, involving a capital cost of {{INR}}2,000 crore.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/aai-looking-to-extend-juhu-airport-runway-on-stilts-15399 | title=AAI looking to extend Juhu airport runway on stilts | access-date=14 January 2012 | date=13 January 2012 | publisher=Travel Biz Monitor}}</ref>

== Challenges to airport expansion ==
As part of the Rs 2,000 crore plan, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) wants to extend the main runway 650 metres into the sea while also realigning it to CSIA's Runway 09/27.
The extension will allow aircraft like ATRs and Bombardier Q-400 to use the airport, while the re-alignment of the runway is required to allow for simultaneous operations of the two airports.

The Juhu airport redevelopment plan, that received an in-principle nod from the State Government on 5 April 2013,<ref name = "TOI2">{{cite news|title=Experts: Juhu airport revamp model unsafe |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-07/mumbai/38345705_1_main-runway-secondary-runway-juhu-aerodrome|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410132909/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-07/mumbai/38345705_1_main-runway-secondary-runway-juhu-aerodrome|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date= 7 April 2013|access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> involves closing down its secondary runway 16/34. Aviation experts have called the re-development blueprint most unsafe as closing of the secondary runway at Juhu would mean the airport would have to shut operations whenever CSIA uses its secondary runway 14/32. The use of Juhu's main runway, while CSIA's secondary runway is in use, will cause aircraft paths to intersect risking air safety. Airlines would be averse to operating from an airport which would either violate safety norms or be shut almost 40% of the time.

Another technical problem facing the project is that the current runway is at an elevation of only four metres above the mean sea level. An extension of the runway into the sea would mean having to account for the sea level during high tide. Experts say the elevation of the main runway to about 12 metres above sea level would require the elevation of the entire airport, leading to flooding in the neighbourhood in the monsoons.<ref name = "TOI2"/>

The plan has also met with stiff opposition from local residents, who fear that the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation|BMC]]'s forty-year-old Development Plan (DP) that envisaged sports facilities, a recreation ground and two arterial roads would be shelved to accommodate the new airport. The re-aligned runway would also end less than a 100 metres from the gate of the 500-bed Nanavati Hospital disturbing patients. The extension of the runway is likely to divide the Iconic [[Juhu Beach]] that is visited by more than 10,000 tourists daily.<ref name = "TOI3">{{cite news|title=Juhu residents mull PIL against airport plans |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-17/mumbai/38615267_1_airport-runway-airport-land-juhu-airport|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629124341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-17/mumbai/38615267_1_airport-runway-airport-land-juhu-airport|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date= 17 April 2013|access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> The realignment will also require demolition of prime property in JVPD scheme and Vile Parle as some buildings are in conflict with the proposed realignment while other tall structures that will be an obstacle in the approach path will have to be lowered to one or two floors.<ref name = "TOI2"/>

