[1] It was founded in 1928 as one of India's first civil aviation airport,[2] 4 years after the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) was opened[3] In 1932, JRD Tata landed at the Juhu Aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail service.

In 1948, commercial operations were moved to the much larger RAF Santa Cruz (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport; CSMIA) which was built 2 km (1.2 mi) east of Juhu aerodrome during the war.

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.

[5] J. R. D. Tata, the father of civil aviation in India, made his maiden voyage to Juhu Airport from Drigh Road Airstrip in Karachi, via Ahmedabad, on 15 October 1932 carrying mail in a Puss Moth aircraft.

The AAI appointed consulting major KPMG to draw up a development plan for Juhu Airport.

The plan was to extend the runway to 2000 meters in phases, this would have ultimately seen the airstrip jutting into the sea and utilizing reclaimed parts of the Juhu Beach and seafront.

The Juhu airport redevelopment plan, that received an in-principle nod from the State Government on 5 April 2013,[22] involves closing down its secondary runway 16/34.

Another technical problem facing the project is that the current runway is at an elevation of only four metres above the mean sea level.

Movie Sabse Bada Khiladi starring Akshay Kumar was also shot on Juhu Airport.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency