Back Aeropuertu de Jamnagar AST জামনগর বিমানবন্দর Bengali/Bangla Jamnagar Airport CEB Flughafen Jamnagar German Aeropuerto de Jamnagar Spanish فرودگاه جامنگر Persian Aéroport de Jamnagar French जामनगर विमानक्षेत्र Hindi जामनगर विमानतळ Marathi Lapangan Terbang Jamnagar AB Malay
Jamnagar Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Jamnagar | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Jamnagar, Gujarat, India | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | Indian Standard Time (+5:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 69 ft / 21 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°27′56″N 070°00′45″E / 22.46556°N 70.01250°E | ||||||||||||||
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Jamnagar Airport, officially known as Civil Enclave Jamnagar,[4] (IATA: JGA, ICAO: VAJM) is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. It is owned by the Indian Air Force and also permits both commercial as well as private flights. It is the only airport in Gujarat which has two runways.
According to a survey conducted by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board, traffic at Jamnagar airport grew at 15% between 2003 and 2008. Compared to other airports in Gujarat, Jamnagar airport has low market share but high growth. The domestic passenger demand would increase by 6% between 2016 and 2020.
During the evacuation of Indian nationals from Yemen in April 2015, a C-17 Globemaster of the Indian Air Force was sent to Djibouti from the Jamnagar Airport.[5]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Jamnagar: General information". Airports Authority of India. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "IAF's Yemen high: We're here". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.