SXR

Srinagar International Airport

ICAO VISR33.9871°N 74.7742°E1,655 m / 5,429 ftLarge airport
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Srinagar International Airport (IATA: SXR, ICAO: VISR) is a large airport in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It opened in 1979. It has one runway, 3,685 m (12,090 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Timeline

2 events · 1971–1979
30 JAN 1971
Disaster1971 Indian Airlines hijacking.
1979
OpenedSrinagar International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport
13/31136° / 316° · LIT
LENGTH3,685 m12,090 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSpiceJet 2Akasa Air 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SXR. From the Wikipedia article “Srinagar Airport” (revision of 14 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,685 m12,090 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#294of 29,823 · #86 Asia · #9 INElevation1,655 m5,429 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#1,538of 43,341 · #230 Asia · #9 INAgeOpened 19792026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,900of 15,079 · =393 Asia · #45 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

2 channels
A/GRDO893.900
TWRTWR127.900