# Srinagar International Airport (SXR / VISR)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SXR / VISR
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Opened: 1979 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,655 m / 5,429 ft
- Coordinates: 33.9871, 74.7742
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,685 m / 12,090 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/srinagar
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinagar_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2247528
- Weather station: VISR
- Ident: VISR

## Timeline

- 30 Jan 1971: 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking.
- 1979: Srinagar International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,685 m / 12,090 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [IXJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viju.md) Jammu Airport · India · 144 km / 89 mi · SpiceJet
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 643 km / 400 mi · Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,667 km / 1,036 mi · Akasa Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 2
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,685 m / 12,090 ft | #294 of 29,858 | #86 in Asia | #9 in IN |
| Elevation | 1,655 m / 5,429 ft | #1,540 of 43,403 | #230 in Asia | #9 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =392 in Asia | #45 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 893.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 127.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [RAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oprt.md) Rawalakot Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [VIUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viux.md) Udhampur Air Force Station · 126 km / 78 mi
- [IXJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viju.md) Jammu Airport · 144 km / 90 mi
- [XJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opma.md) Mangla Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Srinagar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Srinagar_Airport&oldid=1369409469), revision of 14 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/visr/data