Jaipur International Airport Explained

Jaipur International Airport
Image2-Width:250
Iata:JAI
Icao:VIJP
Type:Public
Owner:Airport Authority of India
Operator:Jaipur International Airport Limited[1]
City-Served:Jaipur
Location:Sanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Metric-Elev:yes
Elevation-F:1,263
Elevation-M:385
Pushpin Map:India Jaipur#India Rajasthan#India
Pushpin Label:JAI
Focus City:
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:08/26
R1-Length-F:11,178
R1-Length-M:3,407
R1-Surface:Concrete/Asphalt
Stat-Year:April 2023 - March 2024
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:5,466,552 (14.7%)
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movement
Stat2-Data:44,863 (9%)
Stat3-Header:Cargo tonnage
Stat3-Data:19,420 (18.1%)
Footnotes:Source: AAI[2] [3] [4]

Jaipur International Airport is an international airport serving Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. It is located in the southern suburb of Sanganer, which is located 13km (08miles) from Jaipur.[5] It is the 13th busiest airport in India in daily scheduled flight operations.[6]

The airport was granted the status of international airport on 29 December 2005.[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]

Runway

The airport's runway is (9/27) and is long. Runway 9/27 became operational from 15 September 2016 to handle bigger aircraft like the Boeing 747 to take off and land from Jaipur Airport after the completion of the runway extension from to in order to handle Boeing 777s.[9] The runway 9/27 is CAT-IIIB instrument landing system (ILS) compliant. This facilitates the landing of aircraft on a runway visibility range (RVR) of up to during fog. Earlier this was, benefiting airlines in terms of increased safety and avoiding diversions to other airports resulting in better operational and environmental efficiency.[10] CAT III B became operational from 8 December 2016. A taxiway has been planned for Jaipur Airport, parallel to runway 9/27 to deal with its air traffic congestion.[11] The work will be completed in the end of May 2018,[12] after the completion the airport will be able to accommodate 16 flights in an hour.[13]

Terminals

Terminal 2

The new domestic terminal building at the airport was inaugurated on 1 July 2009.[14] [15] The new terminal has an area of 22950m2 with facilities such as a central heating system, central air conditioning, an inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated with the departure conveyor system, inclined arrival baggage claim carousels, escalators, a public address system, a flight information display system, CCTV for surveillance, airport check-in counters with Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking, etc. The domestic terminal building has a peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers and an annual handling capacity of 400,000. The entrance gate is made of sandstone and Dholpur stones along with Rajasthani paintings on the walls. The terminal is currently integrated to allow both international and domestic flights. To manage the hordes of VIP's who fly in and out of the Pink City, the airport has three VIP lounges to ensure that the visiting guests and commuters do not cause inconvenience to each other.[16] Terminal 2 is spread over twenty three thousand meter square in area and has 14 airport check-in counters, six immigration counters, four customs counters, and four security counters that can easily accommodate the passenger traffic at the airport and provide them a hassle free experience.[17]

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 used to operate international flights until July 2012, when the airport authorities decided to shift the international flights to the newly built Terminal 2 to reserve Terminal 1 for cargo operations. After four years, in 2017, the airport administration began preparations to resume commercial flight operations in the old terminal due to increasing passenger load on Terminal 2. Presently, only Hajj and cargo flights are operated from Terminal 1. To shift the flights to Terminal 1, a part of the cargo operations will have to be shifted from there.[18] Renovation work of Terminal 1 started in December 2017 and there are plans to make it operational by May 2019. Terminal 1 will be renovated in Rajasthani look.[19] [20] After the completion of renovation, Terminal 1 will be fully upgraded and expanded to 18,000 square meters and it will cater to only international departures and arrivals.[21]

Air cargo complex

Beginning from 16 July 2012, Terminal 1 was closed to passenger traffic and was remodeled to handle solely cargo operations.[22] The cargo terminal is adjacent to the old passenger terminal building and has an area of approximately 700m2. The cargo facility is being provided by Rajasthan Small Scale Industries, a public sector undertaking of Government of Rajasthan. To shift the flights to Terminal 1, a part of the cargo operations will have to be shifted there.

Modernisation and expansion of terminals

The current Terminal 2 will be expanded in a width of around 20 meters on each side. A new hall will be made in the departure area and 3 conveyor belts will be established in the arrival area with 2 new aerobridges to ease passenger movement.[23] The work will be completed by May. The new departure area is spread in 2,700 square metres while the arrival area was constructed in an area of nearly 23,000 square feet.[24]

A new integrated third terminal with amenities will come up in the following years, with an area seven times larger than Terminal 2, which will negate the need for passenger operations at previous Terminals 1 and 2.

