# Nal Airport (BKB / VIBK)

**Nal Airport** (IATA: BKB, ICAO: VIBK) is a medium airport in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. It opened in 1964. It has one runway, 2,731 m (8,960 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BKB / VIBK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
- Opened: 1964 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 229 m / 750 ft
- Coordinates: 28.0706, 73.2072
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,731 m / 8,960 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikaner_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6960765
- Weather station: VIBK
- Ident: VIBK

## Timeline

- 1964: Nal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,731 m / 8,960 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 384 km / 239 mi · IndiGo, Alliance Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 9I [Alliance Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-air) · 1
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,731 m / 8,960 ft | #1,866 of 29,858 | #580 in Asia | #78 in IN |
| Elevation | 229 m / 750 ft | =22,367 of 43,403 | =1,278 in Asia | =151 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =299 in Asia | =37 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VI73](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi73.md) Nagaur Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [VA2A](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va2a.md) Phalodi Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [VIPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vipx.md) Phalodi Air Force Station · 145 km / 90 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: “Bikaner Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bikaner_Airport&oldid=1365439178), revision of 22 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/vibk/data