Getting around
Airports of India
44 major airports, grouped by region.
North
- DELVIDPinternational
Indira Gandhi International Airport
New Delhi, Delhi · opened 1962
India's busiest airport and gateway to the capital
- JAIVIJPinternational
Jaipur International Airport
Jaipur, Rajasthan · opened 1962
Pink City's regal gateway to Rajasthan
- LKOVILKinternational
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · opened 1986
Nawab city's cultural aviation hub
- ATQVIARinternational
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Amritsar, Punjab · opened 1961
Golden Temple’s international gateway
- VNSVIBNinternational
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh · opened 1940
Spiritual capital’s international gateway
- SXRVISRinternational
Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir · opened 1979
Kashmir Valley's scenic aerial gateway
- IXCVICGinternational
Chandigarh International Airport
Chandigarh, Chandigarh · opened 1938
Tri-city aviation hub for Punjab, Haryana and beyond
- DEDVIDNcustoms
Dehradun Airport
Dehradun, Uttarakhand · opened 1994
Doon Valley’s aerial gateway to the Himalayas
- IXLVILHcivil-enclave
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Leh, Ladakh · opened 1979
One of the world’s highest commercial airports
- JDHVIJOcivil-enclave
Jodhpur Airport
Jodhpur, Rajasthan · opened 1988
Blue City’s desert aerial gateway
- UDRVAUDdomestic
Maharana Pratap Airport
Udaipur, Rajasthan · opened 1957
Venice of the East’s aerial doorway
West
- BOMVABBinternational
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
Mumbai, Maharashtra · opened 1948
The financial capital’s bustling international gateway
- AMDVAAHinternational
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad, Gujarat · opened 1937
Gujarat's booming business and heritage gateway
- GOIVOGOinternational
Dabolim Airport
Dabolim, Goa · opened 1955
Coastal charm meets beach paradise flights
- GOXVOGAinternational
Manohar International Airport
Mopa, Goa · opened 2022
Goa's brand-new greenfield international airport
- PNQVAPOcustoms
Pune International Airport
Pune, Maharashtra · opened 1939
IT, education and heritage gateway to Maharashtra
- STVVASUinternational
Surat International Airport
Surat, Gujarat · opened 2004
Diamond city’s international airport
South
- BLRVOBLinternational
Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru, Karnataka · opened 2008
India’s Silicon Valley meets world-class aviation
- MAAVOMMinternational
Chennai International Airport
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · opened 1954
South India’s premier aviation hub
- HYDVOHSinternational
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Hyderabad, Telangana · opened 2008
A modern gateway to the Deccan
- COKVOCIinternational
Cochin International Airport
Kochi, Kerala · opened 1999
World's first fully solar-powered airport
- TRVVOTVinternational
Trivandrum International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · opened 1932
Southern tip gateway to God’s Own Country
- CCJVOCLinternational
Calicut International Airport
Kozhikode, Kerala · opened 1988
Malabar's gateway to the Gulf and beyond
- CJBVOCBinternational
Coimbatore International Airport
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · opened 1940
Manchester of South India takes flight
- IXEVOMLinternational
Mangaluru International Airport
Mangaluru, Karnataka · opened 1951
Karnataka’s coastal international hub
- VGAVOBZinternational
Vijayawada Airport
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh · opened 1990
Andhra Pradesh's rising aviation gateway
- VTZVOVZcivil-enclave
Visakhapatnam Airport
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh · opened 1981
Port city of the Bay of Bengal
- TIRVOTPinternational
Tirupati International Airport
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh · opened 1971
Pilgrim gateway to Tirumala
- IXMVOMDinternational
Madurai International Airport
Madurai, Tamil Nadu · opened 1957
Temple city’s international gateway
East
- CCUVECCinternational
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Kolkata, West Bengal · opened 1924
Eastern India's oldest and largest airport
- BBIVEBSinternational
Biju Patnaik International Airport
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · opened 1962
Temple city’s modern aviation gateway
- PATVEPTcustoms
Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport
Patna, Bihar · opened 1973
Bihar's capital gateway
North-East
- GAUVEGTinternational
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Guwahati, Assam · opened 1958
Gateway to the seven sisters of the North-East
- IMFVEIMinternational
Bir Tikendrajit International Airport
Imphal, Manipur · opened 1958
Manipur’s aerial gateway to the Northeast
Central
- NAGVANPinternational
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nagpur, Maharashtra · opened 1917
India's geographic centre and cargo hub
- IDRVAIDinternational
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport
Indore, Madhya Pradesh · opened 1948
Cleanest city’s premier airport
Islands
- IXZVOPBinternational
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands · opened 1984
Gateway to India’s emerald islands
Photos: Unsplash, as used on the original Indias.com. They are general aviation photos, not pictures of each named airport.