Airports / India / VTZ
Visakhapatnam International Airport
VOVZ / VTZVisakhapatnam, IndiaELEV 15 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
89 nm
To the nearest alternate
Rajahmundry Airport (RJA).
Overview
Visakhapatnam International Airport, listed as VOVZ / VTZ, is a large commercial airport in Visakhapatnam, India. The airport sits 15 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 VTZ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Rajahmundry Airport (RJA, 89 nm), Utkela Airport (UKE, 143 nm), and Vijayawada International Airport (VGA, 156 nm).
Charter pricing from VTZ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Visakhapatnam and Vizag. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Visakhapatnam.
Field capability
ICAO
VOVZ
IATA
VTZ
FAA / Local
VOVZ
Elevation
15 ft
Coordinates
17.7235° N · 83.2277° 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 15 ft, VTZ sits lower than 96% 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.
- 89nmRJARajahmundry AirportMadhurapudi
- 143nmUKEUtkela AirportBhawanipatna
- 156nmVGAVijayawada International AirportVijayawada
- 211nmBBIBiju Patnaik International AirportBhubaneswar
- 224nmRPRSwami Vivekananda AirportRaipur
- 264nmPABBilaspur AirportBilaspur
Location
Open the full mapVEVZ · Visakhapatnam International Airport · Visakhapatnam, India