BOM Airport Code, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
BOM is the IATA airport code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, the main international gateway for Mumbai, India. Pilots and air traffic control use its ICAO code, VABB.
What airport is BOM?
BOM is the IATA airport code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai, India. The same airport has the ICAO code VABB.
It is a major hub, ranked number 56 by scheduled connections in the open dataset. Its ICAO code VABB begins with V, the prefix ICAO assigns to South and Southeast Asia.
| IATA airport code | BOM |
|---|---|
| ICAO airport code | VABB |
| Airport | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport |
| City | Mumbai |
| Country | India |
| Main airlines | 9W, AI, 6E |
| Runways | 2 |
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Where is BOM airport located?
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) is in Mumbai, India, at coordinates 19.0887, 72.8679.
It lies in the northern and eastern hemispheres, at 19.09° N, 72.87° E. It is close to sea level at 39 ft (12 m), typical of a coastal or low-lying airport.
Runways at BOM
It has 2 runways. The longest is 11,511 ft (3.51 km), designated 09/27.
Which airlines fly to BOM?
The open route dataset lists 9W (Jet Airways), AI (Air India Limited), 6E (IndiGo Airlines), G8 (Go Air), SG (Spicejet), IX (Air India Express) as operating carriers on nonstop routes touching Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on . It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.
Where the BOM code comes from
BOM preserves BOMbay, the city's name until 1995, in the same fossil pattern as PEK and CAN. Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj airport kept the code through the renaming because codes never update their spelling. The under-construction Navi Mumbai airport takes NMI, leaving BOM as a piece of living history.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the IATA code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport?
The IATA code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai is BOM. It is the three-letter code on tickets, baggage tags and departure boards.
What is the 3-letter code for Mumbai?
The 3-letter IATA code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai is BOM.
What is the ICAO code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport?
The ICAO code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is VABB. Pilots and air traffic control use it, while airlines and booking systems use the IATA code BOM.
What is the difference between BOM and VABB?
BOM is the IATA code used for tickets and baggage. VABB is the ICAO code used by pilots and air traffic control for the same airport, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
Why is Mumbai's airport code BOM?
BOM comes from Bombay, the city's name when the code was assigned. The city became Mumbai in 1995, but IATA codes are not respelled after renamings, so the airport kept BOM, exactly as Beijing kept PEK from Peking and Guangzhou kept CAN from Canton.
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