# Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport (IXA / VEAT)

**Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport** (IATA: IXA, ICAO: VEAT) is a medium airport in Agartala, Tripura, India. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 2,286 m (7,500 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IXA / VEAT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Agartala, Tripura, India
- Opened: 1942 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 14 m / 46 ft
- Coordinates: 23.8870, 91.2404
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,286 m / 7,500 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/agartala_generalinfo.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharaja_Bir_Bikram_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498094
- Weather station: VEAT · WMO 42724
- Ident: VEAT

## Timeline

- 1942: Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,286 m / 7,500 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 004° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (7)

- [IXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veku.md) Silchar Airport · India · 210 km / 130 mi · IndiGo
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · India · 249 km / 155 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air
- [IMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veim.md) Bir Tikendrajit International Airport · India · 286 km / 178 mi · IndiGo
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 317 km / 197 mi · IndiGo
- [DIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemn.md) Dibrugarh Airport · India · 551 km / 342 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,502 km / 933 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,855 km / 1,153 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 7
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,286 m / 7,500 ft | =3,115 of 29,858 | =966 in Asia | =101 in IN |
| Elevation | 14 m / 46 ft | =39,495 of 43,403 | =2,653 in Asia | #278 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =130 in Asia | =17 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

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

## Nearby airports

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [IXH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vekr.md) Kailashahar Airport · 91 km / 56 mi
- [ZYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsy.md) Osmany International Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [AJL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/velp.md) Lengpui Airport · 140 km / 87 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: “Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maharaja_Bir_Bikram_Airport&oldid=1375842308), revision of 20 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/veat/data