==Current status==
* Juhu has two operational runways and is run by the Airports Authority of India. It is used as a [[heliport]] for private charters and to ferry [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]] personnel by carrier [[Pawan Hans]] to offshore oil rigs at [[Bombay High]].<ref name=IE1 /> Jal Hans, India's first seaplane service was launched at the Juhu Aerodrome in December 2010.<ref name=et2010>{{cite news|title=First Indian seaplane service takes off|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-12-28/news/27631265_1_seaplane-nicobar-islands-port-blair|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=28 December 2010}}</ref>
* Juhu Aerodrome handles all helicopter operations, including private helicopter charters out of Mumbai. Due to congestion at the CSI Airport, in December 2010 all helicopter were moved to Juhu.<ref name = "IE2">{{cite news|title=Come Jan 10, small aircraft to fly from Juhu |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Come-Jan-10--small-aircraft-to-fly-from-Juhu/724394/ |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date= 2010-12-14|access-date=2011-01-22}}</ref> The aerodrome can handle 6 helicopter operations at a time and currently handles about 100 helicopter operations a day.<ref name = "MSNI">{{cite news |title=150 CISF personnel to guard Juhu Airport |url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4767823 |publisher=[[MSN News]] |date=2011-01-05 |access-date=2011-01-22 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* There is currently a plan to move all small private aircraft such as [[Beechcraft]] [[Beechcraft Super King Air|B-200]] and [[Cessna]] C-90 operations from CSI Airport to Juhu Aerodrome to decongest CSI Airport.<ref name="IE2"/> This was to take place by 10 January 2011,<ref name="IE1"/> However, due to lack of infrastructure and security considerations, this has been delayed. As part of this move, the aerodrome is currently being upgraded to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) from the current Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
* Currently the air controllers at CSI Airport have to align aircraft to the Juhu flight path using their radar before they hand over the aircraft to Juhu. The airport is also being fitted with a Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) to facilitate night landing facilities that have been demanded by helicopter operators.
* There is also a plan to align runway 08/26 with runway 09/27 of CSI Airport to facilitate independent operations. While a new terminal building is being built to handle passenger movement, it currently only has a VIP terminal for private charter movements. There are also plans to extend the runway pending permissions.<ref name = "IE3">{{cite news|title=Juhu airport to the rescue again, this time with parking bays for small aircraft |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/juhu-airport-to-the-rescue-again-this-time-with-parking-bays-for-small-aircraft/725983/2 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date= 2010-12-17|access-date=2011-01-22}}</ref><ref name = "IE4">{{cite news|title=Runway 'overlap' delays shift to Juhu |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Runway--overlap--delays-shift-to-Juhu/735954 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date= 2011-01-11|access-date=2011-01-22}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite news |title=Plan to divert pvt planes to Juhu deferred |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Plan-to-divert-pvt-planes-to-Juhu-deferred/Article1-648808.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125092852/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Plan-to-divert-pvt-planes-to-Juhu-deferred/Article1-648808.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-25 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2011-01-11 |access-date=2011-01-22 }}</ref>
*The airport is currently being guarded by the Maharashtra [[Home Guard (India)|Home Guard]] who will soon hand over charge to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that handles security for all major airports in India. A contingent of 174 personnel has been sanctioned for Juhu aerodrome with CISF infrastructure being accommodated in a renovated hangar. The CISF personnel will be armed with AK-47s and INSAS rifles.
*It will also have a vehicle-borne Quick Reaction Team (QRT). A perimeter wall is being built around the premises as well.<ref name="MSNI"/><ref name = "IE5">{{cite news|title=Stage is set for CISF to take over Juhu airport |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/stage-is-set-for-cisf-to-take-over-juhu-airport/734326/ |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date= 2011-01-07|access-date=2011-01-22}}</ref> The CISF personnel have however refused to take charge of the Airport security until a periphery wall is built.

