# Kandla Airport (IXY / VAKE)

**Kandla Airport** (IATA: IXY, ICAO: VAKE) is a medium airport in Kandla, Gujarat, India. It has one runway, 1,523 m (4,997 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IXY / VAKE
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Kandla, Gujarat, India
- Elevation: 29 m / 96 ft
- Coordinates: 23.1127, 70.1003
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,523 m / 4,997 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://aai.aero/allAirports/kandla_generalinfo.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandla_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1595074
- Weather station: VAKE
- Ident: VAKE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,523 m / 4,997 ft | 29 m / 94 ft | Concrete | 050° / 230° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 532 km / 331 mi · SpiceJet

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,523 m / 4,997 ft | =6,877 of 29,858 | #1,354 in Asia | #158 in IN |
| Elevation | 29 m / 96 ft | =37,070 of 43,403 | =2,320 in Asia | #269 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [BHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabj.md) Bhuj Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [JGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vajm.md) Jamnagar Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [RAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vark.md) Rajkot Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [HSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vahs.md) Rajkot International Airport · 126 km / 78 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: “Kandla Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kandla_Airport&oldid=1365128115), revision of 20 Jul 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/vake/data