The busiest Indian airports (2015-16)
India's busiest airports is the list of top fifty busiest airports of over hundred commercially operational airports in the country . Data also includes statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements. The tables below contain annual data published by the Airports Authority of India on the busiest airports in India by total passenger traffic, aircraft movements and cargo handled.
The lists are presented in chronological order starting from the latest ended fiscal year. The number of total passengers for an airport is measured in persons and includes any passenger that arrives at, departs from or is on a transit from that airport. The number of total aircraft movements is measured in airplane-times and includes all the takeoffs and landings of all kinds of aircraft in scheduled or charter conditions. The total cargo handled is expressed in metric tonnes and includes all the freight and mail that arrives at or departs from the airport.
April 2018 – June 2018
List of top 10 busiest airports of India by passenger traffic, aircraft movement and cargo handled for first fiscal quarter of 2018, i.e. April 2018 - June 2018.
Passenger traffic
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Passengers Apr18-Jun18
Passengers Apr17-Jun17
% change
Rank change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
17,581,439
15,701,925
12.0
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
12,470,696
11,715,583
6.4
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru
Karnataka
BLR
8,028,153
6,042,088
32.9
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
5,666,402
4,995,061
13.4
5
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
5,405,999
4,622,161
17.0
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
5,144,587
4,113,493
25.1
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
2,842,793
2,346,928
13.5
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
2,561,230
2,142,020
19.6
9
Pune Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
2,310,989
1,921,531
20.3
10
Dabolim Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
1,922,539
1,743,945
10.4
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 1]
Aircraft movement
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Aircraft movement Apr18-Jun18
Aircraft movement Apr17-Jun17
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
117,256
107,024
9.6
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
85,734
77,279
6.4
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru
Karnataka
BLR
57,881
43,554
32.9
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamilnadu
MAA
44,501
36,812
20.9
5
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
42,931
34,722
23.6
6
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
39,423
35,945
9.7
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
17,710
16,224
9.2
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
17,586
15,129
16.2
9
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
15,140
12,852
17.8
10
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
12,920
12,254
5.4
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 2]
Cargo
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Cargo tonnes Apr18-Jun18
Cargo tonnes Apr17-Jun17
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
249,976
241,529
3.5
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
245,258
222,916
10.0
3
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
106,606
102,538
4.0
4
Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru
Karnataka
BLR
97,570
83,584
16.7
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
40,641
41,994
3.2
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
35,833
32,791
9.3
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
28,746
23,282
10.5
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
20,951
17,169
18.1
9
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
14,527
8,406
72.8
10
Trivandrum International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
5,448
7,350
25.9
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 3]
April 2017 – March 2018
List of top 50 busiest airports of India by passenger traffic, aircraft movement and cargo handled for fiscal year 2017-18, i.e. April 2017 - March 2018.
Passenger traffic
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Passengers FY 2017-18
Passengers FY 2016-17
% change
Rank change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
65,691,662
57,703,096
13.8
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
48,496,430
45,154,345
7.4
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru
Karnataka
BLR
26,910,431
22,881,392
17.6
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
20,361,482
18,362,215
10.9
5
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
19,892,524
15,819,539
25.7
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
18,156,789
15,102,672
20.2
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
10,172,839
8,955,441
13.6
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
9,174,425
7,405,282
23.9
9
Pune Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
8,164,840
6,768,852
20.6
1
10
Dabolim Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
7,607,249
6,856,362
11.0
1
11
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
4,757,178
3,783,458
25.7
3
12
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
4,752,921
3,968,950
19.8
1
13
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
4,668,053
3,789,656
23.2
14
Trivandrum International Airport
Trivandrum
Kerala
TRV
4,393,469
3,881,509
13.2
2
15
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
3,250,635
2,332,433
39.4
2
16
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
3,139,432
2,651,088
28.4
1
17
Jaya Prakash Narayan Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
3,111,273
2,112,150
47.3
1
18
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
2,480,379
2,358,029
5.2
2
19
Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
2,440,467
2,101,762
16.1
1
20
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
2,403,935
2,104,904
14.2
1
21
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
2,319,955
1,566,407
48.1
5
22
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
2,269,971
1,784,073
27.2
2
23
Mangalore Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
2,269,949
1,734,810
30.8
2
24
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
2,255,768
1,524,516
48.0
3
25
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
2,186,137
1,891,475
15.6
3
26
Chandigarh Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
2,137,739
1,825,881
17.1
3
27
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
2,087,581
1,916,454
8.9
6
28
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
1,778,349
1,035,740
71.7
7
29
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
1,628,134
1,396,179
16.6
1
30
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
1,549,951
1,238,331
25.2
31
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
1,513,273
1,359,447
11.3
2
32
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
1,443,965
1,159,937
24.5
33
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
1,442,807
978,919
47.4
3
34
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
