Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of India | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Varanasi | ||||||||||
| Location | Babatpur, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 270 ft / 82.30 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°27′08″N 082°51′34″E / 25.45222°N 82.85944°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Varanasi Airport | ||||||||||
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Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport (IATA: VNS, ICAO: VEBN) is an international airport serving Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located at Babatpur,[4] 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Varanasi. Formerly known as Varanasi Airport, it was officially renamed after Lal Bahadur Shastri, the 2nd Prime Minister of India, in October 2005.[5] It is the 20th-busiest airport in India in terms of passenger movement, and the second-busiest airport in Uttar Pradesh. The airport is awarded as the best airport in Asia-Pacific in 2020 (2 to 5 million passengers per annum) by Airports Council International.[6] It is the first airport in India to make announcements in Sanskrit language.[7]
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Varanasi". Airports Authority of India. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Varanasi Airport renamed". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 20 October 2005.. It acquired its position in India's major airports after more than 1.5 million passengers used the airport in 2017.
- ^ "2020 - Best Airport by Size and Region". ACI World. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Varanasi International Airport makes announcement in Sanskrit". The Times of India. 24 June 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 June 2024.