AirportsBiju Patnaik International Airport is a large airport serving Bhubaneswar, in Odisha, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BBI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BBI
- ICAO code
- VEBS
- City
- Bhubaneswar
- State or region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 20.2510° N, 85.8147° E
- Elevation
- 42 m (138 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,744 m (9,003 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BBI means Biju Patnaik International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VEBS. 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 20.2510° N, 85.8147° E. It stands 42 metres (138 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
Biju Patnaik International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,744 metres (9,003 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 45.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,744 m 9,003 ft | 46 m | Bitumen | Yes |
| 05/23 | 1,379 m 4,524 ft | 46 m | Bitumen | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jharsuguda Airport | JRG | 260 km |
| Utkela AirportBhawanipatna | UKE | 275 km |
| Birsa Munda AirportRanchi | IXR | 344 km |
| Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag)Visakhapatnam | VTZ | 351 km |
| Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportKolkata | CCU | 382 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,277 km | 2 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,361 km | 2 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,164 km | 4 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,008 km | 10 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,923 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,466 km | 16 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,884 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,498 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,169 km | 11 h 35 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.
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