Airport map and runways

Kanpur Airport (KNU)

Kanpur, India · ICAO VECX · IATA KNU

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Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 21 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.

Location: Kanpur, India
ICAO code: VECX
IATA code: KNU
Elevation: 410 ft
Longest runway: 9,000 ft (09/27)
Runways: 1
Size class: Medium
Position: 26.4043, 80.4101

About VECX

Kanpur Airport (KNU) is a medium airport in Kanpur, India, with the ICAO code VECX. It has one runway, 09/27, 9,000 ft long and 150 ft wide, with a hard surface. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 17 taxiway segments, 7 aprons and 1 terminal outlines. The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for VECX.

Runways

Runways, longest first
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
09 / 27	9,000 ft	150 ft	Hard	Lit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for this airport.

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Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.