IXRVERC

Birsa Munda Airport

Ranchi, India · Asia

Asia Asia/Calcutta

9direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

2,699 mLongest runway

Birsa Munda Airport (IATA: IXR, ICAO: VERC) is a domestic airport serving Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand, India. It is named after the famous Indian tribal freedom fighter, Birsa Munda, and is currently managed by the Airports Authority of India. The airport is located in Hinoo, approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) from the city center and sprawls over an area of 1,568 acres. It is used by more than 2.5 million passengers annually and is the 29th-busiest airport in India.

Location

23.314°N, 85.322°E · 655 m s. n. m. (2.148 ft)

General data

CountryIndia

CityRanchi

IATA codeIXR

ICAO codeVERC

Coordinates23.314°N, 85.322°E

Elevation655 m s. n. m. (2.148 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Calcutta

Runways1

Longest runway2,699 m

OperatorDirección de Aeropuertos de la India

Direct destinations9

Official website

Runways · 1

13/31

Length2,699 m8,855 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

118.050RANCHI TWR

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

IndiGo Air India Express

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

Photo: IM3847 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Birsa Munda Airport (IXR). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IXR

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_ixr,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Birsa Munda Airport (IXR)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IXR},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IXR}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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