Airports In Rajasthan
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Among all the Rajasthan City Airports, there is only one international airport. Rest all the airports are domestic ones. Read on to know about Rajasthan airports:
Sanganer Airport (Jaipur)
Sanganer Airport (Jaipur) is the only international airport in the state of Rajasthan. Jaipur Airport was granted the status of international airport on December 29, 2005. The airport is located at Sanganer near Jaipur. With the runway length of 9,000 feet and the civil apron capable of accommodating four A-320 aircraft at a time, the terminal building can cater to 500 passengers at a time. Plans are afoot to extend the runway length to 12,000 feet and expand terminal building to accommodate 1,000 passengers per hour. Presently, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Air Deccan, Air Sahara, Go Air, and Air India operate from Jaipur. Phone : +91-)141-550623.
Nal Airport (Bikaner)
This is a domestic airport in the city of Bikaner. It is situated approximately 8 km from the main city.
Kota Airport (Kota)
Another domestic airport in Rajasthan, it is approximately 10 km from the main city.
Jodhpur Airport (Jodhpur)
Jodhpur also has a domestic airport. It is approximately 5 km away from the city center and has daily flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Udaipur and Jaipur.
Maharana Pratap Airport (Udaipur)
Udaipur has the domestic Maharana Pratap airport. It is situated approximately 22 km to the south of Udaipur.
Jaisalmer Airport (Jaisalmer)
The Jaisalmer domestic airport is open only from 1st October to 31st March।
Sanganer Airport, Jaipur
The city of Jaipur forms a major tourist attraction, not only for foreigners but for Indians as well. With the changing times, Jaipur has also joined the herd of contemporary times and become one of the business centers of India.
India is well-connected with air transportation service. In addition to the international airports in metropolitan cities, India has several domestic airports providing linking flights to domestic and international airports that provides air travel convenience to tourists.
The Jaipur Airport is located 13 kilometres (8 miles) south of the city. Jaipur Airport is grounded at Sanganer region and is also known as Sanganer Airport. The Tonk Road and Jhalana Quarry Road connects the airport region with the rest of the city.
Indian Airlines, the national air carrier, provides flights between Jaipur, Delhi, Mumbai and Aurangabad। Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines are private air carriers. Jaipur Airport has a single terminal operating domestic flight arrivals and departures. The terminal has several pantries serving refreshments for the travellers. Other facilities at the airport include luggage trolleys, on-call medical facilities, wheelchairs and other assistance for the physically challenged travellers, and a shopping centre for purchasing knick-knacks. The flights connect Jaipur with Delhi, Kota, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur
Maharana Pratap Airport, 24 km। northeast of Udaipur; originally named Dabok Airport.
Maharana Pratap Airport is the only domestic airport located in the Rajasthani city of Udaipur. Udaipur is a very popular destination with every tourist visiting the land of valor and warriors i.e. Rajasthan and is called by the locals and tourists alike as the Lake city due to the presence of the very beautiful lakes called Fateh Sagar Lake and Pichola Lakes, which looks stunning with the reflection of the city palace falling on it and the Lake Palace built in the midst of the lake. Other grand forts and temples, colors displayed in the festivals make Udaipur a fabulous tourist destination. This city was built Maharana Udai Singh and protected by his son, the variant king Maharana Pratap Singh from the attacks of the Moguls and foreign invasions. It is after this great man of strength and generalship that the airport of the city of Udaipur has been named, to pay tribute to his immortal name. Located at a distance of about 22 km from the city center of Udaipur, Maharana Pratap Airport is easily accessible from the city, where the most preferred and recommended means of transportation is taxi, which will cost up to Rs.200 to get to and come to the airport. The airport is solely domestic, connecting Udaipur with a few of the main cities of India. Situated at an elevation of 1,684 ft, Maharana Pratap Airport has one terminal and one runway, whose surface is made of Asphalt. It has given the airport code of UDR by IATA and is operated and owned by the Government of India.
The airlines operating in Maharana Pratap Airport are mainly three in number. Jet Airways has daily flights to and from Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai; Indian connects Udaipur with Jodhpur, Jaipur and Mumbai and Kingfisher operating a daily flights from Delhi. Hence, if you are coming from any international destination or other domestic cities in India, then you can take a flight to either Delhi or Mumbai or Jaipur and then take one more flight to Maharana Pratap Airport।
Jodhpur Airport
The Jodhpur airport is approximately 5 kilometers from the center of the city। It has domestic flights daily from Mumbai, Udaipur, Delhi and Jaipur.
