AirportsDarbhanga Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Darbhanga, in Bihar, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DBR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DBR
- ICAO code
- VEDH
- City
- Darbhanga
- State or region
- Bihar
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 26.1928° N, 85.9169° E
- Elevation
- 48 m (156 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,743 m (9,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DBR means Darbhanga Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VEDH. 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 26.1928° N, 85.9169° E. It stands 48 metres (156 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Muzaffarpur, about 53 km away in a straight line.
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
Darbhanga Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,743 metres (9,000 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 48.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Janakpur AirportJanakpur, Nepal | JKR | 57 km |
| Jay Prakash Narayan AirportPatna | PAT | 107 km |
| Biratnagar AirportBiratnagar, Nepal | BIR | 138 km |
| Simara AirportSimara, Nepal | SIF | 142 km |
| Tribhuvan International AirportKathmandu, Nepal | KTM | 176 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 910 km | 1 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,553 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,055 km | 4 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,520 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,293 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,853 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,372 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,182 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,593 km | 12 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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