1,379,090
1,183,867
16.5
3
35
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
1,147,067
1,089,899
5.2
1
36
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
DED
1,124,937
882,564
27.5
2
37
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
1,008,506
1,103,981
8.6
4
38
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
987,506
886,338
11.4
1
39
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
VGA
746,392
622,354
19.9
1
40
Raja Bhoj Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
722,243
676,015
6.8
1
41
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
692,010
563,800
22.7
42
Surat International Airport
Surat
Gujarat
STV
681,465
194,688
250.0
8
43
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
584,732
486,029
20.3
1
44
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
469,239
350,583
33.8
45
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
366,955
212,228
72.9
4
46
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
365,427
405,518
9.9
3
47
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
344,180
326,971
5.3
1
46
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
336,851
305,796
10.2
2
49
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
295,379
235,613
25.4
1
50
Rajahmundry Airport
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
RJA
268,001
261,348
2.5
3
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 4]
Aircraft movement
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Aircraft movement FY 2017-18
Aircraft movement FY 2016-17
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
441,299
397,799
10.9
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
320,689
305,465
5.0
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
196,560
177,271
10.9
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamilnadu
MAA
155,123
147,767
5.0
5
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
149,581
130,713
14.4
6
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
148,802
124,154
19.9
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
68,772
61,688
11.5
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
63,129
51,107
23.5
9
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
56,021
46,932
19.7
10
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
50,567
47,801
5.8
11
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
42,289
32,340
30.8
12
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
41,172
37,873
8.7
13
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
36,413
29,356
24.0
14
Trivandrum International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
33,738
29,117
15.9
15
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
24,910
19,726
26.3
16
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneshwar
Odisha
BBI
23,155
17,078
35.6
17
Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
21,916
15,508
41.3
18
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
21,595
20,722
4.2
19
Mangalore Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
19,636
15,405
27.5
20
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
19,595
19,550
0.2
21
Chandigarh Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
18,715
15,254
22.7
22
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
18,692
14,396
29.8
23
Srinagar International Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
17,918
15,543
15.3
24
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
17,767
11,606
53.1
25
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
16,879
16,062
5.1
26
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
15,954
11,599
37.5
27
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
15,658
15,035
4.1
28
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
15,009
9,051
65.8
29
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
14,378
10,852
32.5
30
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
14,190
12,524
13.3
31
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
13,578
11,671
16.3%
32
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
12,802
11,280
13.5
33
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirapalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
12,801
11,165
14.7
34
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
DED
12,281
9,485
29.5
35
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
VGA
11,998
10,333
16.1
36
Surat International Airport
Surat
Gujarat
STV
10,762
4,651
131.4%
37
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
10,074
8,899
13.8
38
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
9,842
9,084
8.3
39
Rajahmundry Airport
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
RJA
8,570
7,846
9.2
40
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
7,338
8,330
11.9
41
Raja Bhoj Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
7,205
6,949
3.7
42
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
7,181
6,612
8.6
43
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
6,737
6,598
2.1
44
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
5,985
3,732
60.4
45
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
5,982
4,904
22.0
46
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
4,499
4,610
2.4
47
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
4,382
3,205
36.7
48
Jabalpur Airport
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
JLR
3,945
3048
29.4
49
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
3,758
3,799
1.1
50
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
3,543
3,510
0.9
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 5]
Cargo
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Cargo tonnes FY 2017-18
Cargo tonnes FY 2016-17
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
963,032
857,419
12.3
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
906,321
782,289
15.9
3
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
417,787
359,217
16.3
4
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
348,403
319,344
9.1
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
163,323
152415
7.2
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
134,141
121882
10.1
7
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
91,633
76,602
19.6
8
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
76,274
81,485
6.4
9
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
41,566
34,645
20.0
10
Trivandrum International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
28,715
28,450
0.9
11
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
22,345
17,286
29.3
12
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
18,866
14,023
34.5
13
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
16,304
16,126
1.1
14
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
10,851
7,668
41.5
15
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
10,461
10,139
3.2
16
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
7,854
7,145
9.9
17
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
7,843
8,239
4.8
18
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
7,226
4,882
48.0
19
Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
6,879
6,591
4.4
20
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
6,541
6,867
4.7
21
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
6,329
4,843
30.7
22
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
5,682
4,655
22.1
23
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
5,650
5,697
0.8
24
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
5,322
6,057
12.1
25
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
4,986
4,312
15.6
26
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
4,847
4,708
3.0
27
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
4,743
4,841
2.0
28
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
4,372
4,103
6.6
29
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
4,306
4,720
8.8
30
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
4,093
4,561
10.3
31
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
2,527
1,242
103.5
32
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
2,485
1031
141.0
33
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
2,308
2,973
22.4
34
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
1,813
2,242
19.1
35
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
1,729
1,436
20.4
36
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
1,676
1,355
23.7
37
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
1,622
1,665
2.6
38
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
1,190
1,052
13.1
39
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
1,153
904
27.5
40
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
746
730
2.2
41
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
665
543
22.5
42
Dimapur Airport
Dimapur
Nagaland
DMU
567
398
42.5
43
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
522
312
67.3
44
Juhu Aerodrome
Mumbai
Maharashtra
N/A
382
372
2.7
45
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
289
244
18.4
46
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
DED
219
268
18.3
47
Jabalpur Airport
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
JLR
54
20
170.0
48
Jorhat Airport
Jorhat
Assam
JRH
50
66
24.2
49
Bhuj Airport
Bhuj
Gujarat
BHJ
29
30
3.3
50
Tuticorin Airport
Thoothukudi
Tamil Nadu
TCR
25
58
56.9
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 6]
April 2016 – March 2017
List of top 50 busiest airports of India by passenger traffic, aircraft movement and cargo traffic for fiscal year 2016-17, i.e. April 2016 - March 2017.
Passenger traffic
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Passengers FY 2016-17
Passengers FY 2015-16
% change
Rank change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
57,703,096
48,424,165
19.2
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
45,154,345
41,670,351
8.4
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru
Karnataka
BLR
22,881,392
18,971,149
20.6
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
17,718,017
15,218,017
14.2
5
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
15,819,539
12,761,007
24.0
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
15,102,672
12,388,159
21.9
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
8,955,441
7,749,901
16.4
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
7,405,282
6,480,111
14.3
9
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
6,856,362
5,375,555
27.5
1
10
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
6,787,391
5,417,167
25.3
1
11
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
3,968,950
3,241,892
22.4
1
12
Trivandrum International Airport
Trivandrum
Kerala
TRV
3,881,509
3,470,788
11.8
1
13
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
3,789,656
2,784,315
36.1
1
14
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
3,783,458
2,887,189
31.0
1
15
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
2,651,088
2,305,547
15.0
1
16
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
2,358,029
1,804,634
30.7
2
17
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
2,332,433
1,894,732
23.1
18
Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
2,112,150
1,584,013
33.3
4
19
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
2,104,904
1,691,553
24.4
1
20
Srinagar International Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
2,101,762
2,310,829
9.0
5
21
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
1,916,454
1,383,962
38.5
4
22
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
1,891,475
1,595,241
18.6
23
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
1,825,881
1,534,058
19.0
5
24
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
1,784,073
1,692,892
5.4
5
25
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
1,734,810
1,674,251
3.6
4
26
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
1,566,407
1,250,370
25.3
1
27
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
1,524,516
1,087,239
40.2
3
28
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
IXB
1,396,179
1,206,844
15.2
3
29
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
1,359,447
1,297,212
4.8
3
30
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
1,238,331
871,318
42.1
3
31
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
1,183,867
921,591
28.5
1
32
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
1,159,937
1,117,252
3.8
3
33
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
1,103,981
931,092
18.6
2
34
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
1,089,899
711,187
53.3
3
35
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
1,035,740
739,961
40.0
1
36
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
978,919
842,300
16.2
2
37
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
886,338
766,877
15.6
2
38
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
DED
882,564
471,542
87.2
1
39
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
676,015
662,615
2.0
1
40
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
VGA
622,354
398,643
56.1
2
41
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
563,800
408,541
38.0
42
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
486,029
371,060
31.0
1
43
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
405,518
413,207
1.9
3
44
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
350,583
301,859
16.1
1
45
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
326,971
301,046
8.6
1
46
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
305,796
319,646
4.3
2
47
Rajahmundry Airport
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
RJA
261,348
223,903
16.7
48
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
235,613
175,137
34.5
1
49
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
212,228
200,855
5.7
1
50
Surat International Airport
Surat
Gujarat
STV
194,564
94,824
105.3
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 7]
Aircraft movement
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Aircraft movement FY 2016-17
Aircraft movement FY 2015-16
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
National Capital Region
DEL
397,799
344,113
15.6
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
314,928
296,634
3.0
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
177,271
153,063
15.8
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamilnadu
MAA
176,767
146,122
18.1
5
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
130,713
105,772
23.6
6
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
124,154
104,363
19.0
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
61,688
56,180
9.8
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