==Accidents and incidents==
* On 15 July 1953, a [[British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]] [[de Havilland Comet|DH.106 Comet]] landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of the much larger [[Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport|Santacruz Airport]]. The aircraft was flown out some nine days later.<ref name=Wrong>{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdamendment.com/wrongway.html |title=The Legacy of Douglas Corrigan: "Wrong Way" Landings By Commercial Airliners |publisher=Third Amendment |access-date=25 December 2009}}</ref>
* On 24 September 1972, a [[Japan Airlines]] operated [[Douglas DC-8]] accidentally [[Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1972)|landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport]]. The aircraft overran the end of the runway and was damaged beyond economic repair.<ref name=ASN240972>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720924-1 |title=Accident description |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=25 December 2009}}</ref><ref name = "IE6">{{cite news|title=Rs 200-cr plan for Juhu aerodrome, more if tunnel built |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rs-200cr-plan-for-juhu-aerodrome-more-if-tunnel-built/575786/2 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date= 2010-02-05|access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref>
* On 13 October 2006, a private five seater [[Beechcraft Baron#Baron 55|Beechcraft B 55]] aircraft owned by Container Movement Transport Pvt. Ltd. crash landed at the Juhu aerodrome after experiencing engine trouble and losing radio communications. The aircraft, on its way to [[Vadodara]], returned to Mumbai, from where it had taken off, and was badly damaged as it caught fire on landing. All passengers escaped safely and there were no casualties.<ref name = "TOI2006">{{cite news|title=Plane crash-lands at Juhu airport in Mumbai |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-13/india/27802530_1_plane-crash-lands-juhu-airport-small-aircraft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104192310/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-13/india/27802530_1_plane-crash-lands-juhu-airport-small-aircraft |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-04 |date= 2006-10-13|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2011-02-11}}</ref><ref name="HT2006">{{cite news |title=Pvt plane crashes while landing at Juhu Aerodrome |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pvt-plane-crashes-while-landing-at-Juhu-Aerodrome/Article1-160817.aspx |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2006-10-13 |access-date=2011-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629213744/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pvt-plane-crashes-while-landing-at-Juhu-Aerodrome/Article1-160817.aspx |archive-date=2011-06-29 }}</ref>
* On 28 Jun 2018- A UV Aviation [[Beechcraft King Air|Beechcraft King Air C90]] [[2018 UY Aviation King Air C90 crash|crashed]] near Sarvodaya, Ghatkopar in the Mumbai Suburban district during a test flight. Five people which included two pilots, two maintenance crew members and one passer-by were killed in the incident.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-chartered-aircraft-crashes-in-ghatkopar-5237053/|title=Mumbai plane crash: Chartered aircraft crashes in Ghatkopar, five dead; black box recovered|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref> Further investigation showed that the aircraft did not have the Certificate of Airworthiness.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mumbai-plane-crash-aircraft-did-not-have-a-certificate-of-airworthiness/articleshow/64786107.cms|title=Mumbai plane crash: Aircraft did not have a certificate of airworthiness - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-06-29}}</ref>

==Culture and media==
The aerodrome was used for the opening scene of [[Slumdog Millionaire]] and can be seen in subsequent scenes as well.<ref name=ht.net>{{cite web|title=Slumdog Millionaire, India's Oscar Nod|url=http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/2009/02/22/slumdog-millionaire-indias-oscar-nod/|publisher=Hollywoodtoday.net|access-date=17 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226225835/http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/2009/02/22/slumdog-millionaire-indias-oscar-nod/|archive-date=26 February 2009}}</ref><ref name=lm1>{{cite news|title=The slumdog story|url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/01/22214847/The-slumdog-story.html|access-date=16 December 2011|newspaper=Livemint.com|date=23 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=100 years of Bollywood: Movie magic in Mumbai|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/100-years-of-bollywood-movie-magic-in-mumbai-8858736.html|access-date=8 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=5 October 2013}}</ref> Part of the climax of the 2008 film [[A Wednesday]] was shot here. The aerodrome was referred to as ''Juhu Aviation Base'' in this particular film.<ref name=starbox>{{cite web|title=A Wednesday|url=http://www.starboxoffice.com/movie/share/printpage.aspx?bid=2008/August/reviews_20080825_13|publisher=Starboxoffice.com|access-date=26 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401054729/http://www.starboxoffice.com/movie/share/printpage.aspx?bid=2008%2FAugust%2Freviews_20080825_13|archive-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> The climax of [[Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999 film)|Hindustan Ki Kasam]] was also shot here in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=On Location/Hindustan Ki Kasam|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/93508/|access-date=16 December 2011|newspaper=[[Indian Express]]|date=23 April 1999}}</ref> A scene from movie Zameen starring Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan also shot here. Movie Sab Se Bada Khaliadi starring Akshay Kumar was also shot on Juhu Airport. Mostly all climax scenes were shot here.

==References==
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/juhu.jsp Juhu Aerodrome] at Airports Authority of India

==External links==

*{{GCM|VAJJ|VAJJ - Mumbai, India (Juhu Aerodrome)|source=[[DAFIF]]}}

{{Airports in India}}

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