# Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh (IXZ / VOPB)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IXZ / VOPB
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Indian Navy
- Serves: Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
- Opened: 20 Jan 2005
- Elevation: 4 m / 13 ft
- Coordinates: 11.6402, 92.7290
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,290 m / 10,795 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/portblair
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veer_Savarkar_International_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937462
- Weather station: VOPB
- Ident: VOPB

## Timeline

- 20 Jan 2005: Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,290 m / 10,795 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 036° / 216° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 1,306 km / 812 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 1,373 km / 853 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,640 km / 1,019 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,660 km / 1,031 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 2,282 km / 1,418 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,485 km / 1,544 mi · Air India

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 5
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 2
- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,290 m / 10,795 ft | #744 of 29,858 | #221 in Asia | #21 in IN |
| Elevation | 4 m / 13 ft | =42,081 of 43,403 | =3,032 in Asia | =296 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2005 | =12,076 of 15,079 | =596 in Asia | #61 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 658.300 |
| APP | APP | 118.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Veer Savarkar International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veer_Savarkar_International_Airport&oldid=1373302245), revision of 5 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/vopb/data