51,107
47,195
8.3
9
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
47,801
39,030
22.5
10
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
46,932
40,726
15.2
11
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
37,873
29,425
28.7
12
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
32,340
24,032
34.6
13
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
29,356
27,317
7.5
14
Trivandrum International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
29,117
26,001
12.0
15
Juhu Aerodrome
Mumbai
Maharashtra
N/A
22,980
23,215
1.0
16
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
20,722
17,935
15.5
17
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
19,726
17,260
14.3
18
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
19,550
16,739
16.8
19
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneshwar
Odisha
BBI
17,078
14,036
21.7
20
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
16,062
13,416
19.7
21
Srinagar International Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
15,543
16,268
4.5
22
Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
15,508
13,947
11.2
23
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
15,405
13,805
11.6
24
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
15254
13,130
16.2
25
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
15,035
11,664
28.9
26
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
14,396
14,858
3.1
27
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
12,524
10,138
23.5
28
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
11,671
9,589
21.7%
29
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
11,606
9,695
19.7
30
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
11,599
8,839
31.2
31
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
11,280
10,185
10.8
32
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirapalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
11,165
10,430
7.0
33
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
10,852
10,766
0.8
34
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
VGA
10,333
6,676
54.8
35
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
DED
9,485
4,962
91.2
36
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
9,084
7,462
21.7
37
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
9,051
6,592
37.3
38
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
8,899
7,158
24.3
39
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
8,330
7,339
13.5
40
Rajahmundry Airport
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
RJA
7,846
6,641
18.1
41
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
6,949
7,755
10.4
42
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
6,612
5,264
25.6
43
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
6,598
6,078
8.6
44
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
4,904
3,434
42.8
45
Surat International Airport
Surat
Gujarat
STV
12,246
4,198
102%
46
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
4,610
4,674
1.4
47
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
3,799
3,713
2.3
48
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
3,732
2,976
25.4
49
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
3,510
2,839
23.6
50
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
3,205
3,586
10.6
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 8]
Cargo
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Cargo tonnes FY 2016-17
Cargo tonnes FY 2015-16
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
857,419
787,169
8.9
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
782,289
705,249
10.9
3
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
359,217
315,625
13.8
4
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
319,344
291,950
9.4
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
152,415
139,878
9.0
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
121,882
110,033
10.8
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
81,485
79,233
2.8
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
76,602
67,774
13.0
9
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
35,312
31,766
11.2
10
Trivandrum International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
28,450
35,570
20.0
11
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
17,286
15,628
10.6
12
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
16,126
9,370
72.1
13
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
14,023
13,354
5.0
14
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
10,139
7,792
30.1
15
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
8,239
7,002
17.7
16
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
7,668
6,992
9.7
17
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
7,145
6,391
11.8
18
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
6,867
6,582
4.3
19
Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
6,591
4,414
49.3
20
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
6,057
5,456
11.0
21
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
5,697
4,559
25.0
22
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
4,882
5,396
9.5
23
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
4,843
4,957
2.3
24
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
4,841
4,183
15.7
25
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
4,720
4,266
10.6
26
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
4,708
2,960
59.1
27
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
4,655
3,842
21.2
28
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
4,561
4,353
4.8
29
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
4,312
4,227
2.0
30
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
4,103
4,880
15.9
31
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
2,973
2,144
38.7
32
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
2,242
1,681
33.4
33
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
1,665
1,442
15.5
34
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
1,436
1,406
2.1
35
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
1,355
835
62.3
36
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
1,242
936
32.7
37
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
1,052
961
9.5
38
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
1031
931
10.7
39
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
904
1,153
21.6
40
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
730
286
155.2
41
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
543
389
39.6
42
Dimapur Airport
Dimapur
Nagaland
DMU
398
203
96.1
43
Juhu Aerodrome
Mumbai
Maharashtra
N/A
372
381
2.4
44
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
312
443
29.6
45
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
DED
268
94
185.1
46
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
244
170
43.5
47
Jorhat Airport
Jorhat
Assam
JRH
66
16
312.5
48
Tuticorin Airport
Thoothukudi
Tamil Nadu
TCR
58
67
13.4
49
Jamnagar Airport
Jamnagar
Gujarat
JGA
48
80
40.0
50
Bhuj Airport
Bhuj
Gujarat
BHJ
30
23
30.4
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 9]
April 2015 – March 2016
List of top 50 busiest airports of India by passenger traffic, aircraft movement and cargo traffic for fiscal year 2015-16, i.e. April 2015 - March 2016.