Expansion

In order to cope with the growing traffic, the airport's traffic will be exceeding from 5 million passengers per year to over 10 million passengers in the next five years. In view of this, the old terminal building, which is now inactive for passenger traffic and is mainly used for cargo handling, will be reopened, and along with this, a third terminal is also proposed, which will be built on the eastern side of the new terminal, at an area of more than 1.25 lakh square meters. It will be seven times the size of the new terminal and will increase the capacity of the airport further. It is expected to be completed by 2026/27.[25]

New airport

In 2016, the Government of Rajasthan planned to construct a new greenfield airport for Jaipur, to facilitate tourism and socio-economic development by increasing foreign arrivals, increasing employment in rural areas, relieve pressure on the existing airport and to reduce dependency on Delhi airport, and selected a site just outside the Jaipur Ring Road at Shivdaspura, located from the existing airport. The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) finalised the proposal for the acquisition a land area covering about 2,100 hectares in 2017. The new airport project has received in-principle approval from the state government, and the JDA is currently on a social impact assessment study, after which the survey for land acquisition will begin, and construction will begin after the completion of land acquisition.[26]

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.[27] [28] [29]

Incidents

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jaipur International Airport. cbonds.com. 7 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Annexure III – Passenger Data. aai.aero. 20 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data. aai.aero. 20 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data. aai.aero. 20 April 2024.
  5. Web site: Jaipur Airport. Airports Authority of India. 10 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614003327/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jaipur_generalinfo.jsp. 14 June 2011. dead.
  6. Web site: Jaipur airport 'lands' in 11th spot . Dnaindia.com . 2018-02-27 . 2018-10-10.
  7. News: Jaipur airport to get international status. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929223200/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-12-29/india/27846342_1_international-status-jaipur-airport-international-flights. dead. 29 September 2012. The Times of India. 29 December 2005.
  8. News: Jaipur airport expansion. 30 June 2014. 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185317/http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=vguj9Ov3dPulsGSTtM7FMsSLVEFY2P4ktfysyhEWCDxHXrj0=. 3 March 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: Jaipur airport set to handle bigger planes | Jaipur News - Times of India . M.timesofindia.com . 2016-09-13 . 2017-11-30.
  10. Web site: Trial of CAT-IIIB lighting system at airport from December 8 | Jaipur News - Times of India . M.timesofindia.com . 2016-11-07 . 2017-11-30.
  11. Web site: Jaipur airport to have a taxiway . The PinkCity Post . 2017-10-13 . 2017-11-30.
  12. Web site: Jaipur airport runway to close for 7 hours every day for infrastructure development . Pinkcitypost.com . 2018-03-01 . 2018-10-10.
  13. Web site: ट्रेंडिंग न्यूज़ अलर्ट . Taxi Way On Jaipur Airport | Jaipur News in Hindi - Dainik Bhaskar Hindi News . M.bhaskar.com . 2017-11-17 . 2017-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210634/https://m.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JAI-HMU-taxi-way-on-jaipur-airport-5748100-NOR.html . 13 August 2018 . dead .
  14. News: New domestic terminal set for take-off on 1 July. https://web.archive.org/web/20110907143239/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-21/jaipur/28169431_1_new-terminal-traces-of-psychotropic-drugs-domestic-fliers. dead. 7 September 2011. The Times of India. 21 June 2009.
  15. News: Passengers welcomed on Terminal-2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606093152/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-02/jaipur/28209454_1_terminal-building-new-terminal-international-terminal. dead. 6 June 2011. The Times of India. 2 July 2009.
  16. Web site: Domestic flights to take off from terminal-2 | Jaipur News - Times of India . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 2009-07-01 . 2018-10-10.
  17. Web site: About aimectimes (184 Articles) . Jaipur Airport Terminal 2 – Voice Of Jaipur . 6 December 2012 . Jaipur.org . 2018-10-10.
  18. Web site: Terminal-1 of Jaipur airport to become operational again. The PinkCity Post. 7 May 2018. 8 November 2017. Staff Reporter.
  19. Web site: To ease passenger load, Jaipur airport Terminal-1 renovation to start in December. Hindustan Times. 27 November 2017. 7 May 2018. HT Correspondent.
  20. Web site: Rajasthan News In Hindi : Jaipur News - rajasthan news terminal one will now be seen in rajasthan look international flights from may | अब राजस्थानी लुक में नजर आएगा टर्मिनल वन, मई से जा सकेंगी इंटरनेशनल फ्लाइट्स - jaipur News,जयपुर न्यूज़,जयपुर समाचार . Bhaskar.com . 2019-11-10.
  21. News: Separate domestic, international terminals mooted. The Times of India. TNN. 13 March 2018. 7 May 2018.
  22. Web site: Terminal 1 ¦ Rajasthan for you. Rajasthan for you blog. 4 May 2016.
  23. Web site: ट्रेंडिंग न्यूज़ अलर्ट . Modifications started in existing terminal . M.bhaskar.com . 2018-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001645/https://m.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/jaipur/news/c-10-LCL-1400-crores-will-be-our-airport-of-dreams-jp0969-NOR.html . 14 August 2018 . dead .
  24. Web site: New buildings to decongest Jaipur airport from May | Jaipur News - Times of India . M.timesofindia.com . 2019-02-23 . 2019-11-10.
  25. News: Neha. Jaipur Airport new Terminal to be 7 times Larger than the Existing One. News of Rajasthan. 20 March 2018. 8 March 2023. en.
  26. Web site: New Jaipur Shivdaspura Airport. CAPA. 8 March 2023. en.
  27. News: Airport Service Quality Awards.
  28. News: Jaipur, Srinagar top ranked airports in small aerodrome category . 18 October 2017. Economic Times.
  29. News: Jaipur Airport wins the 'Best Airport in the World' award, Lucknow second. Zee News. 21 March 2018. 8 March 2023. en.
  30. Web site: VT-CJH Accident Description . Aviation Safety Network . 23 January 2011.
  31. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-231 VT-ESH Jaipur International Airport. Aviation Safety Network. 25 March 2015.
  32. News: First person account: Air India passenger on Guwahati-Delhi flight recounts horror : India, News - India Today. 25 March 2015. 7 January 2014. India Today.

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