# Darbhanga Airport (DBR / VEDH)

**Darbhanga Airport** (IATA: DBR, ICAO: VEDH) is a medium airport in Darbhanga, Bihar, India. It opened on 8 Nov 2020. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DBR / VEDH
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Darbhanga, Bihar, India
- Opened: 8 Nov 2020 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 48 m / 156 ft
- Coordinates: 26.1928, 85.9169
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darbhanga_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12692390
- Weather station: VEDH
- Ident: VEDH

## Timeline

- 8 Nov 2020: Darbhanga Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 098° / 278° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 470 km / 292 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 910 km / 565 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,261 km / 784 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,553 km / 965 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,680 km / 1,044 mi · Akasa Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 4
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 3
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | =1,801 of 29,858 | =539 in Asia | =56 in IN |
| Elevation | 48 m / 156 ft | =35,127 of 43,403 | =2,093 in Asia | #254 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2020 | =13,925 of 15,079 | =785 in Asia | #73 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [JKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjp.md) Janakpur Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [MZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemz.md) Muzaffarpur Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [PAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vept.md) Jay Prakash Narayan Airport · 107 km / 66 mi
- [BIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnvt.md) Biratnagar 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: “Darbhanga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darbhanga_Airport&oldid=1363482524), revision of 10 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/vedh/data