Rajkot Airport

Rajkot Airport (IATA: RAJ, ICAO: VARK) is a domestic airport serving the city of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It is the 4th busiest airport in Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara.

Rajkot Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesRajkot
LocationRajkot, Gujarat, India
Elevation AMSL135 m / 443 ft
Coordinates22°18′33″N 070°46′46″E
Maps
RAJ is located in Gujarat
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RAJ
RAJ is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 1,843 6,047 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2022 – March 2023)
Passengers770,605 (Increase 83.3%)
Aircraft movements7,662 (Increase 80.5%)
Cargo tonnage890 (Increase 28.6%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Development

Rajkot Urban Development Authority and Rajkot Municipal Corporation proposed a plan to extend the runway from 5,400 feet (1,600 m) to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) to accommodate larger aircraft and to build an apron for parking of four Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 type aircraft, which will help to provide better connectivity to major cities besides Mumbai, and to cater to a large demand from the manufacturing companies located in Rajkot, for handling and transport of cargo, which are now completed. The airport presently suffers from considerable capacity restraints, due to the expansion of the city and because of the residential and commercial areas surrounded around it, which renders the plan to extend the runway further from 1,800 m unfeasible. As it is incapable of serving aircraft larger than Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 (which is the largest aircraft operating from the airport), a plan for an entirely new airport was launched and is under construction since 2018.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport at Hirasar, held on 7 October 2017.[4] The new airport is being built near NH-27 (East-West Highway), and is about 36 km (22 mi) from Rajkot. Work is in progress, and it is expected to be completed by December 2023.[5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air IndiaDelhi, Mumbai
IndiGoBangalore, Delhi, Goa–Mopa,[6] Mumbai, Indore (begins 1 July 2023),[7] Udaipur (begins 1 July 2023)[8]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at RAJ airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

References
  1. "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. "Narendra Modi in Gujarat: PM presides over 'bhumi pujan' of greenfield airport at Hirasar near Rajkot". Firstpost. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. "Greenfield Airport in Rajkot to be ready by 2023 end". Adeex News. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  6. "INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. "Flight Schedule". IndiGo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  8. "Flight Schedule". IndiGo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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