# Birsa Munda Airport (IXR / VERC)

**Birsa Munda Airport** (IATA: IXR, ICAO: VERC) is a medium airport in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It has one runway, 2,699 m (8,855 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IXR / VERC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
- Elevation: 655 m / 2,148 ft
- Coordinates: 23.3143, 85.3217
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,699 m / 8,855 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/ranchi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birsa_Munda_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598231
- Weather station: VERC · WMO 42701
- Ident: VERC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,699 m / 8,855 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (11)

- [PAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vept.md) Jay Prakash Narayan Airport · India · 254 km / 158 mi · IndiGo
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 328 km / 204 mi · IndiGo
- [BBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebs.md) Biju Patnaik International Airport · India · 344 km / 214 mi · IndiGo
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · India · 588 km / 365 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 987 km / 613 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,008 km / 626 mi · IndiGo
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 1,270 km / 789 mi · IndiGo
- [PNQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vapo.md) Pune International Airport · India · 1,295 km / 805 mi · IndiGo
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,297 km / 806 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,373 km / 853 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,382 km / 859 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 11

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,699 m / 8,855 ft | #1,937 of 29,858 | #606 in Asia | #80 in IN |
| Elevation | 655 m / 2,148 ft | =8,221 of 43,403 | #661 in Asia | #36 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | RANCHI TWR | 118.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [IXW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vejs.md) Sonari Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [DBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedb.md) Dhanbad Airport · 126 km / 79 mi
- [RRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/verk.md) Rourkela Airport · 129 km / 80 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: “Birsa Munda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birsa_Munda_Airport&oldid=1364735107), revision of 18 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/verc/data