On any visit to Rajasthan, a trip to the colorful, legendary and incredible land city of Jodhpur cannot be ruled out at any point of time. It has always had a special place in the travel itinerary of tourists from across the globe and also forms an important part of the tourist circle of Rajasthan. From traditional world renowned fairs and festivals to pristine lakes and lush gardens, towering forts and palaces standing as a quiet witness to the strength and power that Jodhpur as well as Rajasthan exude in the past and numerous places of shopping interesting selling authentic Rajasthani items – all these and much more makes Jodhpur what it is today and yes, the charm of every element is too much for any tourist to resist. If you are thinking about how to reach Jodhpur, then the best way to reach is by road or by rail but the time factor can be really taxing on you during the entire journey. Hence, you can take a flight to Jodhpur Airport, which is completely a domestic airport.
Located at an extremely accessible distance of 5 km from the main city center, Jodhpur Airport can be reached by taxi or bus or auto, although taxi would be the best means of transportation। It is situated at an elevation of seven hundred and seventeen feet and has one runway measuring 9000 ft in length. At Jodhpur airport, primarily two airlines operate and both of them bringing in passengers and baggage to Jodhpur from a few of the domestic cities. The airlines operating to and from Jodhpur Airport are Jet Airways and Indian (Airlines).
Kota Airport
Kota Kinabalu Airport, Malaysia, Pengurus Lapangan Terbang, Aras 5 Bangunan Terminal, Lapangan Terbang Atarabangsa Kota Kin।, 88740 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
The airport first began as a military airfield built by the Japanese occupying forces during World-War II. It is also known then as Jesselton Airfield. Towards the end of the war, it suffered severe bombings by Allied Forces until the surrender of the Japanese army in 1945.
After the war, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of North Borneo (now Sabah) took charge of the operations and maintenance of the airport। In 1957, the original grass strip runway was resurfaced with bitumen material and a new terminal was built. By 1959, the runway was extended to 1,593 metres long to enable the operation of Malaysia Airways Viscount aircrafts. In 1963, there was the re-enforcement and further expansion of the runway to 1,921 meters long to cater for Comet 4 operations. Commercial flights and passenger arrivals gradually increased and a larger terminal building was needed to accommodate this increase.
Nal (Bikaner) Airport
This is a domestic airport in the city of Bikaner. It is situated approximately 8 km from the main city. Phone : 91-151-230421
Bikaner has made an important place for it in the tourist circuits of India as tourist visit this magnificent place in thousands, especially during the tourist season between November and March. The sight of the sand dunes with the backdrop of the enormous fort made of red sandstone coming to life with the fairs and festivals displaying a plethora of local colors reflected in the costumes and local art. The sight of Bikaner glowing with the colors of life, in the midst of harsh weather and terrain makes for an incredible sight, attracting tourists from across the globe, traveling all the distance to get drenched in these festivities and colors. This city is home to one of the airports in Rajasthan called Nal (Bikaner) Airport, which has flights of domestic nature coming to and from various cities in India. Nal (Bikaner) Airport is located at a distance of about only 9 km from the city center, and can be easily reached from any part of Bikaner, via taxis, cars, auto-rickshaws and cycle-rickshaws. The airport is located at an elevation of 710 ft. and has only one runway with the dimension of 9000ft by 150 ft. The only terminal of the Nal (Bikaner) Airport has the capacity for twenty arrivals and departures, which is quite small in comparison to other domestic airports in India.
Jaisalmer Airport
The Jaisalmer domestic airport is open only from 1st October to 31st March। There are daily flights of Indian Airlines and private airline Jet Airways to Rajasthan from New Delhi and Mumbai. The check-in time for all airlines is at least one hour before the time of the flight.
Among all the Rajasthan City Airports, there is only one international airport. Rest all the airports are domestic ones. Read on to know about Rajasthan airports:
Sanganer Airport (Jaipur)
Sanganer Airport (Jaipur) is the only international airport in the state of Rajasthan. Jaipur Airport was granted the status of international airport on December 29, 2005. The airport is located at Sanganer near Jaipur. With the runway length of 9,000 feet and the civil apron capable of accommodating four A-320 aircraft at a time, the terminal building can cater to 500 passengers at a time. Plans are afoot to extend the runway length to 12,000 feet and expand terminal building to accommodate 1,000 passengers per hour. Presently, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Air Deccan, Air Sahara, Go Air, and Air India operate from Jaipur. Phone : +91-)141-550623.
