The Airport Authority of India is the body that manages both the international and domestic airports of India. This body manages a total of 125 Airports, which includes 81 domestic airports, 11 international airports, 25 civil enclaves at defence airfields, and 8 custom airports.
As per the Airport Authority of India’s data from November 2016, India has 486 total airports, airstrips, flying schools, and military bases available in the country. It has 123 airports with scheduled commercial flights including some with dual civilian and army use. It also has 34 international airports.
An International Airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports and often feature longer runways and facilities to accommodate the heavier aircraft commonly used for international airports often also host domestic flights.
A domestic airport is an airport that handles only domestic flights – flights within the same country/nation. Domestic airports do not have customs and immigration facilities and so cannot handle flights to or from a foreign airport.
A joint-use airport is an aerodrome that is used for both military aviation and civil aviation. They typically contain facilities of both a civil airport and a military airbase. A civil enclave is an area at a military airbase allotted for the usage of civil aviation.
Civil enclaves are common in countries like India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan where a part of an airbase, almost invariably a legacy of World War II vintage, is allotted for domestic air traffic instead of building a new civilian airport.
An airbase is an aerodrome used as a military base by a military force for the operation of military aircraft. It has some facilities similar to a civilian airport – for example, air traffic control and fire fighting. Some military aerodromes have passenger facilities.
International Airports in India
| International Airport Name & Code | Airport Location | Type/Purpose |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport – BOM | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Commercial Airport |
| Kempegowda International Airport – BLR | Bangalore, Karnataka | Commercial Airport |
| Chennai International Airport – MAA | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Commercial Airport |
| Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport – CCU | Kolkata, West Bengal | Commercial Airport |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport – LKO | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Commercial Airport |
| Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport – ATQ | Amritsar, Punjab | Commercial Airport |
| Visakhapatnam International Airport – VTZ | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | Civil Enclave |
| Kannur International Airport – CNN | Kannur, Kerala | Commercial Airport |
| Surat International Airport – STV | Surat, Gujarat | Commercial Airport |
| Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport – IDR | Indore, Madhya Pradesh | Commercial Airport |
| Cochin International Airport – COK | Kochi, Kerala | Commercial Airport |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport – AMD | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Commercial Airport |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport – DEL | Delhi | Commercial Airport |
| Dabolim Airport – GOI | Goa | Civil Enclave |
| Pune Airport – PNQ | Pune, Maharashtra | Civil Enclave |
| Thiruvananthapuram International Airport – TRV | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Commercial Airport |
| Coimbatore International Airport – CJB | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Commercial Airport |
| Calicut International Airport – CCJ | Calicut, Kerala | Commercial Airport |
| Biju Patnaik International Airport – BBI | Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Commercial Airport |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport – GAU | Guwahati, Assam | Civil Enclave |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport – VNS | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | Commercial Airport |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Airport- HYD | Hyderabad, Telangana | Commercial Airport |
| Tiruchirappalli International Airport – TRZ | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | Commercial Airport |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport – NAG | Nagpur, Maharashtra | Commercial Airport |
| Sheikhul Aalam International Airport – SXR | Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir | Civil Enclave |
| Imphal International Airport – IMF | Imphal, Meghalaya | Commercial Airport |
| Jaipur International Airport – JAI | Jaipur, Rajasthan | Commercial Airport |
| Madurai Airport – IXM | Madurai, Tamil Nadu | Customs, Commercial |
| Bagdogra International Airport – IXB | Siliguri, West Bengal | Commercial Airport |
| Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport – PAT | Patna, Bihar | Commercial (Restricted International Flights, Customs) |
| Mangalore International Airport – IXE | Mangalore, Karnataka | Commercial Airport |
| Chandigarh International Airport – IXC | Chandigarh | Civil Enclave (Restricted International Flights, Customs) |
| Veer Savarkar International Airport | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Port Blair | Civil Enclave |
