# Hirakud Airport (VEHK)

**Hirakud Airport** (ICAO: VEHK) is a small airport in Sambalpur, Odisha, India. It has one runway, 1,276 m (4,185 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / VEHK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sambalpur, Odisha, India
- Elevation: 201 m / 658 ft
- Coordinates: 21.5802, 84.0057
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,276 m / 4,185 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirakud_Airstrip (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12693011
- Weather station: VEJH · WMO 42886
- Ident: VEHK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 1,276 m / 4,185 ft | 17 m / 55 ft | Asphalt | 148° / 328° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,276 m / 4,185 ft | =9,115 of 29,858 | #1,522 in Asia | #188 in IN |
| Elevation | 201 m / 658 ft | =24,223 of 43,403 | =1,355 in Asia | =167 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [JRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vejh.md) Jharsuguda Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [IN-0072](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0072.md) Raigarh Airport (JSPL) · 78 km / 49 mi
- [RRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/verk.md) Rourkela Airport · 112 km / 70 mi
- [IN-0073](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0073.md) Savitri Jindal Airport · 130 km / 81 mi
- [VE36](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ve36.md) Nuagaon Airport · 132 km / 82 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)
- [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/vehk/data