Jamshedpur Airport

The Sonari Airport in Jamshedpur is spread across 25 acres. It became functional in 1940. Earlier, a number of flights used to operate from this airport and these included Kingfisher, Air Deccan, MDLR Airlines etc. However, their services were discontinued due to several reasons, the most important being  the short length of the subway.

Today, the is being used by private air crafts of Tata Steel for their executives. This airport does not have the ability to accommodate aircraft larger than 60 seater turboprops. It can cater to small air crafts only. Tata Steel has notified that the airport will be converted from 3C to 2C. This airport comes under the aegis of AAI (Airport Authority of India). The airport is not very far from the bus stand or even Tatanagar Railway station.

A new airport (''Greenfield airport'') has also been proposed in Adityapur-Seraikela area. This airport will boast of a 7,000 feet long runway and will be spread across 600 acres. Also, it will be well equipped to handle A320 flights which is a distant possibility on the airport in Sonari area. 

For establishing this new airport, a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was signed on 20th February, 2012, by AAI and Jharkhand Government. The land for this project will be provided to AAI by the Jharkhand government.

Tata Steel Limited has roped in TRIL (TATA Realty and Infrastructure Limited) which is the infrastructure development company of Tata Group. TRIL has a tie-up with Singapore's Changi airports International for non-metro airports.This seems to give hope and momentum to the much needed construction of a new airport in Jamshedpur. With the development of this airport, commercial airlines such as Airbus A320 will be able to land and take off, connecting Jamshedpur with many near and distant cities in India.

 
The nearest airport to Jamshedpur at present is Ranchi airport (Birsa Munda International Airport - (103.29 Km / 64.18 Miles) or Kolkata airport (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport - 233.73 Km / 145.23 Miles). People take a train or bus to Ranchi or Kolkata and then board an aircraft to reach their destination in India or abroad. Other airports near Jamshedpur are Patna Airport, Dhanbad Airport, Rourkela Airport, Gaya airport and Bhubaneswar airport.

Institutes in Sonari Airport:

Indian Institute of Aeronautical Science:

There is a flight training Institute and simulator centre for commercial pilots in Sonari Airport. The Indian Institute of Aeronautical Science at Sonari airport is an off-campus study center approved by Rajasthan Vidyapeeth (Deemed) University, Udaipur. 

It is recognized by Civil Aviation Department of the Government of India. The Institute offers a 3-year full-time license course in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. With an additional year, the students can avail of a B.Tech degree in Aeronautical, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical & Telecommunication Engineering, or Bio-technology.

Phone: +91-657-2309349
Fax: +91-657-2223062
Website: https://iias_jsr.tripod.com

Jamshedpur Co-operative Flying Club Ltd. :

The club conducts training for amateur and commercial pilots. Jamshedpur Co-operative Flying Club maintains 3 air crafts for training the students.

Address:
Sonari Airport ,
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Phone: 0731-2621118

Information on Jamshedpur Airport:

Jamshedpur Airport IATA Code: IXW   
Jamshedpur Airport ICAO Code: VEJS
Airport Type : Medium

Latitude : 22.8125991821
Longitude : 86.1708984375

Address:

Sonari Airport (IXW),
Kadma, Jamshedpur,
Jharkhand,India
Phone: 0657-2306775

Hotels near Sonari Airport: