Jaisalmer Airport

{{Short description|Airport of Rajasthan, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Jaisalmer Airport

| nativename =

| image = File:Jaisalmer Airport.png

| image-width = 260px

| caption =

| IATA = JSA

| ICAO = VIJR

| type = Military/Public

| owner = Airports Authority of India

| operator = Airports Authority of India

| city-served = Jaisalmer

| location = Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India

| pushpin_map = India Rajasthan#India

| pushpin_label = JSA

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Rajasthan

| elevation-f = 751

| elevation-m = 251

| coordinates = {{Coord|26|52|49|N|70|51|18|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| metric-elev = y

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 04/22

| r1-length-f = 9,000

| r1-length-m = 2,743

| r1-surface = Concrete

| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 120,714 ({{decrease}} 10.9%)

| stat2-header = Aircraft movements

| stat2-data = 1,018 ({{decrease}} 29.6%)

| footnotes = Source: AAI{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=30 April 2025}}

| stat3-data = —

| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage

}}

Jaisalmer Airport {{Airport codes|JSA|VIJR}} is a domestic airport serving Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. It is located {{convert|12.6|km|mi}} from the city centre.[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Railway+station+Jaisalmer,+Gandhi+Nagar,+Jaisalmer,+Rajasthan,+India/Jaisalmer+Airport,+Air+Force+School+Rd,+Shastri+Nagar,+Jaisalmer,+Rajasthan+345001,+India/@26.8901238,70.8624002,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x3947bd8ec9ac503f:0xa5487a2df44fb0eb!2m2!1d70.9268419!2d26.9149319!1m5!1m1!1s0x3947bedc47525011:0x10618f3e578fc59d!2m2!1d70.8558645!2d26.8706234 Google maps, journey from the railway station to the airport] The airport operates as a civil enclave on an Indian Air Force base.

The airport has a single runway of {{convert|9,000|ft|m}} in length and {{convert|150|ft|m}} in width. Carriers that have previously flown to/from the airport include Vayudoot and Kingfisher Airlines.{{cite web |url=http://www.flykingfisher.com/media-center/in-the-news/kingfisher-airlines-launches-direct-flights-connecting-udaipur-to-mumbai.aspx |title=Kingfisher Airlines Launches Direct Flights Connecting Udaipur to Mumbai |date=26 December 2007 |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222030902/http://www.flykingfisher.com/media-center/in-the-news/kingfisher-airlines-launches-direct-flights-connecting-udaipur-to-mumbai.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} In 2015, it was not used for civil flights, and was closed{{cite web | title = Ghost airports highlight risks as Modi spends to grow |work= Reuters | url = http://in.reuters.com/article/india-airport-idINKCN0QN2BV20150819 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151210183539/http://in.reuters.com/article/india-airport-idINKCN0QN2BV20150819 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 December 2015 |date=19 August 2015| access-date = 2015-08-20 | first = Tommy | last = Wilkes }} until services resumed under the UDAN scheme in 2017.