IXUVAAU

Aurangabad Airport

Aurangabad, India · Asia

Asia Asia/Calcutta

6direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

2,839 mLongest runway

Aurangabad Airport (IATA: IXU, ICAO: VAAU) is a customs airport serving the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It is located at Chikalthana, about 5.5 km (3.4 mi) east of the city centre and 11 km from Aurangabad Railway Station, along the Aurangabad–Nagpur State Highway. The airport is owned and operated by the Airports Authority of India, with one passenger terminal covering 190,000 square feet of floor area and two aerobridges. In March 2020, the Government of Maharashtra proposed to rename the airport as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport after the Maratha ruler Sambhaji. In December 2025, the Government of India released an order for the airport to be renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Airport. However, as it differed from the original proposal of the state government, and the renaming was later put on hold by the Airports Authority of India.

Location

19.863°N, 75.396°E · 582 m s. n. m. (1.911 ft)

General data

CountryIndia

CityAurangabad

IATA codeIXU

ICAO codeVAAU

Coordinates19.863°N, 75.396°E

Elevation582 m s. n. m. (1.911 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Calcutta

Runways1

Longest runway2,839 m

OperatorDirección de Aeropuertos de la India

Direct destinations6

Official website

Runways · 1

09/27

Length2,839 m9,314 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceMACADAM

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

122.300TWR · APP

ATIS (automatic information)

127.000

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

IndiGo Air India Air India Express

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

Photo: Niks887 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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BibTeX

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

Wikipedia

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