Kanpur Airport

Kanpur Airport is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base that serves the city of in , . It is located at , about 17 km from the city centre, and operates from a new civil terminal.
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport in India
  • Also known as: “Chakeri AB Airport”, “Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Airport”, “Kanpur Civil Airport”, “KANPUR(Chakeri)”, “KNU”, “VICX”, “VIKA”, “فرودگاه کان پور”, “करिपुर् (नसववल) KANPUR(CIVIL)”, “करिपुर्(चके र्ी) KANPUR(Chakeri)”, “कानऩुय(चके यी) KANPUR(Chakeri)”, “कानपरु (चके री) KANPUR(Chakeri)”, “कानपुर(चके री) KANPUR(Chakeri)”, “गणेश शंकर विद्यार्थी विमानक्षेत्र”, “ङ E20”, “चF23”, “चF30”, “चF70”, “चकेरी वायुसेना तळ”, “चकेरी विमानक्षेत्र”, “ᱜᱚᱱᱮᱥ ᱥᱚᱝᱠᱚᱨ ᱵᱤᱫᱭᱟᱨᱛᱷᱤ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”, and “ᱪᱟᱠᱮᱨᱤ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chakeri railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chakeri is a railway station in , a suburb of . is situated 2½ km south of Kanpur Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jajmau and Shuklaganj.

Town
formerly known as Jajesmow during British Era, is a suburb of , India.

Town
Gangaghat is a city and a municipal board in in the state of , India. is situated 9 km north of Kanpur Airport.

Kanpur Airport

Latitude
26.4043° or 26° 24′ 16″ north
Longitude
80.41012° or 80° 24′ 36″ east
Elevation
123 metres (404 feet)
IATA airport code
KNU
ICAO airport code
VIKA
UN/LOCODE
IN KNP
Open location code
7MR2CC36+P2
Geo­Names ID
6301095
Wiki­data ID
Q6364347
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tamil—“Kanpur Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار كانبور”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Kanpur”
  • Bengali: “কানপুর বিমানবন্দর”
  • Cebuano: “Kanpur Civil Airport”
  • French: “aéroport de Kanpur”
  • French: “Aéroport de Kanpur”
  • German: “Flughafen Kanpur”
  • Hindi: “कानपुर विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Japanese: “カーンプル空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Chakeri AB”
  • Marathi: “कानपूर विमानतळ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه کان‌پور”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Kanpur”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Kanpur”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱱᱯᱩᱨ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
  • Swedish: “Kanpur Civil Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи кон‌пӯр”
  • Tamil: “கான்பூர் வானூர்தி நிலையம்”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Jagatpur and Maweya.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Chakeri and Kanpur Central railway station.

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