Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun Airport (IATA: DED, ICAO: VIDN), also known as Jolly Grant Airport, is a domestic airport serving Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, India. It is located in Jauligrant, 25 km (16 mi) south of the city, 20 km (12 mi) from Rishikesh and 35 km (22 mi) from Haridwar. Commercial operations began on 30 March 2008, after the runway was extended to accommodate larger aircraft. A new terminal building was inaugurated in February 2009. The current passenger terminal was inaugurated in October 2021. The airport is the 32nd-busiest airport in India, with over 1.5 million annual passengers. It is also known as the Air Gateway of Garhwal and plays an important role in the tourism of Uttarakhand.
Location
30.189°N, 78.177°E · 558 m s. n. m. (1.831 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Tower
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The airport was constructed in 1974. Vayudoot operated scheduled services to New Delhi, Lucknow and Pantnagar from 1982 to 1995. Air Deccan started flights between Dehradun and New Delhi in December 2004, and added a second daily flight from August 2006.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) suspended flight operations at the airport from March 2007 till the end of the year in order to execute its airport modernisation plan. The runway was extended from 3,500 feet to 7,000 feet and also broadened from 23 metres to 45 metres to enable the landing of narrow-body jets like the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. The erstwhile terminal was built in 2008, a night landing system was installed, a new terminal building and an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower were also constructed.
The expansion work was expected to cost ₹72 crore (US$7.5 million) and was to be completed by the end of 2007. However, it took a few months longer, and scheduled flights resumed in March 2008 with Air Deccan re-launching its flights. Air India launched flights from the airport to Delhi on 28 January 2010, followed by SpiceJet in 2012.
Airlines operating here · 5
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport (DED). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DED
MLA
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BibTeX
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title = {{Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport (DED)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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urldate = {2026-10-24},
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}Wikipedia
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