Nal Airport (Bikaner)
This is a domestic airport in the city of Bikaner. It is situated approximately 8 km from the main city.
Kota Airport (Kota)
Another domestic airport in Rajasthan, it is approximately 10 km from the main city.
Jodhpur Airport (Jodhpur)
Jodhpur also has a domestic airport. It is approximately 5 km away from the city center and has daily flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Udaipur and Jaipur.
Maharana Pratap Airport (Udaipur)
Udaipur has the domestic Maharana Pratap airport. It is situated approximately 22 km to the south of Udaipur.
Jaisalmer Airport (Jaisalmer)
The Jaisalmer domestic airport is open only from 1st October to 31st March।
Sanganer Airport, Jaipur
The city of Jaipur forms a major tourist attraction, not only for foreigners but for Indians as well. With the changing times, Jaipur has also joined the herd of contemporary times and become one of the business centers of India.
India is well-connected with air transportation service. In addition to the international airports in metropolitan cities, India has several domestic airports providing linking flights to domestic and international airports that provides air travel convenience to tourists.
The Jaipur Airport is located 13 kilometres (8 miles) south of the city. Jaipur Airport is grounded at Sanganer region and is also known as Sanganer Airport. The Tonk Road and Jhalana Quarry Road connects the airport region with the rest of the city.
Indian Airlines, the national air carrier, provides flights between Jaipur, Delhi, Mumbai and Aurangabad। Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines are private air carriers. Jaipur Airport has a single terminal operating domestic flight arrivals and departures. The terminal has several pantries serving refreshments for the travellers. Other facilities at the airport include luggage trolleys, on-call medical facilities, wheelchairs and other assistance for the physically challenged travellers, and a shopping centre for purchasing knick-knacks. The flights connect Jaipur with Delhi, Kota, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur
Maharana Pratap Airport, 24 km। northeast of Udaipur; originally named Dabok Airport.
Maharana Pratap Airport is the only domestic airport located in the Rajasthani city of Udaipur. Udaipur is a very popular destination with every tourist visiting the land of valor and warriors i.e. Rajasthan and is called by the locals and tourists alike as the Lake city due to the presence of the very beautiful lakes called Fateh Sagar Lake and Pichola Lakes, which looks stunning with the reflection of the city palace falling on it and the Lake Palace built in the midst of the lake. Other grand forts and temples, colors displayed in the festivals make Udaipur a fabulous tourist destination. This city was built Maharana Udai Singh and protected by his son, the variant king Maharana Pratap Singh from the attacks of the Moguls and foreign invasions. It is after this great man of strength and generalship that the airport of the city of Udaipur has been named, to pay tribute to his immortal name. Located at a distance of about 22 km from the city center of Udaipur, Maharana Pratap Airport is easily accessible from the city, where the most preferred and recommended means of transportation is taxi, which will cost up to Rs.200 to get to and come to the airport. The airport is solely domestic, connecting Udaipur with a few of the main cities of India. Situated at an elevation of 1,684 ft, Maharana Pratap Airport has one terminal and one runway, whose surface is made of Asphalt. It has given the airport code of UDR by IATA and is operated and owned by the Government of India.
The airlines operating in Maharana Pratap Airport are mainly three in number. Jet Airways has daily flights to and from Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai; Indian connects Udaipur with Jodhpur, Jaipur and Mumbai and Kingfisher operating a daily flights from Delhi. Hence, if you are coming from any international destination or other domestic cities in India, then you can take a flight to either Delhi or Mumbai or Jaipur and then take one more flight to Maharana Pratap Airport।
Jodhpur Airport
The Jodhpur airport is approximately 5 kilometers from the center of the city। It has domestic flights daily from Mumbai, Udaipur, Delhi and Jaipur.
On any visit to Rajasthan, a trip to the colorful, legendary and incredible land city of Jodhpur cannot be ruled out at any point of time. It has always had a special place in the travel itinerary of tourists from across the globe and also forms an important part of the tourist circle of Rajasthan. From traditional world renowned fairs and festivals to pristine lakes and lush gardens, towering forts and palaces standing as a quiet witness to the strength and power that Jodhpur as well as Rajasthan exude in the past and numerous places of shopping interesting selling authentic Rajasthani items – all these and much more makes Jodhpur what it is today and yes, the charm of every element is too much for any tourist to resist. If you are thinking about how to reach Jodhpur, then the best way to reach is by road or by rail but the time factor can be really taxing on you during the entire journey. Hence, you can take a flight to Jodhpur Airport, which is completely a domestic airport.
