# Gwalior Airport (GWL / VIGR)

**Gwalior Airport** (IATA: GWL, ICAO: VIGR) is a medium airport in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GWL / VIGR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Opened: 1940 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 188 m / 617 ft
- Coordinates: 26.2933, 78.2278
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwalior_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2247561
- Weather station: VIGR · WMO 42361
- Ident: VIGR

## Timeline

- 1940: Gwalior Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 061° / 241° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 275 km / 171 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 669 km / 416 mi · Akasa Air
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 971 km / 603 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 2
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 2

## 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 | 188 m / 617 ft | =25,029 of 43,403 | =1,391 in Asia | #177 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =111 in Asia | =12 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [VI76](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi76.md) Band Tal Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [IN-0370](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0370.md) Gunna Ka Pura · 59 km / 37 mi
- [VIJN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vijn.md) Jhansi Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [AGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viag.md) Agra Airport / Agra Air Force Station · 100 km / 62 mi
- [VI00](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi00.md) Saifai Airport · 108 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: “Gwalior Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gwalior_Airport&oldid=1373030029), revision of 3 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/vigr/data