Varanasi Airport
- Time zone: GMT 5.5
- Service telephone: +91 542 2622-155
- Address: Varanasi International Airport, Varanasi - 221006, Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India
- Operating company: Airports Authority of India (AAI)
- Parking: Yes; paid short and long term parking.
- Nearby cities: Varanasi (19 km), Jaunpur (36 km), Mirzapur (44 km), Ghazipur (73 km), Azamgarh (75 km), Mau (89 km)
- Directions by car: The airport is on the national highway 56 about 20 km or 16 miles north west of Varanasi and about 36 km or 28 miles south east of Jaunpur.
- Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.41%), Tuesday (13.78%), Wednesday (14.58%), Thursday (14.11%), Friday (14.60%), Saturday (14.11%), Sunday (14.41%)
- Alternative spelling: Варанасі, Banaras, Варанаси, Vârânasî, ワーラーナシー, Waranasi, Βαρανάσι, కాశీ, พาราณสี, Benares, बनारस, வாரணாசி, بنارس, ורנאסי, वाराणसी, বারাণসী, वाराणासी, વારાણસી, ವಾರಣಾಸಿ, വാരാണസി, 瓦拉纳西
Most popular destinations from Varanasi (Flights per week )
- Delhi Indira Gandhi (170, 37,20 %)
- Mumbai (Bombay) (77, 16,85 %)
- Hyderabad (38, 8,32 %)
- Bangalore (33, 7,22 %)
- Ahmedabad (31, 6,78 %)
- Chennai (Madras) (24, 5,25 %)
- Kochi (16, 3,50 %)
- Sharjah (16, 3,50 %)
- Jaipur-Sanganer (9, 1,97 %)
- Bhubaneswar (8, 1,75 %)
- other (7.66 %)
Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)
- IndiGo Airlines (452, 49,24 %)
- Spicejet (172, 18,74 %)
- Go First (104, 11,33 %)
- FlexFlight (62, 6,75 %)
- Vistara (44, 4,79 %)
- Air India (38, 4,14 %)
- Air India Express (34, 3,70 %)
- other (1.31 %)
Location
The airport is about 23 km or 17 miles northwest of Varanasi Railway Junction and about 26 km or 19 miles northwest of the famous Dashaswamedh Ghats in the city centre. The entrance to the airport is right on the highway NH-56 in Jaunpur. Between the airport and Varanasi there is a regular shuttle bus. Alternatively, please take a taxi, a tuk tuk or rent a car.