Airport details

Rajkot Airport

Rajkot, India Asia

IATA RAJ ICAO VARK 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
RAJ
ICAO
VARK
Elevation
441 ft / 134 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
6,040 ft / 1,841 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Asia/Calcutta
Coordinates
22.3092002869, 70.7795028687

Location

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Weather snapshot

Asia/Kolkata · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 08:15

Open-Meteo

Clear sky now, with temperatures around 22°C to 35°C (71°F to 94°F) today and up to 0% rain risk.

Current
Clear sky
Temperature
25°C
77°F
Humidity
46%
Wind
7 km/h 4 mph
Local time
08:18
Sunrise
06:54
Sunset
18:06

Today

Clear sky

22°C to 35°C 71°F to 94°F

Rain 0%
Wind 10 km/h 6 mph

Sun

Clear sky

22°C to 35°C 71°F to 95°F

Rain 0%
Wind 10 km/h 6 mph

Mon

Clear sky

21°C to 35°C 69°F to 95°F

Rain 0%
Wind 11 km/h 7 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

  • Air India Limited 2 routes
  • Air Sahara 2 routes
  • Jet Airways 2 routes

* Based on open route data and may be incomplete or outdated.

About

From Wikipedia

Rajkot Airport

Rajkot Airport(IATA:RAJ, ICAO:VARK) is a public airport serving the city of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). It was the 4th busiest airport in Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara until all scheduled commercial operations were shifted to Rajkot International Airport on 10 September 2023. As of 2026, the airport remains open for general aviation, including VIP/VVIP traffic.

In 2019, the AAI began building an apron for parking of four Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 type aircraft to reduce waiting time for passengers at the airport.

Due to the expansion of the city, the airport suffered from considerable capacity restraints because of the residential and commercial areas surrounding it. This rendered the plan to extend the runway beyond 1,800 meters infeasible, and the airport's hot climate compounded the airport's capacity constraints. As the airport was incapable of serving aircraft larger than Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 (which is the lar...

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Rajkot Airport

Country

India

Official name
India

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