Passenger traffic
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Passengers FY 2015-16
Passengers FY 2014-15
% change
Rank change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
48,424,165
40,895,555
18.1
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
41,670,351
37,694,824
13.7
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru
Karnataka
BLR
18,971,149
15,401,392
23.2
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
15,218,017
14,299,200
6.4
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
12,421,244
10,916,669
13.8
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
12,388,159
10,404,299
19.1
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
7,749,901
6,407,302
21.0
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
6,480,111
5,050,433
28.3
9
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
5,417,167
4,190,509
29.3
1
10
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
5,375,555
4,513,201
19.1
1
11
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
3,470,788
3,174,018
9.3
12
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
3,241,892
2,541,241
27.6
1
13
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
2,887,195
2,197,96
31.4
2
14
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
2,784,315
2,233,601
24.7
15
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
2,310,829
2,040,808
13.2
1
16
Kozhikode International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
2,305,547
2,583,744
10.8
4
17
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
1,894,732
1,493,359
26.9
18
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
1,804,634
1,099,480
64.1
7
19
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
1,692,892
1,353,300
25.1
1
20
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
1,691,553
1,429,198
18.4
2
21
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
1,674,251
1,307,083
28.1
22
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
1,595,241
1,401,147
13.9
3
23
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
1,584,013
1,196,540
32.4
24
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
1,534,058
1,206,286
27.2
2
25
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
1,383,982
1,020,118
35.7
3
26
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
1,297,212
1,189,218
9.1
2
27
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
1,250,370
1,083,684
15.4
1
28
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
1,206,844
925,504
30.4
2
29
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
1,117,252
952,641
17.3
30
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
1,087,239
1,061,384
1.2
3
31
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
931,092
712,441
30.7
2
32
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
921,591
879,182
4.8
1
33
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
871,318
815,873
6.8
1
34
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
842,300
687,221
22.6
35
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
766,877
612,188
25.3
1
36
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
739,961
653,832
13.2
1
37
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
711,187
457841
55.3
38
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
662,615
416,284
59.2
1
39
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttrakhand
DED
471,542
378,646
24.5
2
40
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
413,207
358,402
15.3
2
41
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
408,541
403,211
1.3
1
42
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
VGA
398,643
231,931
71.9
4
43
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
371,060
245,049
51.4
2
44
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
319,646
319,260
0.1
1
45
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
301,859
295,863
2.0
1
46
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
301,046
426,855
29.5
8
47
Rajahmundry Airport
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
RJA
223,903
153,721
45.7
48
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
200,855
189,370
6.1
49
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
175,137
162,651
7.7
50
Jabalpur Airport
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
JLR
153,409
101,232
51.5
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 10]
Aircraft movement
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Aircraft movement FY 2015-16
Aircraft movement FY 2014-15
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
344,113
300,889
14.4
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
296,634
269,456
10.1
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
153,063
133,488
14.7
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
125,122
97,128
2.2
5
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
105,772
94,057
12.5
6
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
102,485
97,128
5.5
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
56,180
51,502
9.1
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
47,195
38,979
21.6
9
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
40,726
33,760
20.6
10
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
39,030
33,422
16.8
11
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
29,425
26,871
9.5
12
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
27,317
19,749
38.3
13
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
26,001
23,719
9.6
14
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
24,034
19,852
21.1
15
Juhu Aerodrome
Mumbai
Maharashtra
N/A
23,215
22,251
4.3
16
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
17,935
17,691
1.4
17
Kozhikode International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
17,260
17,481
1.3
18
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
16,739
11,445
46.3
19
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
16,268
14,828
9.7
20
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
14,858
14,371
3.4
21
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
14,036
12,512
12.2
22
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
13,947
11,060
26.1
23
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
13,805
11,501
20.0
24
