Airports / India / UKE
Utkela Airport
VEUK / UKEBhawanipatna, IndiaELEV 685 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
104 nm
To the nearest alternate
Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR).
Overview
Utkela Airport, listed as VEUK / UKE, is a mid-sized airport in Bhawanipatna, India. The airport sits 685 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 UKE for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR, 104 nm), Bilaspur Airport (PAB, 128 nm), and Visakhapatnam International Airport (VTZ, 143 nm).
Charter pricing from UKE depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Bhawanipatna.
Field capability
ICAO
VEUK
IATA
UKE
FAA / Local
VEUK
Elevation
685 ft
Coordinates
20.0978° N · 83.1833° 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 685 ft, UKE sits higher than 53% 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.
- 104nmRPRSwami Vivekananda AirportRaipur
- 128nmPABBilaspur AirportBilaspur
- 143nmVTZVisakhapatnam International AirportVisakhapatnam
- 149nmBBIBiju Patnaik International AirportBhubaneswar
- 159nmRRKRourkela AirportRourkela
- 174nmAHAMaa Mahamaya AirportAmbikapur
Location
Open the full mapVEUK · Utkela Airport · Bhawanipatna, India