IXZ

Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh

ICAO VOPB11.6402°N 92.7290°E4 m / 13 ftLarge airport
On the map

Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB) is a large airport in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It opened on 20 Jan 2005. It has one runway, 3,290 m (10,795 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Indian Navy.

Timeline

1 event · 2005–2005
20 JAN 2005
OpenedVeer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
New Terminal
04/22036° / 216° · LIT
LENGTH3,290 m10,795 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

6 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsIndiGo 5Akasa Air 2Air India 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IXZ. From the Wikipedia article “Veer Savarkar International Airport” (revision of 5 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,290 m10,795 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#745of 29,823 · #223 Asia · #21 INElevation4 m13 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,021of 43,341 · =3,037 Asia · =295 INAgeOpened 20052026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,087of 15,079 · =597 Asia · #61 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
A/GRDO658.300
APPAPP118.100
ATISATIS126.400
TWRTWR123.500