Airports / India / IXW
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
56 nm
To the nearest alternate
Birsa Munda Airport (IXR).
Overview
Sonari Airport (VEJS / IXW) is a mid-sized airport serving Jamshedpur, India. The airport sits 475 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into IXW for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Birsa Munda Airport (IXR, 56 nm), Dhanbad Airport (DBD, 63 nm), and Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (RDP, 77 nm).
Charter pricing from IXW depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Jamshedpur.
Field capability
ICAO
VEJS
IATA
IXW
FAA / Local
VEJS
Elevation
475 ft
Coordinates
22.8137° N · 86.1690° 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 475 ft, IXW sits lower than 55% 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.
- 56nmIXRBirsa Munda AirportRanchi
- 63nmDBDDhanbad Airport
- 77nmRDPKazi Nazrul Islam AirportDurgapur
- 80nmVEPHPanagarh Air Force Station
- 82nmRRKRourkela AirportRourkela
- 127nmCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportKolkata
Location
Open the full mapVEJS · Sonari Airport · Jamshedpur, India