# Pune International Airport (PNQ / VAPO)

**Pune International Airport** (IATA: PNQ, ICAO: VAPO) is a large airport in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It opened in 1911. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,048 m (10,000 ft). It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PNQ / VAPO
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Opened: 1911
- Elevation: 592 m / 1,942 ft
- Coordinates: 18.5821, 73.9197
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,048 m / 10,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/pune
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432525
- Weather station: VAPO
- Ident: VAPO

## Timeline

- 1911: Pune International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 094° / 274° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,796 m / 5,893 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° |  |

## Routes

9 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (9)

- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 316 km / 196 mi · Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 517 km / 321 mi · Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 723 km / 449 mi · Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 913 km / 567 mi · SpiceJet
- [JAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vijp.md) Jaipur International Airport · India · 937 km / 582 mi · SpiceJet
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,155 km / 718 mi · Akasa Air, Air India, SpiceJet
- [VNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebn.md) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · India · 1,197 km / 744 mi · Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 1,577 km / 980 mi · Akasa Air
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,049 km / 1,273 mi · SpiceJet

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 8
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 6
- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 1

Former hub of [Jet Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet-airways).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | =1,058 of 29,858 | =312 in Asia | =32 in IN |
| Elevation | 592 m / 1,942 ft | =9,195 of 43,403 | #723 in Asia | #48 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1911 | =37 of 15,079 | #3 in Asia | #1 in IN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =2 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | POONA TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [SAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vasd.md) Shirdi International Airport · 132 km / 82 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #23

## 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: “Pune Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pune_Airport&oldid=1374380933), revision of 11 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/vapo/data