Varanasi Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS)
VNS / VEBN · operated by Airports Authority of India
Official · Q2 2026
22,115
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport handled 22,115 passengers in Q2 2026, down 31.0% on a year earlier, according to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India.
international flights onlyPassengers over time
Showing 45 quarters. Full series runs 2015–2026 (45 periods).
Note
Bars, not a line: each value is a separate period the authority published, not a point on a continuous series. There is no figure for the months in between, and a line would imply there is.
Against 2019 -63.8% same quarter, before the pandemic
Series depth 11 years from 2015
The most recent periods
Open any period for the full breakdown.24 of 24
| Period | Passengers | Year on year | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 22,115 | −31.0% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q1 2026 | 35,515 | +7.8% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q4 2025 | 44,755 | +37.2% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q3 2025 | 31,174 | +23.5% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q2 2025 | 32,061 | +9.9% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q1 2025 | 32,960 | +7.5% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q4 2024 | 32,618 | +14.7% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q3 2024 | 25,245 | +5.5% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q2 2024 | 29,167 | −5.0% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q1 2024 | 30,672 | +3.3% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q4 2023 | 28,450 | +2.8% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q3 2023 | 23,936 | +0.7% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q2 2023 | 30,694 | +14.6% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q1 2023 | 29,688 | +36.3% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q4 2022 | 27,681 | +31.2% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q3 2022 | 23,781 | +351.2% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q2 2022 | 26,795 | +226.0% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q1 2022 | 21,775 | +138.1% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q4 2021 | 21,101 | +190.8% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q3 2021 | 5,271 | +55.4% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q2 2021 | 8,220 | +3,296.7% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q1 2021 | 9,146 | −82.4% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q4 2020 | 7,256 | −87.7% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | |
| Q3 2020 | 3,391 | −92.0% | Directorate General of Civil Aviation |
Also tracked here: tonnes of cargo (through Q2 2026).