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The 30 largest airports and airlines in India

Further information is provided on the 30 biggest airports in India. At Indira Gandhi International Airport alone, 59 airlines operate and serve flights to and from 97 destinations.

Out of the twelve airlines of the country we have listed biggest 9. IndiGo is leading here with a total of 96 flight destinations.

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The 30 biggest airports in India

IATANameCityAirlinesDestinations
DELIndira Gandhi International AirportNew Delhi5997
BOMChhatrapati Shivaji International AirportMumbai4983
MAAChennai International AirportChennai3240
BLRKempegowda International AirportBangalore2840
COKCochin International AirportKochi2422
HYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportHyderabad2032
TRVTrivandrum International AirportThiruvananthapuram1917
CCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportKolkata1937
CCJCalicut International AirportCalicut1118
GOIDabolim AirportVasco da Gama912
ATQSri Guru Ram Dass Jee International AirportAmritsar76
AMDSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International AirportAhmedabad1318
JAIJaipur International AirportJaipur109
LKOChaudhary Charan Singh International AirportLucknow99
CJBCoimbatore International AirportCoimbatore88
TRZTiruchirapally Civil Airport AirportTiruchirappally84
PNQPune AirportPune712
IXBBagdogra AirportSiliguri75
GAULokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportGuwahati712
IXMMadurai AirportMadurai63
NAGDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International AirportNaqpur68
IXCChandigarh AirportChandigarh63
IXJJammu AirportJammu64
SXRSheikh ul Alam AirportSrinagar66
IXEMangalore International AirportMangalore57
IXZVir Savarkar International AirportPort Blair53
IDRDevi Ahilyabai Holkar AirportIndore57
IXAAgartala AirportAgartala53
PATLok Nayak Jayaprakash AirportPatna54
IXRBirsa Munda AirportRanchi54


Freight volume

In 2020, a total of 875.12 million ton-kilometers (= total mass transported in tons multiplied by kilometers traveled) of cargo was moved by air in India. Indira Gandhi International Airport alone accounted for around 857,419 metric tons.

The biggest airlines based in India

The largest airline in the country with scheduled passenger traffic and in terms of fleet size is IndiGo. In 2021, it carried 12.50 million passengers. It currently has a fleet of 280 aircrafts. The main airlines for civil passenger traffic in India are:

IATANameCallsignFleet sizeDestinations
6EIndiGoIfly28096
AIAir IndiaAirindia127102
SGSpiceJetSpicejet11853
G8Go FirstGo First5738
UKVistaraVistara5443
I5AirAsia IndiaRed Knight2818
IXAir India ExpressExpress India2433
9IAir India RegionalAllied2175
9WJet AirwaysJet Airways1269

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