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[[File:Ahmedabad Airport Terminal 2.jpg|thumb|Terminal 2, [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport]], Ahmedabad]]
[[File:Surat Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Surat Airport]]]]
[[Gujarat]], a state of India, has airports which have access to international flights, domestic and some disused airstrips for emergency purposes. The airports are operated and owned by either the [[Airport Authority of India|Airports Authority of India]], [[Indian Air Force]], [[Government of Gujarat]] or private companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/airports.htm|title=Airports {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref name="GCAP">{{cite web|url=http://cadgog.org/images/civil-aviation-policy-of-gujarat.pdf|title=Gujarat Civil Aviation Policy 2010|publisher=Government of Gujarat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818221315/http://cadgog.org/images/civil-aviation-policy-of-gujarat.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>

There are two international airports, nine domestic airports, two private airports and three military bases in Gujarat. Two more airports are under construction. There are three disused airports, one of them serving as a flying school. Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited (GUJSAIL) has been established by the Government of Gujarat to foster development of aviation infrastructure in Gujarat.<ref name=":1" />

The airports provides services to tourists and the state population commuting to different parts of the state.

== List ==
The list includes international, domestic, military and non-operational airports with their respective [[ICAO]] and [[IATA]] codes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aai.aero/departments/southern_reg_main.jsp|title=List of Airports in Southern India:|publisher=Airports Authority of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624171120/http://www.aai.aero/departments/southern_reg_main.jsp|archive-date=24 June 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=23 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+<big>List of airports in Gujarat</big><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/gujarat.htm|title=Gujarat {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/facilities.htm|title=Facilities {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
!Sl. No.
!Location / City in Gujarat
!Airport Name
![[ICAO airport code|ICAO]]
![[IATA airport code|IATA]]
!Operator/Owner
!Category
!Role
!Ref
|-
| colspan="9" |'''International Airports'''
|-
|1
|[[Ahmedabad]]
|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport]]
|VAAH
|AMD
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[International airport|International Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/ahmedabad-airport.htm|title=Ahmedabad Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[Surat]]
|[[Surat Airport]]
|VASU
|STV
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[International airport|International Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/surat-airport.htm|title=Surat Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Rajkot]]
(under construction)
|[[Rajkot Greenfield International Airport|Rajkot Greenfield Airport(Hirasar)]]
|{{mdash}}
|{{mdash}}
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[International airport]]
|Commercial
|
|-
|4
|[[Vadodara]]
|[[Vadodara Airport]]
|VABO
|BDQ
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]] / Military Airbase
|Commercial / Military
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/vadodara-airport.htm|title=Vadodara Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="9" |'''Domestic Airports and Military Airbases'''
|-
|5
|[[Rajkot]]
|[[Rajkot Airport]]
|VARK
|RAJ
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/rajkot-airport.htm|title=Rajkot Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|6
|[[Bhavnagar]]
|[[Bhavnagar Airport]]
|VABV
|BHU
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/bhavnagar-airport.htm|title=Bhavnagar Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[Bhuj]]
|[[Bhuj Airport]] / [[Bhuj Rudra Mata Air Force Base]]
|VABJ
|BHJ
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]] / Military Airbase
|Commercial / Military
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/bhuj-airport.htm|title=Bhuj Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|8
|[[Jamnagar]]
|[[Jamnagar Airport]]
|VAJM
|JGA
|[[Airports Authority of India]] / [[Indian Air Force]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
/ Military
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/jamnagar-airport.htm|title=Jamnagar Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|9
|[[Kandla]]
|[[Kandla Airport]]
|VAKE
|IXY
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/kandla-airport.htm|title=Kandla Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|10
|[[Naliya]]
|[[Naliya Air Force Station]]
|VANY
|{{mdash}}
|[[Indian Air Force]]
|Military Airbase
|Military
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/naliya-airport.htm|title=Naliya Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|11
|[[Porbandar]]
|[[Porbandar Airport]]
|VAPR
|PBD
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/porbandar-airport.htm|title=Porbandar Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|12
|[[Keshod]]
|[[Keshod Airport]]
|VAKS
|IXK
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/keshod-airport.htm|title=Keshod Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/fly-to-lions-abode-gir-this-winter/articleshow/66170350.cms|title=Fly to lion’s abode Gir this winter|last=Khakhariya|first=Nimesh|date=2018-10-12|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|13
|[[Amreli]]
|[[Amreli Airport]]
|{{mdash}}
|XAM
|[[Government of Gujarat]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| colspan="9" |'''Under Construction Airports'''
|-
|14
|[[Ankleshwar]]
|[[Ankleshwar Airport]]
|{{mdash}}
|{{mdash}}
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|[[Domestic Airport]]
|Commercial
|<ref name="TOI32">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/mous-inked-for-airports-at-dholera-ankleshwar/articleshow/67607531.cms|title=MoUs inked for airports at Dholera, Ankleshwar|date=20 January 2019|publisher=Times of India|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="9" |'''Private Airport'''
|-
|15
|[[Mundra]]
|[[Mundra Airport]]
|VAMA
|{{mdash}}
|Mundra International Airport Private Ltd ([[Adani Group]])
|Private Airport
|Commercial / Private
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/mundra-airport.htm|title=Mundra Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/adani-plans-rs-1-500-cr-international-airport-in-mundra-117100200773_1.html|title=Adani plans Rs 1,500 cr international airport in Mundra|last=Majumder|first=Arindam|date=2017-10-03|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-12-03}}</ref>
|-
|16
|[[Mithapur]]
|Mithapur Airport
|{{mdash}}
|{{mdash}}
|[[Tata Chemicals]] ([[Tata Group]])
|Private Airport
|Private / Commercial proposed
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/gujarat.htm|title=Gujarat {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2019/05/08/mithapur-air-strip-of-tata-chemicals-to-be-developed-as-airport-under-rcs-centre-allocates-rs-29-97-crore/|title=Mithapur air strip of Tata Chemicals to be developed as airport under RCS; Centre allocates Rs. 29.97 crore|date=2019-05-08|website=DeshGujarat|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="9" |'''Non-operational Airports'''
|-
|17
|[[Deesa]]
|[[Deesa Airport]]
|VADS
|{{mdash}}
|[[Airports Authority of India]]
|Airstrip
|Military airbase proposed
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/deesa-airport.htm|title=Deesa Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|18
|[[Mandvi]]
|Mandvi Airport
|{{mdash}}
|{{mdash}}
|[[Government of Gujarat]]
|Airstrip
|Other activities / Flying School proposed
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/mandvi-airport.htm|title=Mandvi Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|-
|19
|[[Mehsana]]
|[[Mehsana Airport]]
|{{mdash}}
|{{mdash}}
|[[Government of Gujarat]]
|Airstrip
|Flying School
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/mehsana-airport.htm|title=Mehsana Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
|}
Other disused airfields and airports owned by the Government of Gujarat are located at Chad Bet, [[Dhrangadhra]], [[Wankaner]], [[Wadhwan]], [[Radhanpur]], [[Jamkhambhaliya|Khambhaliya]], [[Morbi]], Parsoli, Limdi.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/khambhaliya-airport.htm|title=Khambhaliya Airport {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> Most of them were developed by the erstwhile [[princely state]]s during the period of [[British India]]. A disused military airstrip owned by the Indian Air Force is located at Khavda in [[Kutch district|Kutch]].<ref name=":1" />

New airfields are being planned by the GUJSAIL at Morbi and tourism and pilgrimage places such as [[Palitana]], [[Ambaji]], [[Dwarka]] and [[Dholavira]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gujsail.gujarat.gov.in/new-planned-airfields.htm|title=New Planned Airfields {{!}} Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited|website=gujsail.gujarat.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> The Government of Gujarat has signed memorandum of understanding in 2016 with the Union [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]] for overhaul of 11 airports and runways at Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Keshod, [[Junagadh]], Amreli, Bhuj, Kandla, Deesa and Mehsana under the [[UDAN|Regional Connectivity Scheme]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-signs-up-for-regional-connectivity-scheme-to-overhaul-11-airports-116090101107_1.html|title=Gujarat signs up for regional connectivity scheme, to overhaul 11 airports|last=Dave|first=Vimukt|date=2016-09-01|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>

The [[Airports Authority of India]] has planned an international airport at [[Dholera Airport|Dholera]] and proposed a domestic airport at [[Rajpipla Airport|Rajpipla]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/surat/airstrip-proposed-near-statue-of-unity/articleshow/66308434.cms|title=Airstrip proposed near Statue of Unity|date=October 22, 2018|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="TOI3">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/mous-inked-for-airports-at-dholera-ankleshwar/articleshow/67607531.cms|title=MoUs inked for airports at Dholera, Ankleshwar|date=20 January 2019|publisher=Times of India|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/6-years-on-ground-work-on-dholera-airport-yet-to-start-5595661/|title=6 years on, ground work on Dholera airport yet to start|date=2019-02-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Airports in India}}
{{Transport in India}}

[[Category:Lists of airports in India|Gujarat]]
[[Category:Airports in Gujarat| ]]
[[Category:Gujarat-related lists|Airports]]

List of airports in Gujarat - Revision history

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