Infrastructure · Airports
Where India flies from.
Operational airports with scheduled commercial service, ranked by FY 2025-26 passenger throughput from AAI.
At a glance
- 01India's airports together handled 420.1 million passengers in FY 2025-26, per AAI.
- 02Delhi (IGIA) remained busiest at 78.7 million passengers, ahead of Mumbai and Bengaluru.
- 03The top five airports account for about 55% of all-India passenger traffic in the displayed year.
- 0438 of the airports listed are designated international airports, with the remainder either customs airports or domestic-only.
All-India passenger traffic over time
Million passengers per fiscal year (AAI annual statistics).
Year-on-year passenger growth
Percent change in total passengers vs prior fiscal year.
Top airports by air freight (FY 2024-25)
Cargo handled in tonnes — the cargo hierarchy is far more concentrated than passengers.
Top airports by ATC movements (FY 2024-25)
Aircraft movements (landings + takeoffs) — a better proxy than passengers for runway congestion.
UDAN regional-connectivity coverage
Share of airports in this list flagged as UDAN regional-connectivity beneficiaries — the bulk of low-traffic tier-2/3 airfields.
Sources8
- AAI: March 2026 passenger traffic, Annexure IIIaai.aeroPDF document
- AAI: Investors — annual reports (multi-year traffic series)aai.aeroPublisher page
- Ministry of Civil Aviation: operational-airport countcivilaviation.gov.inPublisher page
- AAI: airport traffic annexuresaai.aeroPublisher page
- DGCA: Monthly traffic statisticsdgca.gov.inPublisher page
- Ministry of Civil Aviation: UDAN schemecivilaviation.gov.inPublisher page
- Publication / review dates
- Annual passenger throughput for FY 2025-26 (1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026); list verified 31 Mar 2026
- Coverage
- 133 scheduled-service records; the Ministry reports 165 operational airports as of 7 Jul 2026.