Jorhat Airport

Jorhat Airport
Jorhat Airport
	IATA: JRH; ICAO: VEJT;
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner/Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Jorhat, Golaghat
Location	Rowriah, Jorhat, Assam, India
Elevation AMSL	311 ft / 95 m
Coordinates	26°43′54″N 094°10′32″E / 26.73167°N 94.17556°E
Website	Jorhat Airport
Map
	JRH Location in Assam JRH JRH (India)
Runways
Statistics (April 2024 - March 2025)
Passengers; ; Aircraft movements; ; Cargo tonnage
Passengers; ; Aircraft movements; ; Cargo tonnage	130,754 ( 22.4%); ; 1,131 ( 33.6%); ; 139 ( 30.8%)
	Source: AAI

Jorhat Airport (IATA: JRH, ICAO: VEJT) is a domestic airport serving the cities of Jorhat and Golaghat in Assam, India. It is located at Rowriah, situated 7 km (4.3 mi) south-west from Jorhat and 51 km (32 mi) north-east from Golaghat.^[4]

History

It was established in early 1950

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. Air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh.^[5]

Expansion

On 8 February 2022, the Government of Assam approved the sanction of ₹ 156 crore for the acquisition of private land to facilitate the expansion of the airport.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Refs.
IndiGo	Delhi, Kolkata Seasonal: Bangalore^{[citation needed]}	^[7]^[8]

Statistics

References

^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station". Telegraphindia.com. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ "Challenging Sorties". Vayu-sena.tripod.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ "Assam Cabinet approves Jorhat airport expansion". constructionbusinesstoday.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ "IndiGo Announces New Destinations, Adds 16 New Flights. Details Here". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

External links

Jorhat Airport at the AAI

[1] "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[2] "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[3] "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[4] "Leopard fear grips Jorhat IAF station". Telegraphindia.com. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[5] "Challenging Sorties". Vayu-sena.tripod.com. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[6] "Assam Cabinet approves Jorhat airport expansion". constructionbusinesstoday.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[Indigo1-7] "Flight Schedule for Domestic & International Flights". IndiGo. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

[8] "IndiGo Announces New Destinations, Adds 16 New Flights. Details Here". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

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