Airports / India / BLR
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru
VOBL / BLRBengaluru, IndiaELEV 3,000 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
15 nm
To the nearest alternate
HAL Airport (VOBG).
Overview
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, listed as VOBL / BLR, is a large commercial airport in Bengaluru, India. The airport sits 3,000 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 BLR for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are HAL Airport (VOBG, 15 nm), Sri Sathya Sai Airport (PUT, 57 nm), and Mysore Airport (MYQ, 85 nm).
Charter pricing from BLR depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Bangalore. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Bengaluru.
Field capability
ICAO
VOBL
IATA
BLR
FAA / Local
VOBL
Elevation
3,000 ft
Coordinates
13.1979° N · 77.7063° 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 3,000 ft, BLR sits higher 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.
- 15nmVOBGHAL AirportBangalore
- 57nmPUTSri Sathya Sai AirportPuttaparthi
- 85nmMYQMysore AirportMysore
- 88nmSXVSalem AirportSalem
- 100nmCDPKadapa AirportKadapa
- 110nmTIRTirupati International AirportTirupati
Location
Open the full mapVOBL · Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · Bengaluru, India