Airports / India / VGA
Vijayawada International Airport
VOBZ / VGAVijayawada, IndiaELEV 82 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
67 nm
To the nearest alternate
Rajahmundry Airport (RJA).
Overview
Vijayawada International Airport (VOBZ / VGA) sits in Vijayawada, India, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 82 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 VGA for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Rajahmundry Airport (RJA, 67 nm), Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD, 143 nm), and Begumpet Airport (BPM, 145 nm).
Charter pricing from VGA depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Vijayawada.
Field capability
ICAO
VOBZ
IATA
VGA
FAA / Local
VOBZ
Elevation
82 ft
Coordinates
16.5300° N · 80.8049° 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 82 ft, VGA sits lower than 86% 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.
- 67nmRJARajahmundry AirportMadhurapudi
- 143nmHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportHyderabad
- 145nmBPMBegumpet AirportHyderabad
- 153nmVODGDundigul Air Force AcademyHyderabad
- 156nmVTZVisakhapatnam International AirportVisakhapatnam
- 160nmKJBKurnool AirportOrvakal
Location
Open the full mapVOBZ · Vijayawada International Airport · Vijayawada, India