Top ten busiest airports in India ranked by passenger traffic

Passenger traffic at Indian airports is high despite a second wave of COVID-19 infections.

Avg daily passenger traffic in Indian airports has risen from about 64,000 in June 2020...

...to over 2.5 lakh as of March 20.

1. Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport

Delhi has the busiest airport in India accounting for 18 percent of all passenger traffic

2. Bengaluru - Kempegowda International Airport

The airport in India’s IT hub has beat Mumbai in traffic in first 10 months of the current financial year.

3. Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

Due to the high number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, Mumbai airport’s ranking has slipped down to number 3 this year

4. Kolkata - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International

One of the oldest airports in India, which was opened in 1924, serves 7 percent of India’s airline passengers.

5. Hyderabad - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Hyderabad airport has held the fifth position for a third year in a row. It also ranked in the AirHelp list of 10 airports in the world.

6. Chennai - Chennai International Airport

Chennai used to rank fourth in terms of traffic 7 years ago but it now placed at sixth.

7. Ahmedabad - Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport

Ahmedabad, which beat Pune in passenger traffic two years ago, has held its position this year too.

8. Patna - Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport

The capital of Bihar has seen a significant jump in air travellers. It used to rank at 13-15 but it is the 8th busiest airport in India. To meet rising demand, Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to expand and modernise the infrastructure.

9. Goa - Dabolim International Airport

The popular tourist destination has ranked ninth in terms of traffic for the fourth year in a row.

10. Pune - Pune International Airport

Pune airport’s ranking slipped from 7 to 10 in this year due to high number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra. It got the ‘Best Airport in terms of hygiene measures’ in Asia-Pacific region award from Airports Council International in 2020.