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
13,416
14,042
4.5
25
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
13,130
10,968
19.7
26
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
11,666
8,801
32.6
27
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
10,766
10,065
7.0
28
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
10,430
9,694
7.6
29
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
10,185
8,425
20.9
30
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
10,138
9,642
5.1
31
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
9,695
9,330
3.9
32
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
9,589
7,728
24.1
33
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
8,839
10,125
12.7
34
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
7,755
5,375
44.3
35
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
7,462
5,647
32.1
36
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
7,339
5,634
30.3
37
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
7,158
7,612
6.0
38
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
VGA
6,676
4,639
43.9
39
Rajahmundry Airport
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
RJA
6,641
7,101
6.5
40
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
6,592
7,642
13.7
41
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
6,078
4,803
26.5
42
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
5,264
2,985
76.3
43
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttrakhand
DED
4,962
4,840
2.5
44
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
4,674
3344
39.8
45
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
3,713
4,141
10.3
46
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
3,586
3,110
15.3
47
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
3,434
3,462
0.8
48
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
3,213
3,992
19.5
49
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
2,976
3,058
2.7
50
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
2,839
2,899
2.1
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 11]
Cargo
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Cargo tonnes FY 2015-16
Cargo tonnes FY 2014-15
% change
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
787,168
696,539
13.0
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
705,259
694,260
1.6
3
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
315,625
303,904
3.9
4
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
291,950
279,475
4.5
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
139,679
136,699
2.2
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
110,033
98,899
11.3
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
79,233
70,787
11.9
8
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
67,774
59,313
14.3
9
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
35,570
29,904
18.9
10
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
31,766
27,390
16
11
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
15,628
10,460
49.4
12
Kozhikode International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
13,354
22,849
41.6
13
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
9,370
3,359
187.5
14
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
7,792
8,364
6.8
15
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
7,002
5,950
17.7
16
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
6,992
6,315
10.7
17
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
6,582
4,926
33.6
18
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
6,391
6,031
6.0
19
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
5,456
5,681
4.0
20
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
5,396
5,853
7.8
21
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
4,957
4,860
2.0
22
Goa International Airport
Goa
Goa
GOI
4,880
4,498
8.5
23
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
4,559
5,065
10.0
24
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
4,414
5,198
15.1
25
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
4,353
3,951
10.2
26
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
4,266
4,467
4.5
27
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
4,227
2,235
89.1
28
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
4,085
3,496
16.8
29
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
3,842
3,046
26.1
30
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
2,960
1,244
137.9
31
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
2,244
2,063
3.9
32
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
1,681
1,685
0.2
33
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
1,442
1,339
7.7
34
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
1,406
1,250
12.5
35
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
1,153
937
23.1
36
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
961
662
45.2
37
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
936
684
36.8
38
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
931
1,074
13.3
39
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
833
858
2.7
40
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
443
415
6.7
41
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
389
336
15.8
42
Juhu Aerodrome
Mumbai
Maharashtra
N/A
381
407
6.4
43
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Mizoram
AJL
286
266
7.5
44
Dimapur Airport
Dimapur
Nagaland
DMU
203
174
16.7
45
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
170
134
26.9
46
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttrakhand
DED
94
43
118.6
47
Jamnagar Airport
Jamnagar
Gujarat
JGA
80
169
52.7
48
Tuticorin Airport
Thoothukudi
Tamil Nadu
TCR
67
52
28.8
49
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
54
35
54.3
50
Bhuj Airport
Bhuj
Gujarat
BHJ
23
17
35.3
Source: Airports Authority of India [ 12]
2014–15
List of airports by passenger traffic with aircraft movements and cargo handled during FY 2014-15.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Total passengers
FY 2014-15
% change
Rank change
Aircraft movement
FY 2014-15
Cargo tonnes
FY 2014-15
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
40,895,555
11.1
300,889
696,539
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
37,694,824
13.7
280,713
705,260
3
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
15,401,392
19.7
1
133,488
279,475
4
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
14,299,200
10.9
1
122,377
303,904
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
10,916,699
8.18
97,128
136,699
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
10,404,353
20.2
94,057
98,899
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
6,414,135
19.2
53,750
75,787
8
Sardar Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
5,050,433
10.7
38,797
59,313
9
Goa International Airport
Dabolim
Goa
GOI
4,513,201
16.2
33,422
4,498
10
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
4,190,509
16.5
33,760
27,390
11
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
3,174,018
8.2
23,719
29,897
12
Kozhikode International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
2,583,740
4.8
17,481
22,849
13
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
2,541,241
9.9
19,749
4,860
14
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
2,233,601
1.6
26,871
10,460
15
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
2,197,959
10.0
19,852
3,259
16
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
2,040,808
1.9
14,828
5,636
17
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
1,493,356
11.8
12,512
5,948
18
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
1,429,198
14.9
2
17,691
8,364
19
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
1,401,147
10.9
14,042
6,063
20
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
1,353,300
21.5
1
14,371
6,315
21
Mangalore Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
1,307,083
1.8
3
11,501
649
22
Chandigarh Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
1,206,292
15.0
1
10,551
5,065
23
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
1,196,540
14.5
1
10,304
5,198
24
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
1,189,218
17.1
3
9,834
4,912
25
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
1,099,480
8.6
1
10,900
2,812
26
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
1,083,684
5.0
1
9,796
859
27
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
1,035,887
43.6
6
10,395
2,235
28
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
1,019,973
23.4
2
8,901
2,063
29
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
952,641
12.7
1
10,063
1,685
30
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
925,504
10.2
1
8,628
3,951
31
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
879,182
6.6
7,845
5,681
32
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
815,873
7.8
9,350
3,046
33
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
712,447
3.8
1
6,136
2,063
34
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
687,221
2.5
1
8,162
1,074
35
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
653,832
26.5
9
7,612
3,496
36
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
612,188
2.6
1
4,991
4,467
37
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
457,942
5.2
1
5,603
35
38
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
426,855
4.7
1
4,369
1,250
39
Raja Bhoj International Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
416284
3.1
2
6,206
4,467
40
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
403,243
22.2
1
3,376
1,339
41
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttrakhand
DED
378,646
23.4
4,810
43
42
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
351,343
14.7
3,050
134
43
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
319,260
28.9
2
3,492
336
44
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
295,863
2.6
1
3,038
12
45
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
245,049
9.9
1
2,789
6
46
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
VGA
233,617
25.6
1,404
0
47
Gaya Airport
Gaya
Bihar
GAY
127,366
24.6
1,504
0
2013–14
List of airports by passenger traffic with aircraft movements and cargo handled with during fiscal year 2013-14.[ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA code
Total passengers
FY 2013-14
% change
Rank change
Aircraft movement
FY 2013-14
Cargo tonnes
FY 2013-14
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
Delhi
DEL
36,876,986
7.30
290,772
605,699
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
32,221,395
6.70
260,666
648,742
3
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
12,896,055
0.9
121,817
292,080
4
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
12,868,830
7.3
117,728
242,391
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
10,100,232
0.7
92,871
129,782
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
8,653,784
4.3
87,741
86,670
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
5,383,463
10.3
46,029
52,408
8
Sardar Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
4,564,225
9.6
42,229
51,637
9
Goa International Airport
Dabolim
Goa
GOI
3,999,535
12.9
28,904
4,768
10
Pune International Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
PNQ
3,596,684
9.2
30,534
21,145
11
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
2,934,434
3.4
23,782
29,077
12
Kozhikode International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
2,455,579
8.4
16,220
22,868
13
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
2,312,291
14.3
19,682
4,239
14
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
2,196,545
5.8
27,098
7,907
15
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
2,003,186
7.6
15,288
3,722
16
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
1,981,936
10.00
19,809
6,705
17
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
1,335,832
3.9
11,752
4,022
18
Mangalore International Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
1,283,667
23.0
3
12,776
367
19
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
1,263,837
0.1
12,990
5,524
20
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
1,244,300
4.10
2
13,349
7,072
21
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
1,114,980
3.16
1
13,785
4,801
22
Chandigarh Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
1,050,397
19.20
3
9,690
3,315
23
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
1,044,127
4.1
9,902
4,849
24
