# Jay Prakash Narayan Airport (PAT / VEPT)

**Jay Prakash Narayan Airport** (IATA: PAT, ICAO: VEPT) is a medium airport in Patna, Bihar, India. It has one runway, 1,954 m (6,410 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PAT / VEPT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Patna, Bihar, India
- Elevation: 52 m / 170 ft
- Coordinates: 25.5913, 85.0880
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,954 m / 6,410 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/patna
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2673010
- Weather station: VEPT · WMO 42492
- Ident: VEPT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,954 m / 6,410 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 068° / 248° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (17)

- [DGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedo.md) Deoghar Airport · India · 207 km / 129 mi · IndiGo
- [IXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/verc.md) Birsa Munda Airport · India · 254 km / 158 mi · IndiGo
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · India · 439 km / 273 mi · IndiGo
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 472 km / 293 mi · IndiGo
- [BBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebs.md) Biju Patnaik International Airport · India · 598 km / 372 mi · IndiGo
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · India · 653 km / 406 mi · SpiceJet
- [BHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabp.md) Raja Bhoj International Airport · India · 825 km / 513 mi · Alliance Air
- [HDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidx.md) Hindon Airport / Hindon Air Force Station · India · 839 km / 521 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 857 km / 533 mi · IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet
- [IXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vicg.md) Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport · India · 990 km / 615 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,157 km / 719 mi · IndiGo
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,292 km / 803 mi · IndiGo, SpiceJet
- [PNQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vapo.md) Pune International Airport · India · 1,389 km / 863 mi · IndiGo
- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 1,438 km / 894 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,449 km / 900 mi · IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 1,493 km / 928 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,580 km / 982 mi · IndiGo, SpiceJet

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 15
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 5
- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 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 | 1,954 m / 6,410 ft | #4,166 of 29,858 | #1,140 in Asia | #124 in IN |
| Elevation | 52 m / 170 ft | =34,720 of 43,403 | =2,044 in Asia | #251 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [MZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemz.md) Muzaffarpur Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [GAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegy.md) Gaya Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [DBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedh.md) Darbhanga Airport · 107 km / 66 mi
- [JKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjp.md) Janakpur Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Jay Prakash Narayan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Airport&oldid=1375736292), revision of 19 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/vept/data