Airports / India / GAU
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
VEGT / GAUGuwahati, IndiaELEV 162 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
32 nm
To the nearest alternate
Shillong Airport (SHL).
Overview
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (VEGT / GAU) is a large commercial airport serving Guwahati, India. The field lies at an elevation of 162 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
GAU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Shillong Airport (SHL, 32 nm), Osmany International Airport (ZYL, 70 nm), and Tezpur Airport (TEZ, 74 nm).
Quotes for flights out of GAU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Borjhar Airport and Mountain Shadow Air Force Station. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from GAU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
VEGT
IATA
GAU
FAA / Local
VEGT
Elevation
162 ft
Coordinates
26.1067° N · 91.5852° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs India fields
state range 5–10,682 ft
At 162 ft, GAU sits lower than 81% 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.
- 32nmSHLShillong AirportShillong
- 70nmZYLOsmany International AirportSylhet
- 74nmTEZTezpur Airport
- 76nmGLUGelephu AirportGelephu
- 104nmIXSSilchar AirportSilchar
- 110nmIXHKailashahar AirportKailashahar
Location
Open the full mapVEGT · Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · Guwahati, India