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International airport in Visakhapatnam, India

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Visakhapatnam Airport

IATA: VTZ
ICAO: VOVZ

Summary

Airport type

Military/Public

Owner

Indian Navy

Operator

Serves

Visakhapatnam

Location

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Elevation AMSL

3 m / 10 ft

Coordinates

17°43′16″N 083°13′28″E / 17.72111°N 83.22444°E / 17.72111; 83.22444

Website

Vishakhapatnam Airport

Map

VTZShow map of Visakhapatnam

VTZShow map of Andhra Pradesh

VTZShow map of India

VTZShow map of Asia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
10/28	3,050	10,007	Asphalt
05/23	1,829	6,000	Asphalt

Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)

Passengers	2,788,665 ( 11.5%)
Aircraft movements	20,071 ( 4.2%)
Cargo tonnage	4,032 ( 9.1%)

Source: AAI

Visakhapatnam Airport (IATA: VTZ, ICAO: VOVZ), officially known as Visakhapatnam International Airport, is a customs airport in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It also operates as a civil enclave on an Indian Navy airbase named INS Dega. It lies between the city localities of NAD X Road and Gajuwaka. The airport covers an area of 350 acres. The airport has experienced significant growth since the beginning of the 21st century, with the construction of a new terminal and runway and the commencing of international flights.

History

In 1981, the airport commenced civilian operations with one flight per day. The original runway was 6,000 ft (1,800 m) long. A new 10,007 ft (3,050 m) long and 45 m (148 ft) wide runway was inaugurated on 15 June 2007 to accommodate medium-sized and wide-body aircraft, with the installation and calibration of an instrument landing system (ILS) on Runway 28 as well. Used initially only for military operations, the ILS became operational for commercial aircraft from 30 March 2008. A new terminal building was inaugurated on 20 February 2009 and became operational on 27 March that year.

On 17 November 2011, the ICAO airport code was changed from VEVZ to VOVZ.

In September 2022, the Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Limited (APADCL) and Indian Navy officials have signed a MOU in New Delhi to move the civilian operations of Visakhapatnam Airport to the new Bhogapuram facility. The existing Visakhapatnam Airport is spread across 300 acres, out of which 170 acres will be handed over to the Indian Navy and the remaining 130 acres to Airport Authority of India (AAI) as per the MOU rules. Before the new airport gets completed at least by 2025, a new terminal has been proposed by the AAI, which will be built at a cost of ₹ 240 crore, and will have four additional parking bays as part of a new apron. The new terminal is a part of the next 5-year plan of the airport.

Facilities

Structure

The passenger terminal can handle 700 arriving and 1300 departing passengers. It covers an area of 31,400 square meters. The airport has a total of 18 parking bays.

Runways

The airport has two runways.

Runway 10/28: 3,050 by 45 metres (10,007 ft × 148 ft), ILS CAT-1 equipped in Runway 28.
Runway 05/23: 1,829 by 45 metres (6,001 ft × 148 ft)

Terminals

The passenger terminal was opened in 2009 and can handle 2 million passengers per annum. After seeing greater number of footfall, AAI started upgrading present terminal on either sides adding 10,000 m (110,000 sq ft) to existing structure, making total area to 31,000 m (330,000 sq ft). The terminal has 20 check-in counters which include 11 immigration and nine customs counters. The terminal has three aero-bridges. Also there are plans to increase new services, check-in counters, immigration counters, parking bays to present terminal. Also, a new taxiway numbered N5, was opened in terminal to increase flight movements per hour to 15.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Air India	Delhi, Mumbai, Port Blair
Air India Express	Bangalore, Hyderabad
IndiaOne Air	Jeypore
IndiGo	Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Goa–Mopa, Kadapa, Kolkata, Kurnool, Mumbai, Pune, Tirupati, Vijayawada
Scoot	Singapore
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at VTZ airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger traffic and aircraft movements at Visakhapatnam Airport
Year	Passenger traffic		Aircraft movement
Year	Passengers	Percent change	Aircraft movements	Percent change
2018	2,815,205	+16.8%	23,264	+21.2%
2017	2,409,712	+5.8%	19,193	+1.0%
2016	2,277,335	+44.4%	19,007	+23.7%
2015	1,577,497	+49.4%	15,361	+42.2%
2014	1,056,096	+5.9%	10,804	−8.8%
2013	1,025,396	−1.8%	11,846	−25.5%
2012	1,044,906	+19.0%	15,896	+10.6%
2011	878,000	+29.4%	14,367	+25.9%
2010	678,255	+8.4%	11,413	−5.8%
2009	625,767		12,115

INS Dega naval base

Main article: INS Dega

The Indian Navy started aviation operations in Visakhapatnam in the late 1970s, with construction of four helipads adjacent to the civil airfield. The airport at Visakhapatnam was transferred to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in 1981. Additional hangars, maintenance facilities, and an operations complex were constructed soon after. The air station was called "Naval Air Station, Visakhapatnam".

On 21 October 1991, the air station was renamed and formally commissioned as INS Dega. The base has two aprons and is home to several squadrons: INAS 311, INAS 321, INAS 333, and INAS 350.

