Juhu- On a high

Juhu Aerodrome, India ’s first civil aviation airport, enjoyed the prime position of being Mumbai’s only airport until the Santacruz airport (now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport) came up. The aerodrome was built in 1927 for landing seaplanes, cargo and post. In 1928, with the formation of the Flying Club, the aviation industry slowly began functioning. It was then known as the Vile Parle Flying Club.
Run by the Airports Authority of India, the Juhu airport has just one runway. It also has a flying club with several executive and light aircraft, gliders, and a heliport to ferry Oil and Natural Gas Corporation personnel (by carrier Pawan Hans) to offshore oil rigs at Bombay High.
In order to ease the air traffic congestion at the Santacruz airport, it has been proposed that small planes will now land at the Juhu aerodrome, which will be given a makeover to make this shift possible.
At present, the Juhu aerodrome is being regularly used by UB Air, Million Air helicopters, Tata airlines, Mesco planes. This also allows servicing of smaller aircrafts.
10/06/07 Expressindia.com

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Categories: Airports Jun 2007