AirportsSardar Vallabh Patel International Airport is a large airport serving Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AMD.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AMD
- ICAO code
- VAAH
- City
- Ahmedabad
- State or region
- Gujarat
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 23.0772° N, 72.6347° E
- Elevation
- 58 m (189 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,505 m (11,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AMD means Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VAAH. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 23.0772° N, 72.6347° E. It stands 58 metres (189 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kolkata, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,505 metres (11,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 14.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,505 m 11,499 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vadodara International AirportVadodara | BDQ | 102 km |
| Bhavnagar AirportBhavnagar | BHU | 154 km |
| Rajkot International AirportRajkot | HSR | 181 km |
| Maharana Pratap AirportUdaipur | UDR | 214 km |
| Surat International AirportSurat | STV | 218 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 755 km | 1 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 444 km | 1 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,767 km | 2 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,867 km | 8 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,125 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,568 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,157 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,535 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,437 km | 13 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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