Vadodara Airport
IATA:BDQ ICAO:VABO
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner/Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Vadodara
Location	Harni, Vadodara,Gujarat,India
Focus city for	IndiGo
Elevation AMSL	38.7 m / 127 ft
Coordinates	22°19′46″N73°13′10″E / 22.32944°N 73.21944°E /22.32944; 73.21944
Maps
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 2,469 8,100 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2024 - March 2025)
Passengers 1,264,148 ( 3.7%) Aircraft movements 8,615 ( 4.5%) Cargo tonnage 1,832 ( 27.9%)
Source:AAI[1][2][3]

Vadodara Airport^[4] (IATA:BDQ,ICAO:VABO) is acustoms airport andIndian Air Force base serving the city ofVadodara inGujarat, India. It is located in the suburb of Harni, northeast of Vadodara. It is the third-busiest airport in Gujarat, afterAhmedabad andSurat airports. In 2020, it was ranked the second-cleanest airport in India by theAirports Authority of India.^[5]

The existing domestic terminal at Vadodara Airport, named after the Maharaja ofBaroda State, is distinct from other airports due to its mix of Gujarati architectural styles and domes on the roof. The terminal is small and cannot handle large numbers of passengers. The old terminal covers 4,519 square meters and can handle 250 passengers.^[6]

To increase the capacity of the airport and launch international services, it was decided to construct a new Integrated Terminal Building.^{[by whom?]} An international architectural design competition was held to create designs for the new terminal. Eventually, a design submitted byUnited States–based consortium Gensler, Frederic Schwartz Architects, and Creative Group from India won the competition and the contract to design the new terminal was awarded to them.^[7]

The foundation stone for the new terminal was laid on 26 February 2009. Construction work started in May 2011 and had been completed by August 2016.^[8] The new terminal has an area of 18,120 square meters and the ability to handle 700 passengers (500 domestic and 200 international) per hour. The new terminal has eighteen check–in counters.^[9] The AAI also recently constructed a night parking facility at the airport which can park about nineAirbus A320 orBoeing 737 aircraft, thus reducing the burden atMumbai Airport andAhmedabad Airport, proving economical for airlines.

The new terminal building was inaugurated byPrime Minister of IndiaNarendra Modi on 22 October 2016.^[10] The terminal, constructed at a cost of 1.6 billion rupees, is the greenest domestic airport of india and also the second-greenest airport of India, afterCochin International Airport. The new terminal area also houses a garden featuring artwork and sculptures by local artists. (Vadodara is known for its culture, art, and education; it is the Cultural Capital of Gujarat).^{[citation needed]} The new terminal building also holds the world record for the longest single sheet rooftop, measuring at 164.2 meters. Currently, the airport does not handle cargo.^{[citation needed]}

Vadodara Airport received the Swachh Bharat Award in 2019 for the cleanest and safest airport in the category of airports having an annual passenger handling capacity of upto 1.5 million.^[11]

In addition to its own state–of–art MRO facility forHS 748 andAN-32 aircraft at Vadodara, the Indian Air Force has two transport squadrons, operating under No. 36 Wing IAF,South Western Air Command:

• No. 11 Squadron IAF, Charging Rhinos, which operates C-295 aircraft.^[12][13] (HS 748 transport aircraft being phased out)
• No. 25 Squadron IAF, Himalayan Eagles, equipped with AN-32 aircraft. This squadron moved here from Chandigarh in September 2011.^[14]

Tata Advanced Systems has facilities at the airport. The final assembly of theAirbus C295 is carried out here. The foundation stone of this Final Assembly Line (FAL) complex was laid in October 2022 and the complex was inaugurated in October 2024 and will manufacture India's first private defence aircraft from the ground up.The first ‘Make in India’ C295 will roll out of the Vadodara FAL in September 2026.^[15][16]

• On 1 July 1995, anEast West AirlinesFokker F-27, registered as VT-EWE, was engaged in a training touch–and–go exercise at the airport when the aircraft's left main landing gear failed on touchdown. The aircraft continued moving forward on its belly and skidded to a halt on the runway. There was no fire and no injury to people on board the aircraft. Poor maintenance was cited as a contributory factor in the accident. The aircraft was written off, and is now abandoned near the wall surrounding the airport premises mid-runway.^[18]

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