# Bhatinda Air Force Station (BUP / VIBT)

**Bhatinda Air Force Station** (IATA: BUP, ICAO: VIBT) is a medium airport in Punjab, India. It opened in 1975. It has one runway, 2,804 m (9,200 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BUP / VIBT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Punjab, India
- Opened: 1975 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 202 m / 662 ft
- Coordinates: 30.2701, 74.7558
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,804 m / 9,200 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathinda_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4869031
- Weather station: VIBT
- Ident: VIBT

## Timeline

- 1975: Bhatinda Air Force Station opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,804 m / 9,200 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 296 km / 184 mi · Alliance Air
- [HDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidx.md) Hindon Airport / Hindon Air Force Station · India · 306 km / 190 mi · FlyBig

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 9I [Alliance Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-air) · 1
- [FlyBig](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flybig) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,804 m / 9,200 ft | =1,603 of 29,858 | =455 in Asia | #40 in IN |
| Elevation | 202 m / 662 ft | =24,135 of 43,403 | #1,350 in Asia | #165 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =366 in Asia | =42 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VISA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/visa.md) Sirsa Air Force Station · 82 km / 51 mi
- [HWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vihx.md) Halwara International Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [LUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vild.md) Ludhiana Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · 143 km / 89 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: “Bathinda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bathinda_Airport&oldid=1375433366), revision of 17 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/vibt/data