# Maharshi Valmiki International Airport (AYJ / VEAY)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0025

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AYJ / VEAY
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Opened: 30 Dec 2023 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 102 m / 335 ft
- Coordinates: 26.7477, 82.1637
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,250 m / 7,381 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5431355
- Weather station: VEAY
- Ident: IN-0025

## Timeline

- 30 Dec 2023: Maharshi Valmiki International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,250 m / 7,381 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 114° / 294° | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 538 km / 334 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,044 km / 649 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,126 km / 700 mi · IndiGo
- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 1,270 km / 789 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,577 km / 980 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AYJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 5
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,250 m / 7,381 ft | =3,190 of 29,858 | =981 in Asia | #107 in IN |
| Elevation | 102 m / 335 ft | =30,475 of 43,403 | =1,698 in Asia | =213 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2023 | =14,418 of 15,079 | =827 in Asia | =80 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APPR | Lucknow Approach | 120.450 |
| CTRL | Varanasi Control | 118.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [GOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegk.md) Gorakhpur Airport · 128 km / 79 mi
- [BWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbw.md) Gautam Buddha International Airport · 149 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ayodhya Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayodhya_Airport&oldid=1374463003), revision of 12 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0025/data