Airports / India / KNU
Kanpur Airport
VECX / KNUKanpur, IndiaELEV 410 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
33 nm
To the nearest alternate
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO).
Overview
Kanpur Airport (VECX / KNU) is a mid-sized airport serving Kanpur, India. The field lies at an elevation of 410 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
KNU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO, 33 nm), Prayagraj Airport (IXD, 92 nm), and Maharshi Valmiki International Airport (AYJ, 96 nm).
Quotes for flights out of KNU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as VECX (IAF Stn) and Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Airport. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from KNU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
VECX
IATA
KNU
FAA / Local
VEKA
Elevation
410 ft
Coordinates
26.4043° N · 80.4101° 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 410 ft, KNU sits lower than 59% 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.
- 33nmLKOChaudhary Charan Singh International AirportLucknow
- 92nmIXDPrayagraj AirportAllahabad
- 96nmAYJMaharshi Valmiki International AirportFaizabad
- 99nmHJRKhajuraho AirportKhajuraho
- 118nmGWLGwalior AirportGwalior
- 122nmKEPNepalgunj AirportNepalgunj
Location
Open the full mapVICX · Kanpur Airport · Kanpur, India