# Jharsuguda Airport (JRG / VEJH)

**Jharsuguda Airport** (IATA: JRG, ICAO: VEJH) is a small airport in Odisha, India. It opened on 22 Sep 2018. It has one runway, 2,391 m (7,844 ft) long, concrete.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JRG / VEJH
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Odisha, India
- Opened: 22 Sep 2018 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 229 m / 751 ft
- Coordinates: 21.9135, 84.0504
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,391 m / 7,844 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veer_Surendra_Sai_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902684
- Weather station: VEJH · WMO 42886
- Ident: VEJH

## Timeline

- 22 Sep 2018: Jharsuguda Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,391 m / 7,844 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 063° / 243° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [BBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebs.md) Biju Patnaik International Airport · India · 260 km / 162 mi · Star Air (India)
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 460 km / 286 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 786 km / 488 mi · Star Air (India)
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,017 km / 632 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,179 km / 733 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 3
- [Star Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/star-air) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,391 m / 7,844 ft | #2,939 of 29,858 | #925 in Asia | #94 in IN |
| Elevation | 229 m / 751 ft | =22,340 of 43,403 | =1,275 in Asia | =149 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2018 | =13,682 of 15,079 | =757 in Asia | =69 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VEHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vehk.md) Hirakud Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [IN-0072](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0072.md) Raigarh Airport (JSPL) · 72 km / 45 mi
- [RRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/verk.md) Rourkela Airport · 88 km / 54 mi
- [VEBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0074.md) Barbil Tonto Airstrip · 137 km / 85 mi
- [IN-0026](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0026.md) Korba Airport · 148 km / 92 mi
- [AHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0393.md) Maa Mahamaya Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Veer Surendra Sai Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veer_Surendra_Sai_Airport&oldid=1373528029), revision of 6 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/vejh/data