Jaipur International Airport

Jaipur International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAirports Authority of India
OperatorJaipur International Airport Limited[1]
ServesJaipur
LocationSanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL385 m / 1,263 ft
Coordinates26°49′27″N 075°48′44″E / 26.82417°N 75.81222°E / 26.82417; 75.81222
Websiteadani.com/jaipur-airport
Maps
JAI is located in Jaipur
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JAI is located in Rajasthan
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JAI is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,407 11,178 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (April 2024 - March 2025)
Passengers6,057,249 (Increase 10.8%)
Aircraft movement48,407 (Increase 7.9%)
Cargo tonnage21,761 (Increase 12.1%)
Source: AAI[2][3][4]

Jaipur International Airport (IATA: JAI, ICAO: VIJP) is an international airport serving Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. It is located in the southern suburb of Sanganer, located 10 km (6.2 mi) from the city centre.[5] It is the 13th-busiest airport in India in daily scheduled flight operations.[6]

History

Name board for the airport
Jaipur International Airport's Terminal 2, seen from the apron side

On 29 December 2005, the airport was granted the status of international airport.[7] The airport's apron can accommodate 14 aircraft, and the new integrated terminal building can handle up to 1,000 passengers at peak hours.[8]

On 1 July 2009 T2 was inaugurated,[9] and further expanded in 2019 when it's runway was expanded in a width of around 20 meters on each side, a new hall in the departure area, three conveyor belts and 2 new aerobridges were also installed.[10][11]

Between 2018-24, T1 was upgraded, floor area was expanded from 10,000 to 18,000 square meters and redesigned to reflect traditional Rajasthani architecture.[12][13]

2016 plan to construct a new greenfield airport for Jaipur at different location just outside the Jaipur Ring Road at Shivdaspura,[14] was abandoned in May 2023 due to the lack of viability and the acquired land was used for developing an economic hub.[15][16]

Terminals

Terminal T1: International

T1, being exclusively used as the international terminal.[17][18][19]

Terminal T2: Domestic

T2, used exclusively as the domestic terminal,[9][20] has 22,950 square metres (247,000 sq ft) area, 14 airport check-in counters, four security counters, central heating system, central air conditioning, an inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated with the departure conveyor system, baggage claim carousels, escalators, public address system, flight information display system, CCTV for surveillance, airport check-in counters with Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking, etc. The domestic terminal building, built in Rajasthani architecture with sandstone and Dholpur stone, has a peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers and an annual handling capacity of 400,000. It has three VIP lounges.[21][22]

Terminal T3: proposed

A 2018 plan for expansion, which envisaged annual passenger growth from 5 million passengers to over 10 million by 2023, a new passenger terminal T3 on 1.25 lakh square meters area was expected to be completed by 2026/27.[23] It is yet to see any progress as of August 2025.

Air cargo terminal

An AirAsia X A330 at Jaipur International Airport

Cargo terminal, adjacent to the T1, has an area of approximately 700 square metres (7,500 sq ft)

Passenger flights

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Sharjah
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International[24]
Air India Mumbai
Air India Express[25] Ayodhya, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar,[26] Chennai, Delhi, Dubai–International, Ghaziabad,[27] Guwahati,[28] Hyderabad, Kolkata,[29] Mumbai, Pune, Varanasi [30]
Alliance Air Delhi, Kullu[31]
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi[32]
IndiGo Agra, Ahmedabad, Bareilly,[33] Bengaluru, Bhopal,[33] Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharamshala,[34] Goa–Mopa,[35] Hyderabad, Indore, Jaisalmer,[36] Jodhpur,[37] Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pantnagar,[33] Pune, Surat, Udaipur
SalamAir Muscat[38]
SpiceJet Ahmedabad,[39] Delhi, Dubai–International, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune,[40] Varanasi
Seasonal: Prayagraj[41]
Star Air Belgaum
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from Jaipur International Airport, CY 2024[42]
Rank Destination (IATA) Passengers (2024) Main airlines
1 Delhi (DEL) 1,520,000[43] IndiGo; Air India Express; Akasa Air; SpiceJet; Vistara
2 Mumbai (BOM) 1,280,000[43] IndiGo; Air India Express; Akasa Air; Air India; Vistara
3 Bengaluru (BLR) 920,000[43] IndiGo; Air India Express
4 Hyderabad (HYD) 630,000[43] IndiGo; Air India Express
5 Ahmedabad (AMD) 570,000[43] IndiGo; Air India Express
6 Pune (PNQ) 500,000[43] IndiGo; Air India Express; SpiceJet
7 Lucknow (LKO) 400,000[43] IndiGo; Air India Express
8 Goa (GOX/GOI) 380,000[43] IndiGo; Akasa Air
9 Kolkata (CCU) 350,000[43] IndiGo
10 Chandigarh (IXC) 320,000[43] IndiGo

[43]

Other details

Runway

Runways at Jaipur International Airport
Runway number Length Width Approach lights/ILS Comments/citations
09/27 3,407 m (11,178 ft) 45 m (148 ft) CAT III-B / CAT III-B [44]

[45][46]

Awards

The airport was declared as the World's Best Airport in the category of 2 to 5 million passengers per annum three consecutive times in 2015, 2016 and 2018 by Airports Council International.[47][48][49]

Incidents

  • On 18 February 1969, Douglas DC-3 VT-CJH of Indian Airlines crashed on take-off on a scheduled passenger flight. The aircraft was overloaded and take-off was either downwind or with a crosswind. All 30 people on board survived.[50]
  • On 5 January 2014, Flight AI-890 Airbus A320 VT-ESH of Air India from Imphal to Delhi via Guwahati was diverted to Jaipur Airport due to heavy fog in Delhi. The rear tire of the plane burst during landing, damaging the right wing. The plane received substantial damage and the aircraft was written off. All 173 passengers and six crew members survived.[51][52]

See also

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