Visakhapatnam Airport
(IATA code: VTZ - ICAO code: VEVZ)
Growth at Vizag airport, a naval air station (INS Dega), was a few decades ago bogged by inadequate landing facilities for jet aircraft due to a short runway and the lack of ILS navigation facilities. This changed in 2007 with the opening of a new 10 000 ft runway with ILS landing facilities. Direct international connections include Bangkok (Don Mueang) served by Thai AirAsia, Kuala Lumpur (Air Asia) and Singapore (Scoot). On the domestic front, Air India, Air India Express, IndiaOne Air and IndiGo provide direct air services to over a dozen destinations across India.
As for passenger facilities, A new 22 000 m² passenger terminal (ca 8 times the size of the old terminal), constructed at a cost of ₹ 970 m, was inaugurated in 2009 and saw later on a further expansion adding up to over 31 000 m² of floor area. The contemporary glass and steel terminal features three aerobridges. The old terminal building is used as a cargo terminal. Vizag airport handled 2.8 million passengers and just over 20 000 civil aircraft movements (averaging 55 per day) in the year ended March 2024.
All commercial airline operations will be shifted to the newly built airport (Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport) at Bhogapuram, located around 40 km northeast of Visakhapatnam, from Aug 17 onwards. The new airport will retain the present IATA/ICAO codes.
| Visakhapatnam Airport Photo Gallery |
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 A pair of Indian/Alliance Air Boeing 737-200 classics. |
 The new terminal under construction (June 2007). |
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 Boeing 737-200's were previously used on flights from Vizag to Mumbai, Delhi, Raipur, Hyderabad and Chennai. Air India now operates Airbus A319/A320 jet and ATR-72 turboprop aircraft on flights to Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Port Blair, Tirupati and Vijayawada. |