# Vijayawada International Airport (VGA / VOBZ)

**Vijayawada International Airport** (IATA: VGA, ICAO: VOBZ) is a large airport in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It has one runway, 3,360 m (11,023 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VGA / VOBZ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Elevation: 25 m / 82 ft
- Coordinates: 16.5300, 80.8049
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,360 m / 11,023 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/vijayawada
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayawada_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432474
- Weather station: VOBZ · WMO 43181
- Ident: VOBZ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,360 m / 11,023 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 079° / 259° | yes |

## Routes

12 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (12)

- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 264 km / 164 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [KJB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voku.md) Kurnool Airport · India · 296 km / 184 mi · IndiGo
- [CDP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocp.md) Kadapa Airport · India · 313 km / 194 mi · IndiGo
- [VTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vovi.md) Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag) · India · 328 km / 204 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [TIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votp.md) Tirupati International Airport · India · 350 km / 217 mi · IndiGo
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 400 km / 249 mi · IndiGo
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 498 km / 309 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 887 km / 551 mi · IndiGo, Air India
- [VNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebn.md) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · India · 1,015 km / 631 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,390 km / 864 mi · IndiGo, Air India
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,797 km / 1,738 mi · Air India Express
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 3,049 km / 1,895 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 11
- IX [Air India Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india-express) · 4
- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,360 m / 11,023 ft | =642 of 29,858 | #199 in Asia | #19 in IN |
| Elevation | 25 m / 82 ft | =37,619 of 43,403 | =2,393 in Asia | #272 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

- [RJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vory.md) Rajahmundry Airport · 125 km / 78 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: “Vijayawada Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vijayawada_Airport&oldid=1376725367), revision of 25 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/vobz/data