Jorhat Airport

Jorhat Airport Location Map
Jorhat Airport Location

Jorhat Airport (IATA: JRH, ICAO: VEJT) (also known as Rowriah Airport) is located 7 Kilometres South-West of Jorhat city, Assam, India. The civil enclave, run by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is the 3rd major airport of Assam after Guwahati and Dibrugarh (by number of daily flights and yearly passenger traffic).

Established in early 1950s, Jorhat AFS is the Indian Air Force's first air base in the East. It is primarily a transport base for launching aircraft that carry out airdrops in the Naga Hills and Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. It is equipped with two squadrons of An-32 transport aircraft and air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

Chargeable car park facility are available in this Airport. Connection to city center by cabs are easy from here. The nearest international airport is in Guwahati which is located 350 km away.

Airlines and Destinations

Currently, IndiGo serves scheduled commercial flights to various cities as stated below:

Airlines Destinations
IndiGo Guwahati, Kolkata



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