# Kolhapur Airport (KLH / VAKP)

**Kolhapur Airport** (IATA: KLH, ICAO: VAKP) is a medium airport in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. It opened in 1987. It has one runway, 1,930 m (6,332 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KLH / VAKP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
- Opened: 1987 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 608 m / 1,996 ft
- Coordinates: 16.6647, 74.2894
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,930 m / 6,332 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhapur_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1595024
- Weather station: VAKP · WMO 43157
- Ident: VAKP

## Timeline

- 1987: Kolhapur Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,930 m / 6,332 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 070° / 250° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 289 km / 180 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 309 km / 192 mi · Star Air (India)
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 445 km / 277 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 532 km / 331 mi · IndiGo, Star Air (India)
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 734 km / 456 mi · Star Air (India)

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 3
- [Star Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/star-air) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,930 m / 6,332 ft | =4,226 of 29,858 | #1,145 in Asia | #125 in IN |
| Elevation | 608 m / 1,996 ft | =8,927 of 43,403 | #706 in Asia | #44 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =435 in Asia | #48 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 126.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [IXG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabm.md) Belagavi Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [RTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/varg.md) Ratnagiri Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [SDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0107.md) Sindhudurg Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · 112 km / 70 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: “Kolhapur Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kolhapur_Airport&oldid=1372296166), revision of 31 Aug 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/vakp/data