# Pondicherry Airport (PNY / VOPC)

**Pondicherry Airport** (IATA: PNY, ICAO: VOPC) is a medium airport in Puducherry (Pondicherry), Pondicherry, India. It opened in 1989. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PNY / VOPC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Puducherry (Pondicherry), Pondicherry, India
- Opened: 1989 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 41 m / 134 ft
- Coordinates: 11.9680, 79.8120
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/puducherry
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3334432
- Weather station: VOPC
- Ident: VOPC

## Timeline

- 1989: Pondicherry Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 068° / 248° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 266 km / 165 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 604 km / 375 mi · IndiGo
- [RJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vory.md) Rajahmundry Airport · India · 611 km / 380 mi · IndiGo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =1,368 in Asia | #159 in IN |
| Elevation | 41 m / 134 ft | =35,764 of 43,403 | =2,164 in Asia | #261 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1989 | =9,515 of 15,079 | =450 in Asia | #51 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tower |  | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [NVY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vonv.md) Neyveli Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [VOTX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votx.md) Tambaram Air Force Station · 110 km / 68 mi
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [VOAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voar.md) INS Rajali / Arakkonam Naval Air Station · 123 km / 77 mi
- [VOVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vovr.md) Vellore Airport · 132 km / 82 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: “Pondicherry Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pondicherry_Airport&oldid=1376711837), 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/vopc/data