Aurangabad Airport
IATA:IXU ICAO:VAAU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Aurangabad
Location	Chikalthana, Aurangabad,Maharashtra,India
Elevation AMSL	1,917 ft / 582 m
Coordinates	19°51′46″N75°23′53″E / 19.86278°N 75.39806°E /19.86278; 75.39806
Website	Aurangabad Airport
Map
IXU Location of airport in Maharashtra Show map of Maharashtra IXU IXU (India) Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 9,300 2,835 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (April 2024 – March 2025)
Passengers 700,402 ( 12.3%) Aircraft movements 6,748 ( 16.4%) Cargo tonnage 914 ( 26.2%)
Source:AAI[1][2][3]

Aurangabad Airport (IATA:IXU,ICAO:VAAU) is acustoms airport^[a] serving the city ofAurangabad,Maharashtra, India.^[1] It is located at Chikalthana, about 5.5 km (3.4 mi) east of the city centre and 11 km fromAurangabad Railway Station, along the Aurangabad–Nagpur State Highway. The airport is owned and operated by theAirports Authority of India, with one passenger terminal covering 190,000 square feet of floor area and twoaerobridges.

In March 2020, theGovernment of Maharashtra proposed to rename the airport asChhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport after theMaratha rulerSambhaji.^[4] In December 2025, theGovernment of India released an order for the airport to be renamed asChhatrapati Sambhajinagar Airport. However, as it differed from the original proposal of the state government, and the renaming was later put on hold by theAirports Authority of India.^[5]

• On 22 September 1988, AVayudootDornier 228 (registered VT-EJT) was on a scheduled flight fromDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport,Nagpur to Aurangabad Airport. While landing at Aurangabad, it encountered bad weather and crashed at the undershoot of Runway 27. There were no fatalities. The aircraft was substantially damaged and written-off.^[7]
• On 26 April 1993,Indian Airlines Flight 491 (IC 491), aBoeing 737-2A8 (registered VT-ECQ) was on its connecting route from Delhi to Mumbai with en route stops atJaipur,Udaipur and Aurangabad. The heavily laden aircraft started its takeoff from Aurangabad's runway 09 in hot and humid temperatures. After lifting off almost at the end of the runway, it impacted heavily with a lorry on a highway at the end of the runway. The left main landing gear and left engine bottom cowling and thrust reverser impacted the left side of the truck at a height of nearly seven feet above the road. Then the aircraft struck high-tension power lines nearly 3 km northeast of the runway and hit the ground. The aircraft was carrying 112 passengers and 6 crew members. 63 persons including the pilot, the co-pilot, and 2 other crew members survived. 53 passengers and 2 crew members died.

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