Vijayawada is the second largest city of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh and is well connected with the rest of the country and the world. The Vijayawada Airport in Gannavaram is the nearest Airport of Vijayawada. Gannavaram is located at a distance of 20 Kilometers from the city center which is about an hours drive.
The Airport in Gannavaram is, however, a domestic airport and has connecting flights to the different cities of India if one is out for a tour to Vijayawada. The most frequent flights that depart from and arrive at the Vijayawada Airport are connected with Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam. Air Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines have regular flights to the Vijayawada Airport.
Besides the Vijayawada Airport, where only the domestic flights operate, the Hyderabad Airport is the nearest international airport from Vijayawada that serve with international flights. Hyderabad Airport is in fact the only International Airport in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The Hyderabad airport also has regular flights to Madras, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam, Bombay, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Delhi and Calcutta. The international airlines that fly from Hyderabad Airport include:
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Malaysian Airlines
- Oman Air
- Qatar Airways
- Sri Lankan Airlines
- Thai Airways International
- Thai Airways International
- JetLite
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
