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Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
VEPT / PATPatna, IndiaELEV 170 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
34 nm
To the nearest alternate
Muzaffarpur Airport (MZU).
Overview
Jay Prakash Narayan Airport, listed as VEPT / PAT, is a mid-sized airport in Patna, India. The airport sits 170 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into PAT for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Muzaffarpur Airport (MZU, 34 nm), Gaya Airport (GAY, 51 nm), and Darbhanga Airport (DBR, 58 nm).
Charter pricing from PAT depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Lok Nayah Jayprakash. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Patna.
Field capability
ICAO
VEPT
IATA
PAT
FAA / Local
VEPT
Elevation
170 ft
Coordinates
25.5913° N · 85.0880° 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
Yes
Elevation vs India fields
state range 5–10,682 ft
At 170 ft, PAT sits lower than 79% 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.
- 34nmMZUMuzaffarpur AirportMuzaffarpur
- 51nmGAYGaya AirportGaya
- 58nmDBRDarbhanga AirportDarbhanga
- 81nmJKRJanakpur AirportJanakpur
- 96nmKBKKushinagar International AirportKushinagar
- 112nmGOPGorakhpur AirportGorakhpur
Location
Open the full mapVEPT · Jay Prakash Narayan Airport · Patna, India