Juhu Aerodrome

Juhu Aerodrome (ICAO: VAJJ) is located in Juhu, an upmarket residential suburb of Mumbai, India. It is used by small General Aviation aircraft and helicopters. Founded in 1928 as India's first civil aviation airport, Juhu served as the city's primary airport during and up to World War II.

In 1948, commercial operations were moved to the much larger RAF Santacruz which was built 2 km east of Juhu aerodrome during the war. In 1932, JRD Tata landed at the Juhu aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail service.

Today, the aerodrome handles all helicopter operations out of Mumbai. It also hosts the Bombay Flying Club and several executive and light aircraft and gliders. In 2010, the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which runs the airport, proposed to extend the runway 08/26 into the sea to allow larger aircraft to land, however permission for this was denied by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

With the New Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules of 2011 permitting roads on stilts, the AAI announced in January 2012 that it would once again pursue its plan of extending the runway at Juhu Aerodrome into the sea.

Juhu Aerodrome has two paved surface runway oriented 16/34 and 08/26, length of the runways are 3,750 ft (1,143 m) and 2,400 ft (731 m) long respectively. Elevation of the airport is 13 ft (4 m) AMSL.

Currently there are no scheduled airlines operating at Juhu Aerodrome.

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