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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Gorakhpur

Elevation AMSL
  
79 m / 259 ft

Code
  
GOP

Phone
  
0551 227 3485

Operator
  
Indian Air Force

Location
  
Gorakhpur

11/29
  
2,743

Elevation
  
79 m

Gorakhpur Airport

Address
  
Airport Area, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273002

Owner
  
Airports Authority of India

Similar
  
Gorakhpur Junction, Gorakhpur Cantonm Railway, Domingarh Railway Station, Kusmhi Railway Station, Madan Mohan Malaviya

Airindia 9809 landing in gorakhpur airport


Gorakhpur Airport (IATA: GOP, ICAO: VEGK) is an airport located in Gorakhpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Airports Authority of India operates it as a civil enclave at the Gorakhpur Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force. Distance to city from airport is 8 km, Gorakhpur Airport has a single building with a common arrival and departure hall.

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Infrastructure

Gorakhpur Airport has one runway that is designated 11/29 and has dimensions 2,743 by 46 metres (9,000 ft × 150 ft). The terminal can handle 18 arriving passengers and 18 departing passengers.

Airlines and destinations

As of February 2017, Air India Regional flies daily between Gorakhpur and Delhi. In addition, SpiceJet introduced daily flights from Gorakhpur to Delhi and Kolkata in October 2016.

References

Gorakhpur Airport Wikipedia