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Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport

ICAO VEBN25.4522°N 82.8625°E81 m / 266 ftLarge airport
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Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (IATA: VNS, ICAO: VEBN) is a large airport in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It has one runway, 2,745 m (9,006 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Lal Bahadur Sastri Airport, Varanasi
09/27093° / 273° · LIT
LENGTH2,745 m9,006 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

14 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miHJR · Khajuraho Airport · 305 km / 190 miRDP · Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport · 488 km / 303 miCCU · Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · 647 km / 402 miBBI · Biju Patnaik International Airport · 653 km / 406 miHDO · Hindon Airport / Hindon Air Force Station · 654 km / 406 miDEL · Indira Gandhi International Airport · 667 km / 414 miVGA · Vijayawada International Airport · 1,015 km / 631 miHYD · Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · 1,023 km / 636 miAMD · Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · 1,070 km / 665 miNMI · Navi Mumbai International Airport · 1,238 km / 769 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 1,248 km / 775 miMAA · Chennai International Airport · 1,414 km / 879 miBLR · Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · 1,466 km / 911 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 2,742 km / 1,704 miSHJBLRMAABOMAMDHYDVGADELBBICCUHJRRDPVNS
Year-round14
HJRKhajuraho AirportIndia · IndiGo305 km190 miRDPKazi Nazrul Islam AirportIndia · IndiGo488 km303 miCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · IndiGo647 km402 miBBIBiju Patnaik International AirportIndia · IndiGo653 km406 miHDOHindon Airport / Hindon Air Force StationIndia · IndiGo654 km406 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet667 km414 miVGAVijayawada International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,015 km631 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air1,023 km636 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,070 km665 miNMINavi Mumbai International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air1,238 km769 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India +11,248 km775 miMAAChennai International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,414 km879 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air1,466 km911 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air India2,742 km1,704 mi
Most destinationsIndiGo 13Akasa Air 4Air India 3SpiceJet 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VNS. From the Wikipedia article “Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,745 m9,006 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,762of 29,823 · =529 Asia · #50 INElevation81 m266 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,126of 43,341 · =1,828 Asia · =230 INRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =22 IN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
ACC"N" & ACC"S"120.750 MHz132.400
APPVIBN APP119.000
TWRTWR118.100