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As per official data, there are 486 airstrips or airports in India. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) manages 137 airports of them. It includes 103 domestic airports, 34 international airports and 10 custom airports. Some airports are Civil Enclaves. A civil enclave is an area at a military air base allotted for the usage of civil aviation.
There are some flying strips dedicated to flying schools in India and military air bases. So, the exact number of Airstrips/Airports in India is 486.
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List of Airports in India
There are 3 types of Airports in India. We have mentioned the point-wise information to help you understand it better.
Now, let’s understand the types of airports!
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Domestic Airports
A domestic airport handles only domestic flights in the country. Passengers can board a flight at these airports to travel from one city to another city in the country.
- Domestic airports do not have customs and immigration sections.
- There are 103 domestic airports in India.
List of Domestic Airports in India
| Airport | State/UT | City Located |
| Veer Savarkar International Airport | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| Kadapa Airport | Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa |
| Vijayawada Airport | Vijayawada | |
| Rajahmundry Airport | Rajahmundry | |
| Tirupati Airport | Tirupati | |
| Pasighat Airport | Arunachal Pradesh | Pasighat |
| Gaya Airport | Bihar | Gaya |
| Ambikapur Airport | Chhattisgarh | Ambikapur |
| Bilaspur Airport | Bilaspur | |
| Swami Vivekananda Airport | Raipur | |
| Diu Airport | Daman and Diu | Diu |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | New Delhi |
| Dibrugarh Airport | Assam | Dibrugarh |
| Jorhat Airport | Jorhat | |
| Lilabari Airport | North Lakhimpur | |
| Tezpur Airport | Tezpur | |
| Silchar Airport | Silchar | |
| Vadodara Airport | Gujarat | Vadodara |
| Bhuj Airport | BHUJ | |
| Kandla Airport | Kandla | |
| Jamnagar Airport | Jamnagar | |
| Porbandar Airport | Porbandar | |
| Rajkot Airport | Rajkot | |
| Bhavnagar Airport | Bhavnagar | |
| Karnal Airport | Haryana | Karnal |
| Hisar Airport | Hisar | |
| Kangra Airport | Himachal Pradesh | Kangra |
| Kullu-Manali Airport | Kullu | |
| Shimla Airport | Shimla | |
| Jammu Airport | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu |
| Bokaro Airport | Jharkhand | Bokaro |
| Sonari Airport | Jamshedpur | |
| Birsa Munda Airport | Ranchi | |
| Bellary Airport | Karnataka | Bellary |
| Jakkur Airfield | Bengaluru | |
| Belgaum Airport | Belgaum | |
| Mysore Airport | Mysore | |
| Gulbarga Airport | Kalaburagi | |
| Hubli Airport | Hubli | |
| Kollam Airport | Kerala | Kollam |
| Agatti Airport | Lakshadweep | Agatti |
| Khajuraho Airport | Madhya Pradesh | Khajuraho |
| Satna Airport | Satna | |
| Jabalpur Airport | Jabalpur | |
| Raja Bhoj Airport | Bhopal | |
| Gwalior Airport | Gwalior | |
| Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport | Indore | |
| Shirdi Airport | Maharashtra | Shirdi |
| Nashik Airport | Nashik | |
| Yavatmal Airport | Yavatmal | |
| Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport | Nanded | |
| Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport | Kolhapur | |
| Juhu Aerodrome | Mumbai | |
| Aurangabad Airport | Aurangabad | |
| Solapur Airport | Solapur | |
| Jalgaon Airport | Jalgaon | |
| Akola Airport | Akola | |
| Shillong Airport | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Lengpui Airport | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Dimapur Airport | Nagaland | Dimapur |
| Veer Surendra Sai Airport | Odisha | Jharsuguda |
| Jeypore Airport | Jeypore | |
| Puducherry Airport | Puducherry | Pondicherry |
| Bathinda Airport | Punjab | Bathinda |
| Pathankot Airport | Pathankot | |
| Sahnewal Airport | Ludhiana | |
| Patiala Airport | Patiala | |
| Adampur Airport | Jalandhar | |
| Nal Airport | Rajasthan | Bikaner |
| Kota Airport | Kota | |
| Kishangarh Airport | Ajmer | |
| Jodhpur Airport | Jodhpur | |
| Maharana Pratap Airport | Udaipur | |
| Jaisalmer Airport | Jaisalmer | Civil Enclave |
| Pakyong Airport | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Thoothukudi Airport | Tamil Nadu | Thoothukudi |
| Salem Airport | Salem | |
| Nadirgul Airport | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| Begumpet Airport | Hyderabad | |
| Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport | Tripura | Agartala |
| Kanpur Airport | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur |
| Hindon Airport | Ghaziabad | |
| Agra Air Force Station | Agra | |
| Gorakhpur Airport | Gorakhpur | |
| Allahabad Airport | Allahabad | |
| Jolly Grant Airport | Uttrakhand | Dehradun |
| Naini Saini Airport | Pithoragarh | |
| Pantnagar Airport | Pantnagar | |
| Balurghat Airport | West Bengal | Balurghat |
| Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport | Asansol | |
| Behala Airport | Behala | |
| Cooch Behar Airport | Cooch Behar | |
| Panagarh Airport | Panagarh |
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International Airports
International Airports are defined as the type of airports where passengers can board flights to travel to other countries. There may be a domestic airport section at these airports.
- There are 34 International Airports in India.
- There are immigration, and customs sections available at these airports in India.
List of International Airports in India
| Name of the Airport | City/ State |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport | Amritsar, Punjab |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | Guwahati, Assam |
| Biju Patnaik International Airport | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| Gaya Airport | Gaya, Bihar |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport | New Delhi, Delhi |
| Veer Savarkar International Airport | Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Kempegowda International Airport | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Mangalore International Airport | Mangalore, Karnataka |
| Cochin International Airport | Kochi, Kerala |
| Calicut International Airport | Kozhikode, Kerala |
| Trivandrum International Airport | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| Jaipur International Airport | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Chennai International Airport | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Tiruchirappalli International Airport | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
| Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Kannur International Airport | Kannur, Kerala |
| Surat Airport | Surat, Gujarat |
| Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport | Indore, Madhya Pradesh |
| Dabolim Airport | Dabolim, Goa |
| Coimbatore International Airport | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
| Sheikh ul-Aalam International Airport | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Imphal International Airport | Imphal, Manipur |
| Madurai Airport | Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
| Bagdogra International Airport | Siliguri, West Bengal |
| Mangalore International Airport | Mangalore, Karnataka |
| Chandigarh International Airport | Chandigarh |
| Nashik Airport | Nashik, Maharashtra |
| Vadodara Airport | Vadodara, Gujarat |
| Kushinagar Airport | Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh |
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Custom Airports
Customs airport is defined as an airport appointed under Section 6(1) of the Customs Act 2015, as an airport for the landing or departure of aircraft for the enactments relating to Customs.
| Airport in India | State or UT | City |
| Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport | Bihar | Patna |
| Chandigarh Airport | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Raja Bhoj Airport | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| Pune Airport | Maharashtra | Pune |
| Madurai Airport | Tamil Nadu | Madurai |
| Bareilly Airport | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly |
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is responsible for managing the airports in India. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is responsible for creating, upgrading and maintaining the infrastructure of airports in India. The AAI also provides Air Traffic Management services to the aeroplanes flying over Indian Airspace. It is a government institution founded on 1 April 1995.
FAQs
Here are the 5 busiest airports in India
(1) IGI Airport New Delhi
(2) Mumbai CST Airport.
(3) Bengaluru Airport.
(4) Hyderabad Airport.
(5) Kolkata Airport.
Gujarat state has the most number of airports in India. Here is the list
(1) Ahmedabad
(2) Vadodara
(3) Rajkot
(4) Bhuj
(5) Bhavnagar
(6) Surat
(7) Jamnagar
(8) Kandla
(9) Keshod
Uttar Pradesh is all set to become the 1st state to have 5 international airports in the state. The government is constructing one more international airport near Noida.
According to Airport Authority of India, there are 137 operational airports in India including domestic, international and custom airports.
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