# Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport (RQY / VOSH)

**Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport** (IATA: RQY, ICAO: VOSH) is a medium airport in Shimoga, Karnataka, India. It opened on 27 Feb 2023.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0301

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RQY / VOSH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Shimoga, Karnataka, India
- Opened: 27 Feb 2023 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 615 m / 2,017 ft
- Coordinates: 13.8580, 75.6189
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20240204161112/https://ksiidc.karnataka.gov.in/new-page/ShivamoggaAirport/en
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivamogga_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7496956
- Weather station: VOSH
- Ident: IN-0301

## Timeline

- 27 Feb 2023: Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport opens.

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 282 km / 175 mi · Star Air (India)
- [TIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votp.md) Tirupati International Airport · India · 424 km / 263 mi · Star Air (India)
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 481 km / 299 mi · Star Air (India)

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Star Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/star-air) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 615 m / 2,017 ft | =8,807 of 43,403 | #697 in Asia | #41 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2023 | =14,418 of 15,079 | =827 in Asia | =80 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VO52](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vo52.md) Harihar Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [IXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voml.md) Mangaluru International Airport · 128 km / 79 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: “Shivamogga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shivamogga_Airport&oldid=1376866028), revision of 26 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-0301/data