HAL Airport (Bangalore) VOBG
Bengaluru's former main airport, 30 minutes from MG Road and Whitefield, remains open to non-scheduled and business flights under HAL/defence control. Access needs prior permission and lead time; customs available for cleared operators (verify). Attractive for city-centre trips when approved.
10,846 ft
Longest runway
30 min
Drive to Bangalore
1
FBOs / handlers
2,912 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–22:00 (verify); PPR (defence-controlled)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 10 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any business jet; military-controlled access.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- HAL Airport GA handling (verify)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 10,846 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Bangalore
- Kempegowda International Airport VOBL 13,123 ft · 60 min