# Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR / VERP)

**Swami Vivekananda Airport** (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VERP) is a medium airport in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It opened in 1975. It has one runway, 1,955 m (6,414 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RPR / VERP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
- Opened: 1975 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 317 m / 1,041 ft
- Coordinates: 21.1804, 81.7388
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,955 m / 6,414 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/raipur_generalinfo.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1595087
- Weather station: VERP · WMO 42875
- Ident: VARP

## Timeline

- 1975: Swami Vivekananda Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,955 m / 6,414 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 058° / 238° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (16)

- [JGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-jgb.md) Jagdalpur Airport · India · 236 km / 147 mi · IndiGo
- [BBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebs.md) Biju Patnaik International Airport · India · 436 km / 271 mi · IndiGo
- [BHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabp.md) Raja Bhoj International Airport · India · 510 km / 317 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 560 km / 348 mi · IndiGo
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · India · 626 km / 389 mi · IndiGo
- [IDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaid.md) Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport · India · 636 km / 395 mi · IndiGo
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 711 km / 442 mi · IndiGo
- [PNQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vapo.md) Pune International Airport · India · 867 km / 539 mi · IndiGo
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 926 km / 575 mi · IndiGo
- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 938 km / 583 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 944 km / 587 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 955 km / 593 mi · IndiGo
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 961 km / 597 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 985 km / 612 mi · IndiGo
- [GOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vogo.md) Goa Dabolim International Airport · India · 1,054 km / 655 mi · IndiGo
- [COK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voci.md) Cochin International Airport · India · 1,353 km / 841 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 16

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,955 m / 6,414 ft | #4,164 of 29,858 | #1,139 in Asia | #123 in IN |
| Elevation | 317 m / 1,041 ft | =17,049 of 43,403 | =1,077 in Asia | #105 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =366 in Asia | =42 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 124.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [VA1E](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va1e.md) Bhilai Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [VENP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/venp.md) Nawapara Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [PAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebu.md) Bilaspur Airport · 98 km / 61 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: “Swami Vivekananda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda_Airport&oldid=1376721279), revision of 25 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/varp/data