Jay Prakash Narayan Airport guide

Jay Prakash Narayan Airport serves Patna, the capital of Bihar, from a site about 6 km from the city centre. It is named after the independence activist and political leader Jayprakash Narayan. The airport is owned and run by the Airports Authority of India and handles domestic flights only. International service to Nepal has been closed since the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814.

Traffic has grown steadily. The airport handled about 4.4 million passengers and 31,075 aircraft movements in the 2025-26 financial year, up from 3.8 million passengers in 2024-25. Air India, Air India Express, Alliance Air, IndiGo and SpiceJet operate scheduled services. A domestic cargo terminal opened in February 2025 and lifted annual cargo capacity from 7,500 to 22,000 tonnes.

The passenger terminal opened on 3 June 2025. The two-storey building covers 65,150 square metres, with five aerobridges, 13 boarding gates and 64 check-in counters. It is designed for about 10 million passengers a year. Its design draws on Madhubani art and the ruins of Nalanda. Digi Yatra biometric entry has been available since July 2024.

The single runway is 2,072 m long, which limits the size of aircraft that can use it. A proposed civil enclave at Bihta, about 20 km away, is planned to address that limit.