BBI

Biju Patnaik International Airport

ICAO VEBS20.2510°N 85.8147°E42 m / 138 ftLarge airport
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Biju Patnaik International Airport (IATA: BBI, ICAO: VEBS) is a large airport in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It opened on 17 Apr 1962. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,744 m (9,003 ft). It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Timeline

1 event · 1962–1962
17 APR 1962
OpenedBiju Patnaik International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal T1Terminal T2
14/32144° / 324° · LIT
LENGTH2,744 m9,003 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05/23051° / 231°
LENGTH1,379 m4,524 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

6 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BBI. From the Wikipedia article “Biju Patnaik Airport” (revision of 20 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

2 airlines · destinations from BBI
Passenger2
—IndiaOne Air4—Star Air2

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from BBI. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,744 m9,003 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,773of 29,858 · =534 Asia · =52 INElevation42 m138 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,657of 43,403 · =2,153 Asia · =258 INAgeOpened 19622026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,898of 15,079 · =283 Asia · =34 INRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=715of 29,978 · =31 Asia · =2 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
APPAPP123.500
ATISATIS126.800
TWRTWR125.150