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External links

Official website

Airports in India

International

Western India	Ahmedabad Aurangabad Indore Mumbai Nagpur Nashik Pune Rajkot Shirdi Surat Vadodara
Eastern India	Bhubaneswar Gaya Guwahati Imphal Kolkata Patna Siliguri
Northern India	Amritsar Ayodhya Chandigarh Delhi Jaipur Kushinagar Lucknow Srinagar Varanasi
Southern India	Bengaluru Chennai Coimbatore Goa-Dabolim Goa-Mopa Hyderabad Kannur Kochi Kozhikode Madurai Mangalore Port Blair Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli Tirupati Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
^† Designated as customs airport by AAI; a limited number of international flights are permitted at some of these airports

Domestic/private

Central India

Chhattisgarh	Bhilai Bilaspur Jagdalpur Jashpur Korba Raigharh Raipur
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal Gwalior Jabalpur Khajuraho Panna Satna

Eastern India

Bihar	Darbhanga Munger Muzaffarpur Purnea Raxaul
Jharkhand	Bokaro Chakulia Deoghar Dhanbad Dumka Jamshedpur Ranchi
Odisha	Angul Balangir Barbil Bargarh Berhampur Baripada Bhawanipatna Dhenkanal Jajpur Jeypore Jharsuguda Kendujhar Lanjigarh Nuapada Phulbani Rairangpur Rayagada Rourkela Sambalpur Therubali
West Bengal	Asansol Balurghat Behala Cooch Behar Durgapur Malda Purulia

Northeastern India

Arunachal Pradesh	Along Daporijo Itanagar Pasighat Tezu Ziro
Assam	Dhubri Dibrugarh Jorhat North Lakhimpur Silchar Tezpur
Meghalaya	Shillong Tura
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Dimapur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tripura	Agartala Kamalpur Khowai

Northern India

Haryana	Bhiwani Hisar Karnal Narnaul Pinjore
Himachal Pradesh	Kangra Kullu–Manali Shimla
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu Kishtwar Poonch Rajouri
Ladakh	Kargil Leh
Punjab	Bathinda Ludhiana Pathankot
Rajasthan	Bikaner Ganganagar Jaisalmer Jhalawar Jodhpur Kishangarh Kota Udaipur
Uttarakhand	Chinyalisaur Dehradun Pantnagar Pithoragarh
Uttar Pradesh	Agra Aligarh Azamgarh Bareilly Chitrakoot Ghaziabad Gorakhpur Kanpur Prayagraj Shravasti

Southern India

Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa Kurnool Nagarjuna Sagar Puttaparthi Rajahmundry
Karnataka	Belgaum Bidar Kalaburagi Hubli Mysore Shivamogga Toranagallu
Lakshadweep	Agatti
Puducherry	Pondicherry
Tamil Nadu	Salem Tuticorin Vellore

Western India

Daman and Diu	Daman Diu
Gujarat	Bhavnagar Bhuj Deesa Jamnagar Kandla Keshod Mehsana Mundra Porbandar
Maharashtra	Aamby Valley Akola Baramati Chandrapur Dhule Hadapsar Jalgaon Karad Kolhapur Latur Mumbai Juhu Nanded Osmanabad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Solapur Yavatmal

Proposed

International

East	Jamshedpur Puri
North	Ludhiana Mandi Noida
South	Bhogapuram Kottayam Parandur Thiruvambady
West	Dholera Navi Mumbai Purandar, Pune

Domestic

South	Bellary (new) Bijapur Hassan Karaikal Karwar Kothagudem Nellore Nizamabad Ramagundam Warangal
East	Dhamra Kailashahar Kohima Purnea Vuakmual
West	Ankleshwar Chandrapur Kota greenfield
North	Ghazipur Chaukhutia Gauchar Kishtwar Moradabad Meerut Muirpur (Sonbhadra) Palia Raebareli Saharanpur
Central	Ambikapur Datia Lalitpur Rewa

Military

Indian Air Force

Western Air Command	Adampur AFS Ambala AFS Amritsar AFS Awantipur AFS Bathinda AFS Chandigarh AFS Halwara AFS Hindan AFS Leh AFS Palam AFS Pathankot AFS Sarsawa AFS Siachen Glacier AFS Sirsa AFS Srinagar AFS Udhampur AFS
Eastern Air Command	Agartala AFS Bagdogra AFS Barapani AFS Barrackpore AFS Chabua AFS Charbatia AFS Dum Dum AFS Hasimara AFS Jorhat AFS Kalaikunda AFS Kumbhigram AFS Mohanbari AFS Mountain Shadow AFS Panagarh AFS Purnea AFS Tawang AFS Tezpur AFS
Central Air Command	Agra AFS Bakshi Ka Talab AFS Bamrauli AFS Bangarmau AFS Bareilly AFS Bihta AFS Chakeri AFS Darbhanga AFS Gorakhpur AFS Maharajpur AFS
Southern Air Command	Coimbatore AFS Madurai AFS Tambaram AFS Thanjavur AFS
South Western Air Command	Bhuj AFS Jaisalmer AFS Jamnagar AFS Jodhpur AFS Lohegaon AFS Makarpura AFS Nal-Bikaner AFS Naliya AFS Phalodi AFS Suratgarh AFS Uttarlai AFS
Training Command	Begumpet AFS Bidar AFS Dundigal AFS Hakimpet AFS Yelahanka AFS
Maintenance Command	Nagpur AFS Ojhar AFS

Indian Navy

Eastern Naval Command	Arakkonam INS Rajali Uchipuli INS Parundu Visakapatnam INS Dega
Western Naval Command	Dabolim INS Hansa Mumbai INS Shikra
Southern Naval Command	Kochi INS Garuda