Jaipur International Airport
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Jaipur International Airport जयपुर अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा Jaipur Aṅtarrāṣhṭrīya Havāī Aḍḍā |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Jaipur | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,263 ft / 385 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°49′27″N 075°48′44″E / 26.82417°N 75.81222°ECoordinates: 26°49′27″N 075°48′44″E / 26.82417°N 75.81222°E | ||||||||||||||
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Source: AAI
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| Passenger movements | 3,565,342 |
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| Aircraft movements | 30,226 |
| Cargo tonnage | 15,720 |
Jaipur International Airport (IATA: JAI, ICAO: VIJP) is the primary airport serving Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Jaipur International Airport has been declared as the World's Best Airport in the category of 2 to 5 million passengers per annum for 2015 according to Airports Council International.
It is located in the southern suburb of Sanganer, 13 km (8.1 mi) from Jaipur. The airport was granted the status of international airport on 29 December 2005. The civil apron can accommodate 14 aircraft the size of an Airbus A320 and the new terminal building can handle up to 1000 passengers at a time.
The new domestic terminal building at the airport was inaugurated on 1 July 2009. The new terminal has an area of 22,950 square metres (247,000 sq ft) with facilities such as central heating system, central air conditioning, inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated with the departure conveyor system, inclined arrival 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 International Terminal building has peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers and annual handling capacity of 400,000. The entrance gate is made of sandstone and Dholpur stones along with Rajasthani paintings on the walls. Runway expansion work at the airport started in February 2014 and was completed by July 2015 at an estimated cost of Rs.98 crore. The expansion allows the airport to accommodate wide-body aircraft.
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