6 Most Busiest Airports Of India

There are 131 operational airports in India scheduled for commercial flights and 34 international airports. Here is the list of top 15 India’s busiest airports in terms of aircraft movements, passenger traffic and cargo handled, The lists are presented as per wikipedia presented for the fiscal year 2017-18.

# Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi

Indira Gandhi International Airport is the busiest airport in India in terms of both passenger traffic and cargo traffic. The airport is also the world’s busiest airport for Airbus A320 aircraft and one of the busiest airport in Asia by passenger traffic.

Delhi Airport has three runways and only airports in India equipped with the CAT III-B ILS and one of the few airports in India that uses an advanced system A-CDM to keep takeoffs and landings timely.

# Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai

Sahar International Airport serving the Mumbai Metropolitan area is the second busiest airport in India and 14th busiest airport in Asia. The airport handles 900 aircraft movements per day and awarded as World’s Best Airport for service and also best airport in India and central Asia.

# Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru

Kempegowda International Airport serving Bangalore city and also first fully solar powered airport of Karnataka. The Kempegowda airport handles both domestic and international operations on a single runway and a hub for AirAsia India and Alliance Air.

# Chennai International Airport, Chennai

Chennai International Airport is the 4th busiest airport in India and the 52nd busiest airport in Asia. The airport serves as a cargo hub for Blue Dart Aviation and has two runways used for international flights to Dubai, Singapore, Colombo and Abu Dhabi.

# Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

The Dum Dum Airport of Kolkata renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and is the largest hub for air traffic in the eastern India. The airport is one of two international airports West Bengal, other being Bagdogra and a major centre for flights to Bhutan, China and Southeast Asia.

# Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of Hyderabad has one passenger terminal, cargo terminal and two runways. The airport is also cargo hub for Blue Dart Aviation, Lufthansa Cargo, Quikjet Cargo as well as focus city for Air India.