# Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (RDP / VEDG)

**Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport** (IATA: RDP, ICAO: VEDG) is a medium airport in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. It opened on 18 May 2015. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RDP / VEDG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Durgapur, West Bengal, India
- Opened: 18 May 2015 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 91 m / 300 ft
- Coordinates: 23.6225, 87.2430
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14941562
- Weather station: VEDG
- Ident: VEDG

## Timeline

- 18 May 2015: Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 42 m / 138 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,152 km / 716 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,161 km / 721 mi · IndiGo
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 1,398 km / 869 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,534 km / 953 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,571 km / 976 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =458 in Asia | #41 in IN |
| Elevation | 91 m / 300 ft | =31,280 of 43,403 | =1,749 in Asia | #224 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2015 | =13,201 of 15,079 | =711 in Asia | #66 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VEPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veph.md) Panagarh Air Force Station · 25 km / 16 mi
- [DBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedb.md) Dhanbad Airport · 86 km / 54 mi
- [IXW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vejs.md) Sonari Airport · 142 km / 88 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: “Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_Airport&oldid=1366848931), 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/vedg/data