# Mangaluru International Airport (IXE / VOML)

**Mangaluru International Airport** (IATA: IXE, ICAO: VOML) is a large airport in Mangaluru, Karnataka, India. It opened in 1951. It has one runway, 2,449 m (8,035 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IXE / VOML
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
- Opened: 1951
- Elevation: 103 m / 337 ft
- Coordinates: 12.9547, 74.8868
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,449 m / 8,035 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.adani.com/mangaluru-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalore_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290527
- Weather station: VOML · WMO 43284
- Ident: VOML

## Timeline

- 1951: Mangaluru International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,449 m / 8,035 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 572 km / 355 mi · IndiGo
- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 698 km / 434 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,750 km / 1,087 mi · IndiGo
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,480 km / 1,541 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,449 m / 8,035 ft | #2,668 of 29,858 | #864 in Asia | #93 in IN |
| Elevation | 103 m / 337 ft | =30,450 of 43,403 | #1,697 in Asia | #212 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =194 in Asia | #26 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | ACC | 127.550 |
| APP | APP | 122.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [RQY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0301.md) Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport · 128 km / 79 mi
- [IN-0390](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0390.md) Kannur Heliport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [CNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vokn.md) Kannur International Airport · 136 km / 84 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: “Mangalore International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mangalore_International_Airport&oldid=1376803665), revision of 26 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/voml/data