- IATA
- BLR
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- VOBL
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 2008
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 41.9M
- in 2024
History & name
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru opened in 2008 and is named after Kempe Gowda I, founder of Bangalore. It lies 28 km from Bengaluru at 3,000 feet, has two runways up to 4,000 m, and handled 41.9 million passengers in 2024.
Named afterKempe Gowda I — Founder of Bangalore magadi
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru
- Serves
- Bangalore, India
- City centre
- 28 km from Bengaluru
- Opened
- 2008
- Passengers
- 41.9 million in 2024
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 4,000 m
- Elevation
- 3,000 ft (914 m)
- Website
- bengaluruairport.com ↗
Where it sits
13.2°N, 77.7°E puts BLR in the northern hemisphere, 1,468 km from the equator and 8,540 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 444th most northerly, which makes it the 218th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 13.2°S, 102.3°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Mataveri (IPC) in Chile, still 1,721 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Chennai (MAA), 268 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from BLR
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is San Francisco, at 13,988 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | DEL | 1,709 km | 2h 37m |
| London | LHR | 8,046 km | 10h 30m |
| San Francisco | SFO | 13,988 km | 17h 53m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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