AYJ

Maharshi Valmiki International Airport

ICAO VEAY26.7477°N 82.1637°E102 m / 335 ftMedium airport
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Maharshi Valmiki International Airport (IATA: AYJ, ICAO: VEAY) is a medium airport in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It opened on 30 Dec 2023. It has one runway, 2,250 m (7,381 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Timeline

1 event · 2023–2023
30 DEC 2023
OpenedMaharshi Valmiki International Airport opens.
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Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
11/29114° / 294° · LIT
LENGTH2,250 m7,381 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Routes

5 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsIndiGo 5Akasa Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AYJ. From the Wikipedia article “Ayodhya Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,250 m7,381 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,189of 29,823 · =986 Asia · #107 INElevation102 m335 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,431of 43,341 · =1,699 Asia · =212 INAgeOpened 20232026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=14,432of 15,079 · =829 Asia · =80 INRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =22 IN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPRLucknow Approach120.450
CTRLVaranasi Control118.850