LKO

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport

ICAO VILK26.7606°N 80.8893°E125 m / 410 ftLarge airport
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Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (IATA: LKO, ICAO: VILK) is a large airport in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It opened in 1986. It has one runway, 2,742 m (8,996 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Airports Authority of India. In 2018 it handled 5.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1986–1986
1986
OpenedChaudhary Charan Singh International Airport opens.
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Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 2Terminal 1Terminal 3
09/27089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH2,742 m8,996 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEPaved

Passengers per year

2017–2018
4.5M
5.7M
1718

Routes

14 destinations · 6 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miDXN · Noida International Airport · 360 km / 224 miBHO · Raja Bhoj International Airport · 526 km / 327 miKQH · Kishangarh Airport Ajmer · 604 km / 375 miJRG · Jharsuguda Airport · 627 km / 390 miHYD · Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · 1,089 km / 677 miNMI · Navi Mumbai International Airport · 1,178 km / 732 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 1,184 km / 736 miBLR · Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · 1,544 km / 959 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 2,298 km / 1,428 miDMK · Don Mueang International Airport · 2,497 km / 1,552 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,552 km / 1,586 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 2,639 km / 1,640 miKUL · Kuala Lumpur International Airport · 3,471 km / 2,157 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 4,251 km / 2,641 miJEDKULAUHDMKBLRBOMHYDJRGKQHBHOMCTDXNDXBLKO
Year-round14
DXNNoida International AirportIndia · IndiGo360 km224 miBHORaja Bhoj International AirportIndia · IndiGo526 km327 miKQHKishangarh Airport AjmerIndia · Star Air (India)604 km375 miJRGJharsuguda AirportIndia · Star Air (India)627 km390 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · Star Air (India)1,089 km677 miNMINavi Mumbai International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air1,178 km732 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Akasa Air1,184 km736 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · Akasa Air1,544 km959 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · SalamAir2,298 km1,428 miDMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Thai AirAsia2,497 km1,552 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, IndiGo2,552 km1,586 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · IndiGo2,639 km1,640 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · AirAsia3,471 km2,157 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia4,251 km2,641 mi
Most destinationsIndiGo 5Star Air (India) 3Akasa Air 3SalamAir 1Thai AirAsia 1flydubai 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LKO. From the Wikipedia article “Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers5.7M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#311of 3,974 · #93 Asia · #6 INLongest runway2,742 m8,996 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,852of 29,823 · #574 Asia · #73 INElevation125 m410 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,793of 43,341 · =1,585 Asia · =195 INAgeOpened 19862026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,009of 15,079 · =432 Asia · #47 INRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =22 IN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP120.450
ATISATIS126.800
TWRTWR118.600
GND120.450