Domestic Airports in India
| Airport | State | City Located | Role |
| Kadapa Airport | Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa | Commercial |
| Vijayawada Airport | Vijayawada | Commercial | |
| Rajahmundry Airport | Rajahmundry | Commercial | |
| Tirupati Airport | Tirupati | Commercial | |
| Pasighat Airport | Arunachal Pradesh | Pasighat | Civil Enclave |
| Gaya Airport | Bihar | Gaya | Customs, Commercial |
| Ambikapur Airport | Chhattisgarh | Ambikapur | Commercial |
| Bilaspur Airport | Bilaspur | Flying School | |
| Swami Vivekananda Airport | Raipur | Commercial | |
| Diu Airport | Daman and Diu | Diu | Commercial |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | New Delhi | Commercial |
| Dibrugarh Airport | Assam | Dibrugarh | Commercial |
| Jorhat Airport | Jorhat | Civil Enclave | |
| Lilabari Airport | North Lakhimpur | Commercial | |
| Tezpur Airport | Tezpur | Defence | |
| Silchar Airport | Silchar | Civil Enclave | |
| Vadodara Airport | Gujarat | Vadodara | Commercial |
| Bhuj Airport | BHUJ | Civil Enclave | |
| Kandla Airport | Kandla | Commercial | |
| Jamnagar Airport | Jamnagar | Civil Enclave | |
| Porbandar Airport | Porbandar | Commercial | |
| Rajkot Airport | Rajkot | Commercial | |
| Bhavnagar Airport | Bhavnagar | Commercial | |
| Karnal Airport | Haryana | Karnal | Flying School |
| Hisar Airport | Hisar | Commercial | |
| Kangra Airport | Himachal Pradesh | Kangra | Commercial |
| Kullu-Manali Airport | Kullu | Commercial | |
| Shimla Airport | Shimla | Commercial | |
| Jammu Airport | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu | Civil Enclave |
| Bokaro Airport | Jharkhand | Bokaro | Commercial |
| Sonari Airport | Jamshedpur | Commercial | |
| Birsa Munda Airport | Ranchi | Commercial | |
| Bellary Airport | Karnataka | Bellary | Commercial |
| Jakkur Airfield | Bengaluru | Flying School | |
| Belgaum Airport | Belgaum | Commercial | |
| Mysore Airport | Mysore | Commercial | |
| Gulbarga Airport | Kalaburagi | Commercial | |
| Hubli Airport | Hubli | Commercial | |
| Kollam Airport | Kerala | Kollam | Closed |
| Agatti Airport | Lakshadweep | Agatti | Commercial |
| Khajuraho Airport | Madhya Pradesh | Khajuraho | Commercial |
| Satna Airport | Satna | Commercial | |
| Jabalpur Airport | Jabalpur | Commercial | |
| Raja Bhoj Airport | Bhopal | Commercial | |
| Gwalior Airport | Gwalior | Commercial | |
| Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport | Indore | Commercial | |
| Shirdi Airport | Maharashtra | Shirdi | Commercial |
| Nashik Airport | Nashik | Commercial | |
| Yavatmal Airport | Yavatmal | General Aviation | |
| Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport | Nanded | Commercial | |
| Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport | Kolhapur | Commercial | |
| Juhu Aerodrome | Mumbai | General Aviation | |
| Aurangabad Airport | Aurangabad | Commercial | |
| Solapur Airport | Solapur | General Aviation | |
| Jalgaon Airport | Jalgaon | Commercial | |
| Akola Airport | Akola | General Aviation | |
| Shillong Airport | Meghalaya | Shillong | Commercial |
| Lengpui Airport | Mizoram | Aizawl | Commercial |
| Dimapur Airport | Nagaland | Dimapur | Commercial |
| Veer Surendra Sai Airport | Odisha | Jharsuguda | Commercial |
| Jeypore Airport | Jeypore | ||
| Puducherry Airport | Puducherry | Pondicherry | Commercial |
| Bathinda Airport | Punjab | Bathinda | Civil Enclave |
| Pathankot Airport | Pathankot | Civil Enclave | |
| Sahnewal Airport | Ludhiana | Commercial | |
| Patiala Airport | Patiala | ||
| Adampur Airport | Jalandhar | Civil Enclave | |
| Nal Airport | Rajasthan | Bikaner | Civil Enclave |
| Kota Airport | Kota | – | |
| Kishangarh Airport | Ajmer | Commercial | |
| Jodhpur Airport | Jodhpur | Civil Enclave | |
| Maharana Pratap Airport | Udaipur | Commercial | |
| Jaisalmer Airport | Jaisalmer | Civil Enclave | |
| Pakyong Airport | Sikkim | Gangtok | Commercial |
| Thoothukudi Airport | Tamil Nadu | Thoothukudi | Commercial |
| Salem Airport | Salem | Commercial | |
| Nadirgul Airport | Telangana | Hyderabad | Flying School |
| Begumpet Airport | Hyderabad | Flying school | |
| Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport | Tripura | Agartala | Commercial |
| Kanpur Airport | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur | Civil enclave |
| Hindon Airport | Ghaziabad | Civil Enclave | |
| Agra Air Force Station | Agra | Civil Enclave | |
| Gorakhpur Airport | Gorakhpur | Civil Enclave | |
| Allahabad Airport | Allahabad | Civil Enclave | |
| Jolly Grant Airport | Uttrakhand | Dehradun | Commercial |
| Naini Saini Airport | Pithoragarh | Commercial | |
| Pantnagar Airport | Pantnagar | Commercial | |
| Balurghat Airport | West Bengal | Balurghat | – |
| Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport | Asansol | Commercial | |
| Behala Airport | Behala | Heliport | |
| Cooch Behar Airport | Cooch Behar | – | |
| Panagarh Airport | Panagarh | Airbase |
Conclusion
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This was all about the airports in India. AAI is responsible for creating, maintaining, upgrading and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India and works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation.