India · elevation 2013 ft AMSL
· 17.6272, 78.4034
Dundigul Air Force Academy (Hyderabad) is an airport with the ICAO code VODG. Country: India. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Hyderabad. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the VO prefix, which marks airports in India. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 17°37'38"N, 78°24'12"E, at an elevation of 2,013 ft (614 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Kolkata.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L | 100° | 2,515 m (8,250 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 28R | 280° | |||
| 10R | 100° | 2,073 m (6,800 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 28L | 280° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Dundigul Air Force Academy (Hyderabad) has 2 runways: 10L/28R - 2,515 m long (8,250 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface; 10R/28L - 2,073 m long (6,800 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 10L/28R, at 2,515 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 10L/28R on 100° and 280° magnetic, 10R/28L on 100° and 280° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 10L/28R axis, wind from the south (around 190°) or from the north (around 10°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 100° or 280° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Dundigul Air Force Academy (Hyderabad) are published under the ICAO code VODG. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the VODG report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for VODG, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Kolkata zone stays at GMT+05:30 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Hakimpet Airport (Secunderabad) (VOHK, 15 km), Begumpet Airport (Hyderabad) (VOHY, 21 km), Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) (VOHS, 44 km). When no report is available for VODG, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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