Located at an extremely accessible distance of 5 km from the main city center, Jodhpur Airport can be reached by taxi or bus or auto, although taxi would be the best means of transportation। It is situated at an elevation of seven hundred and seventeen feet and has one runway measuring 9000 ft in length. At Jodhpur airport, primarily two airlines operate and both of them bringing in passengers and baggage to Jodhpur from a few of the domestic cities. The airlines operating to and from Jodhpur Airport are Jet Airways and Indian (Airlines).
Kota Airport
Kota Kinabalu Airport, Malaysia, Pengurus Lapangan Terbang, Aras 5 Bangunan Terminal, Lapangan Terbang Atarabangsa Kota Kin।, 88740 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
The airport first began as a military airfield built by the Japanese occupying forces during World-War II. It is also known then as Jesselton Airfield. Towards the end of the war, it suffered severe bombings by Allied Forces until the surrender of the Japanese army in 1945.
After the war, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of North Borneo (now Sabah) took charge of the operations and maintenance of the airport। In 1957, the original grass strip runway was resurfaced with bitumen material and a new terminal was built. By 1959, the runway was extended to 1,593 metres long to enable the operation of Malaysia Airways Viscount aircrafts. In 1963, there was the re-enforcement and further expansion of the runway to 1,921 meters long to cater for Comet 4 operations. Commercial flights and passenger arrivals gradually increased and a larger terminal building was needed to accommodate this increase.
Nal (Bikaner) Airport
This is a domestic airport in the city of Bikaner. It is situated approximately 8 km from the main city. Phone : 91-151-230421
Bikaner has made an important place for it in the tourist circuits of India as tourist visit this magnificent place in thousands, especially during the tourist season between November and March. The sight of the sand dunes with the backdrop of the enormous fort made of red sandstone coming to life with the fairs and festivals displaying a plethora of local colors reflected in the costumes and local art. The sight of Bikaner glowing with the colors of life, in the midst of harsh weather and terrain makes for an incredible sight, attracting tourists from across the globe, traveling all the distance to get drenched in these festivities and colors. This city is home to one of the airports in Rajasthan called Nal (Bikaner) Airport, which has flights of domestic nature coming to and from various cities in India. Nal (Bikaner) Airport is located at a distance of about only 9 km from the city center, and can be easily reached from any part of Bikaner, via taxis, cars, auto-rickshaws and cycle-rickshaws. The airport is located at an elevation of 710 ft. and has only one runway with the dimension of 9000ft by 150 ft. The only terminal of the Nal (Bikaner) Airport has the capacity for twenty arrivals and departures, which is quite small in comparison to other domestic airports in India.
Jaisalmer Airport
The Jaisalmer domestic airport is open only from 1st October to 31st March। There are daily flights of Indian Airlines and private airline Jet Airways to Rajasthan from New Delhi and Mumbai. The check-in time for all airlines is at least one hour before the time of the flight.
Your very first step into the city of Jaisalmer will leave you dumbfounded for its beauty is inexplicable, as it is the sight of the rugged and hostility living in an eternal harmony with the magnificent architectural splendors which make Jaisalmer what its is. Referred popularly and lovingly as the Golden city of India, Jaisalmer is home to numerous edifices dotting the city, most of them made out of golden yellow sandstone, which gives the city its name.
Jaisalmer owes its beauty to the forts, places and extraordinary ‘Havelis’ built out by the merchants who regularly visited and stayed in this place in the past due to its strategic location on the silk route or trade route of the region. And it is this beauty which has made Jaisalmer a must visit destination in the itinerary of every tourist and travel agency. If you too wish to caress the enchanting beauty called Jaisalmer with your heat and imagination, then do not think twice before taking the next flight to Jaisalmer Airport.
However, getting to Jaisalmer Airport is not an easy task, at it’s only a small airport operated by the Indian Air Force but indeed allows the arrival and departure of civil commercial airlines in and out of the airport especially during the tourist season between the time span around the arrival of winter and before setting of the summer. Located at a distance of about 9 km away from the city center of Jaisalmer, it is situated on an elevation of eight hundred and eighty seven feet and has one runway of the length of 9055 ft and only one terminal.
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