# Khajuraho Airport (HJR / VEKO)

**Khajuraho Airport** (IATA: HJR, ICAO: VEKO) is a medium airport in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. It opened in 1978. It has one runway, 2,274 m (7,460 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HJR / VEKO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Opened: 1978 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 222 m / 728 ft
- Coordinates: 24.8172, 79.9186
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,274 m / 7,460 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/khajuraho
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khajuraho_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1595036
- Weather station: VEKO
- Ident: VAKJ

## Timeline

- 1978: Khajuraho Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,274 m / 7,460 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 013° / 193° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [VNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebn.md) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · India · 305 km / 190 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 501 km / 311 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,274 m / 7,460 ft | #3,151 of 29,858 | #972 in Asia | #106 in IN |
| Elevation | 222 m / 728 ft | =22,819 of 43,403 | =1,299 in Asia | #155 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1978 | =7,719 of 15,079 | =387 in Asia | #44 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.150 |

## Nearby airports

- [TNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vist.md) Satna Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [CWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vect.md) Chitrakoot Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [REW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va1g.md) Rewa Airport, Chorhata, REWA · 136 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: “Khajuraho Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khajuraho_Airport&oldid=1372747874), revision of 2 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/vakj/data