Jammu Airport


Jammu Airport, officially known as Jammu Civil Enclave, is a civil airport in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated 14 km from the international border between India and Pakistan.

Infrastructure

The terminal can only handle domestic flights. It has five gates and fourteen check-in desks. A store selling traditional packaged food items, a shoes shop, a restaurant, and a souvenir store and information desk for pilgrims travelling to the Vaishno Devi temple are among the amenities available in the terminal.
The asphalt runway, 18/36, has dimensions. It can handle CAT I instrument landing system approaches. The apron has space to park three Airbus A320 aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

The Airports Authority of India had published data and statistics of the airport between the time period of April 2013 to March 2014. According to this data, Jammu airport is ranked the 27th busiest airport in India, with a total passenger traffic of 845,555. This was a decrease of 1.9% from 2012–2013.

Trivia

  1. The airport does not allow carry-on baggage due to heightened security measures.
  2. Passengers have to manually verify their luggage after it has been checked-in, outside the terminal. Only after it has been verified, it is loaded on to the airplane.

    Access

The airport is located southwest of the city of Jammu, along Ranbir Singh Pura Road. There is a car park with 80 spaces. Bus, taxi and car rental services provide transportation to the city.

Incidents and accidents

On 9 January 2017, Air India 821, an Air India Airbus A320-200 on a scheduled flight from Delhi, overran runway 36 at Jammu on landing. The aircraft touched down at a distance of 2,400 feet from the runway threshold. Four of the eight main landing gear tires burst during the rollout and the aircraft came to a stop on soft ground 8 metres from the edge of the runway. Smoke was observed in the rear cabin and an evacuation ensued. The investigation revealed the serious incident was caused by the late touchdown and reduced deceleration rate due to improper application of the brakes. None of the 143 occupants were injured.