Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
IATA: NAG ICAO: VANP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Airports Authority of India
Operator	GMR Group & MIHAN India Private Limited (MIPL)
Serves	Nagpur
Location	Sonegaon, Maharashtra, India
Focus city for	IndiGo
Elevation AMSL	315 m / 1,033 ft
Coordinates	21°05′32″N 79°02′50″E / 21.09222°N 79.04722°E / 21.09222; 79.04722
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 3,200 10,498 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers 2,794,427 ( 8.9%) Aircraft movements 22,002 ( 7.6%) Cargo tonnage 7,994 ( 13%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (IATA: NAG, ICAO: VANP) is an international airport serving the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. The airport is located at Sonegaon, 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Nagpur. The airport covers an area of 1,355 acres (548 hectares). In 2005, it was named after B. R. Ambedkar,^[4] the chief architect of the Constitution of India and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India. The airport handled 27,94,427 passenger in year 2023-24, making it 26th busiest airport in India. The airport handles around 8,000 passengers per day and caters to four domestic airlines and two international airlines connecting Nagpur to Sharjah, Doha, and 14 domestic destinations. The airport spread over 1,460 acres is also home to Nagpur Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force. Growth in passenger traffic is fuelled by passengers traveling to and from the state capital Mumbai, located over 700 km (378 mi) away and the national capital Delhi. The airport has one terminal and has two aerobridges.