# Purnea Airport, India

**Purnea Airport** is a small airport in Bihar, India. It has one runway, 2,652 m (8,700 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Bihar, India
- Elevation: 39 m / 129 ft
- Coordinates: 25.7596, 87.4100
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,652 m / 8,700 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purnia_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7261339
- Weather station: VEPU
- Ident: VEPU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,652 m / 8,700 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 361 km / 224 mi · IndiGo, Star Air (India)
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,066 km / 662 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,327 km / 825 mi · IndiGo
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,525 km / 948 mi · Star Air (India)

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VEPU, 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 | 2,652 m / 8,700 ft | =1,982 of 29,858 | =614 in Asia | #81 in IN |
| Elevation | 39 m / 129 ft | =35,952 of 43,403 | =2,187 in Asia | =264 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VEKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vekg.md) Kishanganj Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [IN-0077](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0077.md) Bhagalpur Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [BIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnvt.md) Biratnagar Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [IN-0091](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0091.md) Saharsa Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [TKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsg.md) Thakurgaon Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [RJB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnrb.md) Rajbiraj Airport · 107 km / 67 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: “Purnia Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Purnia_Airport&oldid=1366865186), revision of 30 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/vepu/data