# Shillong Airport (SHL / VEBI)

**Shillong Airport** (IATA: SHL, ICAO: VEBI) is a medium airport in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SHL / VEBI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Shillong, Meghalaya, India
- Elevation: 887 m / 2,910 ft
- Coordinates: 25.7036, 91.9787
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://aai.aero/allAirports/shillong.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillong_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931305
- Weather station: VEBI · WMO 42512
- Ident: VEBI

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 039° / 219° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (9)

- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · India · 60 km / 37 mi · Alliance Air
- [TEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vetz.md) Tezpur Airport · India · 138 km / 86 mi · Alliance Air
- [DMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemr.md) Dimapur Airport · India · 181 km / 112 mi · Alliance Air
- [AJL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/velp.md) Lengpui Airport · India · 217 km / 135 mi · Alliance Air
- [IMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veim.md) Bir Tikendrajit International Airport · India · 220 km / 137 mi · IndiGo
- [IXI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/velr.md) Lilabari North Lakhimpur Airport · India · 275 km / 171 mi · Alliance Air
- [DIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemn.md) Dibrugarh Airport · India · 361 km / 224 mi · IndiGo
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 493 km / 306 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,506 km / 936 mi · SpiceJet

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 9I [Alliance Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-air) · 5
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 3
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,198 in Asia | =133 in IN |
| Elevation | 887 m / 2,910 ft | =5,717 of 43,403 | #513 in Asia | #25 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [ZYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsy.md) Osmany International Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [IXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veku.md) Silchar Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [TEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vetz.md) Tezpur Airport · 138 km / 86 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: “Shillong Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shillong_Airport&oldid=1366868823), revision of 30 Jul 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/vebi/data