Rajkot Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Rajkot Airport
nativename =
IATA = RAJ
ICAO = VARK
type = Public
operator = Airports Authority of India
city-served = Rajkot
location = Rajkot, Gujarat, India
elevation-m = 134
elevation-f = 441
coordinates = coord|22|18|33|N|070|46|46|E|type:airport
website =
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 05/23
r1-length-m = 1,841
r1-length-f = 6,040
r1-surface = Asphalt

Rajkot Airport airport codes|RAJ|VARK is a public airport located about few miles from Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Daily flights are operated by Jet Airways. [" [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Rajkot-RAJ/city.html Rajkot Destinations] "., Retrieved on December 20, 2007] Rajkot Airport has parking apron for Two B-737 with 250 terminal capacity.

Airlines and destinations

*Jet Airways (Mumbai)

Modernization Plans

Rajkot Urban Development Authority and Rajkot Municipal Corporation have proposed a plan to extend Rajkot airport runway from current convert|5400|ft|m to convert|6000|ft|m to accommodate larger aircraft and to provide connectivity to major cities than Mumbai to cater to a large demand from the Manufacturing Industry here. This proposal was grounded by Airports Authority of India and Civil Aviation Ministry because the former could not negotiate land acquisition prices with Western Rail.

Rajkot airport has reached a saturation point due to residential and commercial buildings having come up around it and the Extension Plan is hence unfeasible. The present convert|5400|ft|m long runway is incapable of serving aircraft bigger than Boeing 737-800 (which is the largest aircraft operating from the airport). The length of the runway has to be increased to convert|6000|ft|m for safe operations. Civil aviation minister Praful Patel said suggesting that a new bigger airport be developed on convert|500|acre|km2 of land on Rajkot-Gondal-Jamnagar highway around 10 km away from the city near Khirasara village. This proposal is still in office and waiting to be initiated. [" [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990413/ige13045.html April 12, Plan to extend Rajkot airport runway grounded] ", Retrieved on December 25, 2007] [" [http://in.news.yahoo.com/070602/48/6gl55.html June 4, AAI's 12th anniversary celebrations report.] ", Retrieved on December 25, 2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Rajkot-RAJ/city.html Destination Rajkot]
* [http://www.airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/rajkot.jsp Rajkot Airport (AAI)]
* [http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN00832 Airport information for Rajkot]