IXEVOML

Mangaluru International Airport

Mangaluru, India · Asia

Asia Asia/Calcutta

16direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

2,449 mLongest runway

1951opened

Mangalore International Airport (IATA: IXE, ICAO: VOML) (also known as Mangaluru International Airport) is an international airport serving the coastal city of Mangaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. It is one of only two international airports in the state, the other being Kempegowda International Airport in the capital city of Bengaluru. Mangalore International Airport is the second-busiest airport in the state. In addition to domestic destinations, flights depart daily for major cities in the Middle East. The airport was named Bajpe Aerodrome, when it opened on 25 December 1951 by the former and First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who arrived on a Douglas DC-3 aircraft.

Location

12.955°N, 74.887°E · 103 m s. n. m. (337 ft)

General data

CountryIndia

CityMangaluru

IATA codeIXE

ICAO codeVOML

Coordinates12.955°N, 74.887°E

Elevation103 m s. n. m. (337 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Calcutta

Runways1

Longest runway2,449 m

OperatorDirección de Aeropuertos de la India

Opened1951

Direct destinations16

Official website

Runways · 1

06/24

Length2,449 m8,035 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

122.100TWR · APP

Area control (center)

127.550

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Air India Express IndiGo

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Premnath Kudva · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Mangaluru International Airport (IXE). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IXE

MLA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_ixe,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Mangaluru International Airport (IXE)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IXE},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IXE}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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