Varanasi Airport

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Varanasi Airport
वाराणसी हवाईअड्डा
بنارس بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا
Babatpur Airport बाबतपुर हवाई अड्डा
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
The facade of Varansi Airport, Varanasi.jpg
IATA: VNS – ICAO: VIBN
VNS is located in Uttar Pradesh
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VNS
Location of airport in Uttar Pradesh
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Location Varanasi, India
Elevation AMSL 266 ft / 81 m
Coordinates 25°27′08″N 082°51′34″E / 25.45222°N 82.85944°E / 25.45222; 82.85944
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 9,006 2,745 Asphalt
Statistics (Apr '10 - Mar '11)
Passenger movements 556,851
Aircraft movements 5,880
Cargo tonnage 422
Source: AAI [1][2][3]

Varanasi Airport (IATA: VNS, ICAO: VIBN) (Hindi: वाराणसी हवाईअड्डा also known as Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport is a public airport located at Babatpur 18 km (11 mi) northwest of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi Airport was officially renamed as Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in October 2005.[4]

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air India Delhi, Gaya, Kathmandu, Khajuraho, Lucknow, Mumbai
Jet Airways Delhi, Khajuraho, Kolkata
Kingfisher Airlines Delhi, Khajuraho, Mumbai
Buddha Air Kathmandu [begins 1 March 2012][5]
Mihin Lanka Colombo
SpiceJet Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Thai Smile Seasonal: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi [Begins 1 October 2012]

[edit] Gallery

  • Inside Old Varanasi airport

  • Outside Old airport terminal, 2008

  • Jet airways at Varanasi Airport

  • Parking bay at the airport

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex3.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex2.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex4.pdf
  4. ^ "Varanasi Airport renamed". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 20 October 2005. http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=12805&kwd. 
  5. ^ http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2012/jan/jan30/news06.php

[edit] External links

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International
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Ahmedabad: Sardar Patel Airport • Amritsar: Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee Airport (Raja Sansi)¹ • Bangalore: Bengaluru Airport (Devanahalli) • Chennai (Madras): Chennai Airport (Meenambakkam) • Coimbatore Airport (Peelamedu)¹ • Delhi: Indira Gandhi Airport (Palam) • Gaya Airport¹ • Goa: Dabolim Airport¹ • Guwahati: Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (Borjhar)¹ • Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi Airport (Shamshabad) • Jaipur: Sanganer Airport¹ • Kochi (Cochin): Cochin Airport (Nedumbassery) • Kolkata (Calcutta): Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (Dum Dum) • Kozhikode (Calicut): Calicut Airport (Karipur) • Lucknow: Amausi Airport¹ • Mangalore Airport (Bajpe)¹ • Mumbai (Bombay): Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Sahar) • Nagpur: Babasaheb Ambedkar Airport (Sonegaon)¹ • Pune Airport (Lohegaon)¹ • Siliguri: Bagdogra Airport¹ • Srinagar: Sheikh ul Alam Airport¹ • Trichy: Tiruchirapalli Airport¹ • Trivandrum Airport • Varanasi (Benares): Babatpur Airport¹

  • Note: ¹ Designated as a "restricted international airport" ("customs airport"); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports.
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