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{{Short description|Airport in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Khajuraho Airport
| nativename =
| image = File:Khajuraho Airport in 2021.png
| image-width =
| caption =
| IATA = HJR
| ICAO = VEKO
| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh#India
| pushpin_label= '''HJR'''
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner-oper =
| city-served = [[Khajuraho (town)|Khajuraho]], Madhya Pradesh, India
| location =
| elevation-f = 728
| elevation-m = 222
| metric-elev = y
| coordinates = {{coord|24|49|02|N|079|55|07|E|type:airport}}
| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time]]
| utc = +5:30
| website = {{URL|https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/khajuraho}}
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 01/19
| r1-length-f = 7,460
| r1-length-m = 2,274
| r1-surface = Asphalt
|stat-year = April 2018 – March 2019
|stat1-header = Passenger movement
|stat1-data = 49,334({{decrease}}-12.6%)

|stat2-header = Aircraft movement
|stat2-data = 895 ({{decrease}}-11.8%)
|stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
|stat3-data =
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=traffic news Mar2K19Annex3 pdf |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=traffic-news Mar2K19Annex2 pdf |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf |website=www.aai.aero |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''Khajuraho Airport''' {{airport codes|HJR|VEKO}} is a [[regional airport]] in [[Khajuraho (town)|Khajuraho]], [[Chhatarpur district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. The terminal is 3 km south of Khajuraho Town, 4 km from {{stnlnk|Khajuraho}} and 40 km from the district centre at [[Chhatarpur]]. The airport covers an area of 590 acres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/khajuraho_generalinfo.jsp|title=Khajuraho Airport|publisher=Airports Authority of India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708201920/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/khajuraho_generalinfo.jsp|archive-date=8 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==History==
The Khajuraho Airport opened in 1978, facilitating tourism to the nearby [[UNESCO]] world heritage site [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|temple complex]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gki-br4DFPwC | title=Religion and tourism: Crossroads, destinations and encounters | publisher=Routledge | author=Stausberg, Michael | year=2011 | location=Abingdon-on-Thames | pages= | isbn=978-0-203-85478-5}}</ref>

In August 2013, the central government announced that the Khajuraho Airport would receive a new terminal.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-340603667.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019111831/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-340603667.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 October 2017 | title=India: Upgradation of airports | work=[[Mena Report]] | via=HighBeam {{Subscription required}} | date=23 August 2013 | access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref> Built at a cost of about {{INRConvert|90|c}}, the building was inaugurated on 23 January 2016 with officials from the state and union governments in attendance.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/soon-intl-flights-will-land-at-khajuraho-cm.html | title=Soon int'l flights will land at Khajuraho: CM | work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] | date=24 January 2016 | access-date=13 January 2017 | location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://english.pradesh18.com/news/bihar/khajuraho-airport-equipped-with-infrastructure-to-boost-tourism-union-minister-ganpathi-raju-866669.html | title=Khajuraho airport equipped with infrastructure to boost tourism: Union minister Ganpathi Raju | work=[[Network 18|Pradesh18.com]] | date=23 January 2016 | agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
The airport has one asphalt [[runway]], 01/19, with dimensions {{convert|2,274|x|45|m}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aai.aero/public_notices/(VAKJ-1_7)-KHAJURAHO.pdf | title=Aeronautical Information Publication for VAKJ – Khajuraho | work=[[Airports Authority of India]] | date=1 August 2007 | access-date=13 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116161102/http://www.aai.aero/public_notices/(VAKJ-1_7)-KHAJURAHO.pdf | archive-date=16 January 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The airport has one terminal with 2 aerobridges.

==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport destination list|3rdcoltitle={{Abbr|Refs.|References}}|3rdcolunsortable=yes
|[[Air India]] | [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Varanasi]]|
|[[Vistara]] | [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Varanasi]] |<ref>{{cite web|title=Vistara adds Khajuraho flights|url=https://www.airvistara.com/trip/khajuraho_flights|work=Vistara|access-date=30 September 2019}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WAD|VAKJ}}
* {{official website|https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/khajuraho}}

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[[Category:Airports in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bundelkhand]]
[[Category:Transport in Khajuraho]]
[[Category:1978 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1978]]

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Khajuraho Airport - Revision history

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