According to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), the expansion of the existing runway will cater to the needs of the civil airport for the next 10-12 years.
"There was a dire need of expansion of the airport. The additional land will provide us with the space to park the aircraft and construct hangers for them," Director of the civil airport S N Borkar said.
Air Commodore of the Air Force Station here, R N Gaekwad, however, claimed that there was no need as such for the expansion, terming it to be "economically unviable" as not many airlines operate in Jodhpur.
"But still we are ready to cooperate with them both in terms of their terminal's expansion and increase in the number of flights," he added.