Accessibility to Rajasthan has greatly improved with increase in flying facilities. The number of flights to Rajasthan has increased leading to the comfort for the air travelers.
Airports in Rajasthan
Among all the Rajasthan City Airports, there is only one international airport. Rest all the airports are domestic ones.
Jaipur Airport
Jaipur Airport, also known as Sanganer Airport, is the only international airport in the state of Rajasthan. It is located near Sanganer, at a distance of about 13 km from the City. The airport was granted the status of an international airport on December 29, 2005, with an aim of catering the increased air traffic to India and also boosting up tourism in the state. With the Terminal 1 capable of individually accommodating four A-320 aircraft at a time, terminal building can cater to 500 passengers at a time.
Jodhpur Airport
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.
Udaipur Airport
Udaipur Airport or Maharana Pratap Airport or Dabok Airport is the airport at Udaipur, Rajasthan. It is situated 22 km east of Udaipur. A new terminal was recently renovated. The Udaipur airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of Mewar, a state in northwestern India.
Jaisalmer Airport
Jaisalmer Airport is primarily an Indian Air Force base. The airport has a single runway of 9,000ft in length and 150ft in width.