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
1,031,821
15.2
10,054
1,615
25
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
1,015,825
16.8
1
9,836
4,751
26
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
1,012,522
2.4
4
11,008
1,823
27
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
845,555
1.9
9,916
1,623
28
Raipur Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
839,534
3.6
9,279
3,355
29
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
826,282
2.0
8,040
404
30
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
824,496
4.2
8,066
6,603
31
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
757,009
7.6
8,443
2,687
32
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
721,365
8.2
2
8,332
1,795
33
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
686,235
1.5
1
6,489
2,052
34
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
670,516
20.1
1
7,860
1,205
35
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
628,766
6.5
2
5,344
4,101
36
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
517,006
11.5
1
6,587
2,491
37
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad
Maharashtra
IXU
447,917
2.0
1
4,096
843
38
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
435,197
20.7
1
5,636
0
39
Raja Bhoj Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
429,680
12.7
3
7,446
867
40
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IXL
330,001
5.1
3,002
1,080
41
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttrakhand
DED
306,832
29.9
NA
4,078
0
42
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
306,441
8.2
2,911
157
43
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
303,678
16.5
2,988
19
44
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
272,095
5.0
3
2,970
0
45
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
246,068
6.6
1
2,328
253
46
Gaya Airport
Gaya
Bihar
GAY
102,212
16.5
1,437
0
2012–13
Busiest airports in India by passenger traffic with aircraft movements and cargo handled in FY 2012-13[ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
Rank
Name
City
State/
IATA
Total passengers FY 2012-13
% change
Aircraft movements FY 2012-13
Cargo tonnes FY 2012-13
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Delhi
National Capital Region
DEL
34,368,411
4.2
280,713
546,311
2
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Mumbai
Maharashtra
BOM
30,207,514
1.8
244,499
635,163
3
Chennai International Airport
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
MAA
12,776,760
1.1
117,418
315,879
4
Kempegowda International Airport
Bangalore
Karnataka
BLR
11,993,887
5.5
104,642
226,548
5
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata
West Bengal
CCU
10,068,655
2.3
93,605
123,491
6
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad
Telangana
HYD
8,300,469
1.4
90,151
79,236
7
Cochin International Airport
Kochi
Kerala
COK
4,880,773
3.5
40,150
46,906
8
Sardar Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
AMD
4,162,747
11.3
38,289
48,175
9
Goa International Airport
Dabolim
Goa
GOI
3,542,747
0.6
26,804
4,952
10
Pune Airport
Pune
Maharashtra
Pune
3,294,909
0.1
27,826
19,861
11
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
TRV
2,839,083
0.9
24,803
39,533
12
Kozhikode International Airport
Kozhikode
Kerala
CCJ
2,273,703
2.9
16,733
27612
13
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
LKO
2,022,414
0.2
18,395
3,446
14
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati
Assam
GAU
2,076,938
7.5
26,938
6,013
15
Srinagar Airport
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
SXR
1,861,691
14.1
14,109
3,027
16
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur
Rajasthan
JAI
1,802,469
1.4
18,260
6,672
17
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
BBI
1,389,552
10.9
14,220
3,324
18
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
CJB
1,297,804
3.5
12,852
6,679
19
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur
Maharashtra
NAG
1,262,921
10.8
13,480
5,206
20
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
IDR
1,083,663
2.6
13,835
4,734
21
Mangalore Airport
Mangalore
Karnataka
IXE
1,043,386
16.8
9,906
292
22
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
VTZ
1,037,608
8.3
15,129
1,644
23
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
Patna
Bihar
PAT
1,003,169
1.8
9,972
2,251
24
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar
Punjab
ATQ
895,425
0.4
9,167
1,512
25
Chandigarh Airport
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
IXC
881,555
9.9
9,960
2,538
26
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
TRZ
870,030
4.3
7,889
2,899
27
Jammu Airport
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
IXJ
862,083
3.0
10,572
1,488
28
Raipur Airport
Raipur
Chhattisgarh
RPR
810,435
1.0
10,496
2,346
29
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
VNS
808,497
8.1
7,654
401
30
Agartala Airport
Agartala
Tripura
IXA
791,105
5.4
9,042
5,816
31
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
IXZ
703,483
15.1
8,668
2,206
32
Vadodara Airport
Vadodara
Gujarat
BDQ
676,090
0.9
6,125
1,970
33
Imphal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
IMF
672,872
7.5
6,990
3,964
34
Bagdogra Airport
Bagdogra
West Bengal
IXB
666,052
9.4
7,376
1,238
35
Madurai Airport
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
IXM
558,502
9.1
6,720
1,050
36
Raja Bhoj Airport
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
BHO
492,347
16.5
7,668
965
37
Birsa Munda Airport
Ranchi
Jharkhand
IXR
463,738
5.6
5,302
1,732
38
Aurangabad Airport
Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
IXU
439,275
8.7
4,429
725
39
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur
Rajasthan
UDR
360,320
2.9
4,968
0
40
Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh
Jammu and Kashmir
IX
347,616
6.9
3,071
1,136
41
Tirupati Airport
Tirupati
Andhra Pradesh
TIR
286,548
19.1
3,652
16
42
Rajkot Airport
Rajkot
Gujarat
RAJ
283,291
8.4
2,823
303
43
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
JDH
260,649
21.3
3,117
18
44
Dibrugarh Airport
Dibrugarh
Assam
DIB
230,761
0.5
2,163
309
45
Silchar Airport
Silchar
Assam
IXS
218,735
4.5
4,434
346
46
Gaya Airport
Gaya
Bihar
GAY
121,091
23.2
1,524
0
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