Airports / India / AKD
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
38 nm
To the nearest alternate
Amravati Airport (AVR).
Overview
Akola Airport, listed as VAAK / AKD, is a mid-sized airport in Akola, India. The field lies at an elevation of 999 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
AKD has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Amravati Airport (AVR, 38 nm), Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Airport (IN-0369, 68 nm), and Nanded Airport (NDC, 92 nm).
Quotes for flights out of AKD vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Shioni Airport. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from AKD, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
VAAK
IATA
AKD
FAA / Local
VAAK
Elevation
999 ft
Coordinates
20.6989° N · 77.0569° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs India fields
state range 5–10,682 ft
At 999 ft, AKD sits higher than 67% of the 139 India fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 38nmAVRAmravati AirportAmravati
- 68nmIN-0369Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal AirportYavatmal
- 92nmNDCNanded AirportNanded
- 106nmIXUAurangabad AirportAurangabad
- 114nmNAGDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International AirportNagpur
- 140nmIDRDevi Ahilya Bai Holkar International AirportIndore
Location
Open the full mapVAAK · Akola Airport · Akola, India