Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport or Varanasi International Airport is about 26 kilometres north-west of Varanasi.

The morning drive to the airport through heavy traffic provided us with some interesting photos of city and country life with a number of major modern highway construction sites. 

As with all the Asian airports we visited, the Varanasi Airport was very modern, clean, well serviced and serviced by up-today and well-serviced airliners. Our flight was quite enjoyable and provided a good chance to see much of India from the air.