# Kanpur Airport (KNU / VECX)

**Kanpur Airport** (IATA: KNU, ICAO: VECX) is a medium airport in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KNU / VECX
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Elevation: 125 m / 410 ft
- Coordinates: 26.4043, 80.4101
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6364347
- Weather station: VICX · WMO 42367
- Ident: VICX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 405 km / 252 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,040 km / 646 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,122 km / 697 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,495 km / 929 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | =1,801 of 29,858 | =539 in Asia | =56 in IN |
| Elevation | 125 m / 410 ft | =28,829 of 43,403 | =1,586 in Asia | =196 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 122.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [VIKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vika.md) Kanpur Civil Airport (Old) · 6.1 km / 3.8 mi
- [VI75](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi75.md) IIT Kanpur Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [IN-0342](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0342.md) Marhamtabad Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [VIBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vibl.md) Bakshi Ka Talab Air Force Station · 81 km / 50 mi
- [VIRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/virb.md) Fursatganj Airport · 98 km / 61 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: “Kanpur Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanpur_Airport&oldid=1369787952), revision of 17 Aug 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/vicx/data