Airports in India
116 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.
India has 116 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 43 of them large. The busiest are Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL, 77.8 million passengers, Wikidata, 2024), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM, 47.2 million passengers, Wikidata, 2017) and Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (BLR, 41.9 million passengers, Wikidata, 2024).
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BOM – DEL | 1,133 km | 6,397,374 |
| BLR – DEL | 1,702 km | 4,906,042 |
| BLR – BOM | 832 km | 3,781,980 |
| DEL – HYD | 1,262 km | 3,106,338 |
| CCU – DEL | 1,313 km | 2,911,506 |
| DEL – PNQ | 1,151 km | 2,854,843 |
| BOM – DXB | 1,927 km | 2,390,373 |
| AMD – DEL | 754 km | 2,332,479 |
| DEL – DXB | 2,186 km | 2,174,793 |
| DEL – MAA | 1,753 km | 2,166,822 |
| BOM – MAA | 1,032 km | 2,137,564 |
| BLR – HYD | 453 km | 2,104,116 |
| BLR – CCU | 1,545 km | 2,046,834 |
| BOM – CCU | 1,668 km | 2,039,048 |
| BOM – HYD | 623 km | 2,020,305 |
| AMD – BOM | 442 km | 1,928,535 |
| BLR – PNQ | 721 km | 1,853,022 |
| DEL – SXR | 641 km | 1,848,030 |
| BOM – GOI | 423 km | 1,619,195 |
| DEL – GAU | 1,458 km | 1,546,786 |
Questions
India has 116 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 43 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.
Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM), Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (BLR), Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD), Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport (AMD) and Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO), by passengers a year in open data. The full list with ICAO codes is on this page.
Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), with 77.8 million passengers (Wikidata, 2024).