Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport

ICAO VAAH23.0772°N 72.6347°E58 m / 189 ftLarge airport

Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport (IATA: AMD, ICAO: VAAH) is a large airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It opened in 1937. It has one runway, 3,505 m (11,499 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India. In 2018 it handled 10.7 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1937–2025

1937

OpenedSardar Vallabh Patel International Airport opens.

19 OCT 1988

DisasterIndian Airlines Flight 113.133 killed

12 JUN 2025

DisasterAir India Flight 171.260 killed

From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05/23045° / 225° · LIT

LENGTH3,505 m11,499 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2017–2018

8.6M

10.7M

1718

Routes

35 destinations · 11 countries

Year-round33

Charter1

NJFAl Najaf International AirportIraq · SpiceJet2,944 km1,829 mi

Cargo2

BOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation444 km276 mi DELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation755 km469 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AMD. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ahmedabad Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

20 airlines · destinations from AMD

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from AMD. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers10.7M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#201of 3,974 · #63 Asia · #5 IN Longest runway3,505 m11,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=476of 29,858 · #146 Asia · #14 IN Elevation58 m189 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,282of 43,403 · =2,000 Asia · #246 IN AgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =88 Asia · #11 IN Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =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

4 channels

ACCRADAR123.750

APPAPPROACH119.800

ATISATIS126.800

TWRTOWER119.600