Juhu Aerodrome

19°05′53″N 72°50′02″E / 19.09806°N 72.83389°E / 19.09806; 72.83389

Juhu Aerodrome
IATA: none ICAO: VAJJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Mumbai
Location	Juhu, Maharashtra, India
Opened	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Hub for	Pawan Hans
Elevation AMSL	13 ft / 4 m
Map
Juhu Aerodrome
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 3,750 1,143 Paved 16/34 2,400 731 Paved

Juhu Aerodrome (ICAO: VAJJ) is located in Juhu, an upmarket residential suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is served primarliy by general aviation aircraft and helicopters.^[1] It was founded in 1928 as India's first civil aviation airport.^[2]

In 1932, JRD Tata landed at the Juhu Aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail service. 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 (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport; CSMIA) which was built 2 km (1.2 mi) east of Juhu aerodrome during the war.

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 Airports Authority of India announced in January 2012 that it would once again pursue its plan of extending the runway at Juhu Aerodrome into the sea.^[3]