Jaisalmer Airport Template:Airport codes is located 17 kilometres southeast of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India. The airport operates as a civil enclave on an Indian Air Force base.
The airport has a single runway of Template:Convert in length and Template:Convert in width. Carriers that have previously flown to/from the airport include Vayudoot and Kingfisher Airlines.[1] In 2015, it was not used for civil flights, and was closed[2] until services resumed in 2017.
New civil terminal
The Airports Authority of India has constructed a new terminal at the southern end of the airfield. Construction of the Rs. 80 crore terminal was completed in March 2013.[3] The civil enclave is spread over 65 acres[3] and consists of the terminal and an apron for parking three Airbus A321 aircraft.[4]
Airlines and destinations
References
- ↑ Kingfisher Airlines Launches Direct Flights Connecting Udaipur to Mumbai(26 December 2007). Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ Ghost airports highlight risks as Modi spends to grow, Wilkes, Tommy(19 August 2015). Retrieved 2015-08-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rupees 80 crore-worth airport left abandoned. Dainik Bhaskar(2 September 2013). Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ Airports Authority of India. Aai.aero(2010-04-20). Retrieved 2013-07-27.