# Gondia Airport (GDB / VAGD)

**Gondia Airport** (IATA: GDB, ICAO: VAGD) is a medium airport in Gondia, Maharashtra, India. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 2,286 m (7,500 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/va2c

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GDB / VAGD
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Gondia, Maharashtra, India
- Opened: 1940 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 301 m / 987 ft
- Coordinates: 21.5268, 80.2903
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,286 m / 7,500 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondia_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914449
- Weather station: VAGD · WMO 42871
- Ident: VA2C

## Timeline

- 1940: Gondia Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,286 m / 7,500 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [IDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaid.md) Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport · India · 481 km / 299 mi · Star Air (India)
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 516 km / 321 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 820 km / 510 mi · Star Air (India)

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Star Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/star-air) · 2
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,286 m / 7,500 ft | =3,115 of 29,858 | =966 in Asia | =101 in IN |
| Elevation | 301 m / 987 ft | =17,930 of 43,403 | #1,118 in Asia | #116 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =111 in Asia | =12 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | Gondia Tower | 118.350 |
| NDB | GD | 230.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [IN-0068](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0068.md) Birwa Airstrip · 70 km / 44 mi
- [IN-0102](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0102.md) Mandla Airstrip · 108 km / 67 mi
- [VA1E](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va1e.md) Bhilai Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [NAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vanp.md) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport · 138 km / 85 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: “Gondia Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gondia_Airport&oldid=1376504848), revision of 24 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/va2c/data