AirportsAlluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag) is a large airport serving Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VTZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VTZ
- ICAO code
- VOVI
- City
- Visakhapatnam
- State or region
- Andhra Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 17.9715° N, 83.5036° E
- Elevation
- 57 m (188 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,800 m (12,467 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VTZ means Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag). Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VOVI. 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 17.9715° N, 83.5036° E. It stands 57 metres (188 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
Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag) has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,800 metres (12,467 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 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,800 m 12,467 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jagdalpur AirportJagdalpur | JGB | 197 km |
| Rajahmundry AirportMadhurapudi | RJA | 203 km |
| Utkela AirportBhawanipatna | UKE | 239 km |
| Vijayawada International AirportVijayawada | VGA | 328 km |
| Biju Patnaik International AirportBhubaneswar | BBI | 351 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,346 km | 2 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,128 km | 1 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,012 km | 4 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,042 km | 10 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,088 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,793 km | 17 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,902 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,836 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,193 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.
Links
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