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Jaisalmer Airport
VIJR / JSAIndiaELEV 751 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
95 nm
To the nearest alternate
Shaikh Zaid Airport (RYK).
Overview
Jaisalmer Airport, listed as VIJR / JSA, is a mid-sized airport in India. The airport sits 751 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into JSA for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Shaikh Zaid Airport (RYK, 95 nm), Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur (SKZ, 121 nm), and Jodhpur Airport (JDH, 123 nm).
Charter pricing from JSA depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Jaisalmer Air Force Station. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from JSA.
Field capability
ICAO
VIJR
IATA
JSA
FAA / Local
VIJR
Elevation
751 ft
Coordinates
26.8887° N · 70.8650° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs India fields
state range 5–10,682 ft
At 751 ft, JSA sits higher than 57% of the 139 India fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 95nmRYKShaikh Zaid AirportRahim Yar Khan
- 121nmSKZBegum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport SukkurSukkur
- 123nmJDHJodhpur AirportJodhpur
- 129nmPK-0092Mai Bakhtawar International AirportIslamkot
- 138nmSULSui AirportSui
- 139nmWNSShaheed Benazirabad AirportNawabashah
Location
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