# Aurangabad Airport (IXU / VAAU)

**Aurangabad Airport** (IATA: IXU, ICAO: VAAU) is a medium airport in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It has one runway, 2,839 m (9,314 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IXU / VAAU
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
- Elevation: 583 m / 1,911 ft
- Coordinates: 19.8629, 75.3963
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,839 m / 9,314 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/aurangabad
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangabad_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903059
- Weather station: VAAU · WMO 43014
- Ident: VAAU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,839 m / 9,314 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 263 km / 163 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 279 km / 173 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 433 km / 269 mi · IndiGo
- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 486 km / 302 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 781 km / 485 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 982 km / 610 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 6
- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 1
- IX [Air India Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,839 m / 9,314 ft | #1,569 of 29,858 | #448 in Asia | #38 in IN |
| Elevation | 583 m / 1,911 ft | #9,322 of 43,403 | #730 in Asia | #51 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 122.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [SAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vasd.md) Shirdi International Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [JLG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vajl.md) Jalgaon Airport · 125 km / 77 mi
- [IN-0363](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0363.md) Dhule Airport · 137 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: “Aurangabad Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangabad_Airport&oldid=1375526550), revision of 18 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/vaau/data