Jalgaon Airport

Jalgaon Airport महर्षी वाल्मिकी विमानतळ, जळगाव
IATA: none – ICAO: VAJL[1]
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Airports Authority of India
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Jalgaon
Location	Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Elevation AMSL	840 ft / 256 m
Coordinates	20°57′43″N 075°37′36″E / 20.96194°N 75.62667°E / 20.96194; 75.62667Coordinates: 20°57′43″N 075°37′36″E / 20.96194°N 75.62667°E / 20.96194; 75.62667
Website	http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/jalgaon.jsp
Map
Jalgaon Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 5,574 1,700 Asphalt

Jalgaon Airport (ICAO: VAJL) is a public airport located off State Highway 186, 6 Kilometres South-East of the town of Jalgaon, in the Nashik Division of Maharashtra, India.

History

Jalgaon airport was built in 1973 by the Public Works Department.^[2] The Jalgaon Municipal council took over its operations in April 1997 and handed it over to the Maharashtra Airport Development Company in April 2007.^[3] The Government of Maharashtra signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Airports Authority of India (AAI) to upgrade the existing airfield in July 2009.^[4] The then President of India, Pratibha Patil laid the foundation stone for the development and expansion of the Jalgaon airport in June 2010.^[5] The AAI completed the first phase of work worth Rupees 61 crores in Feb 2012^[6] including an apron and a taxiway. and the revamped airport was inaugurated on 23 March 2012 by President Pratibha Patil^[3]

Structure

Jalgaon airport is spread over 630 Acres and has one runway oriented 09/27, 1,700 metres in length. Its new apron measuring 68 metres by 67 metres provides parking space for 2 ATR aircraft at a time. The runway has basic approach and runway edge lighting. Navigational and landing aids at this airport includes a DVOR /DME and a PAPI (Runway 27 only). The 700 square metre terminal building can accommodate 50 passengers.

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