# Gorakhpur Airport (GOP / VEGK)

**Gorakhpur Airport** (IATA: GOP, ICAO: VEGK) is a medium airport in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GOP / VEGK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Elevation: 79 m / 259 ft
- Coordinates: 26.7397, 83.4497
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/gorakhpur.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorakhpur_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970413
- Weather station: VEGK · WMO 42379
- Ident: VEGK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Paved | 113° / 293° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 658 km / 409 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Alliance Air, SpiceJet
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 679 km / 422 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,177 km / 731 mi · IndiGo
- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 1,368 km / 850 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,377 km / 856 mi · IndiGo, SpiceJet
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,620 km / 1,007 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 6
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 2
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 2
- 9I [Alliance Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-air) · 1

## 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 | 79 m / 259 ft | =32,371 of 43,403 | =1,841 in Asia | =234 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 122.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [KBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veki.md) Kushinagar International Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [BWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbw.md) Gautam Buddha International Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [AYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0025.md) Maharshi Valmiki International Airport · 128 km / 79 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: “Gorakhpur Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gorakhpur_Airport&oldid=1372781586), revision of 2 Sep 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/vegk/data