# Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM / VABB)

**Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport** (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB) is a large airport in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,509 m (11,511 ft). In 2017 it handled 47.2 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BOM / VABB
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Opened: 1942 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 12 m / 39 ft
- Coordinates: 19.0887, 72.8679
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,509 m / 11,511 ft
- Passengers: 47,204,259 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://csmia.adaniairports.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_International_Airport (50 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504368
- Weather station: VABB · WMO 43003
- Ident: VABB

## Timeline

- 1942: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport opens.
- 24 Sep 1972: Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1972). No deaths.
- 12 Oct 1976: Indian Airlines Flight 171. 95 killed.
- 21 Jun 1982: Air India Flight 403.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,509 m / 11,511 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |
| 14/32 | 2,871 m / 9,419 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | yes |

## Routes

27 destinations in 20 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 2,758 km / 1,714 mi · Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,770 km / 1,721 mi · Flynas, flyadeal
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 3,221 km / 2,001 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · Iraq · 3,247 km / 2,018 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,519 km / 2,187 mi · Flynas
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 7,213 km / 4,482 mi · Virgin Atlantic
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 12,494 km / 7,763 mi · Air Canada

### Cargo (23)

- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 623 km / 387 mi · Amazon Air
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 834 km / 518 mi · Amazon Air
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,137 km / 706 mi · IndiGo, Amazon Air
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 1,526 km / 948 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [RDP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedg.md) Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport · India · 1,571 km / 976 mi · IndiGo
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,914 km / 1,189 mi · IndiGo, Astral Aviation
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,934 km / 1,202 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 2,291 km / 1,424 mi · Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,499 km / 1,553 mi · Saudia Cargo
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 2,758 km / 1,714 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,770 km / 1,721 mi · Saudia Cargo
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 3,440 km / 2,138 mi · Ethiopian Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo, Turkish Airlines
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,519 km / 2,187 mi · Saudia Cargo
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 3,624 km / 2,252 mi · MASkargo
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 3,835 km / 2,383 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 3,922 km / 2,437 mi · SpiceJet
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 4,047 km / 2,515 mi · Challenge Airlines IL
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 4,204 km / 2,612 mi · CMA CGM Air Cargo, Ethiopian Airlines
- [MFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vmmc.md) Macau International Airport · Macao SAR China · 4,240 km / 2,635 mi · Qatar Airways
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 4,691 km / 2,915 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,836 km / 3,005 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taiwan · 5,002 km / 3,108 mi · China Airlines
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 6,993 km / 4,345 mi · CMA CGM Air Cargo

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BOM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india)
- G8 [Go First](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/go-first)

### Passenger (8)

- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 2
- AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 1
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 1
- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 1
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1
- KU [Kuwait Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kuwait-airways) · 1
- VS [Virgin Atlantic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-atlantic) · 1

### Cargo (13)

- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 5
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 5
- MZN [Amazon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amazon-air) · 3
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 3
- SV [Saudia Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia-cargo) · 3
- 2C [CMA CGM Air Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cma-cgm-air-cargo) · 2
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 2
- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 1
- 5C [Challenge Airlines IL](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/challenge-airlines-il) · 1
- CI [China Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-airlines) · 1
- LH [Lufthansa Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa-cargo) · 1
- MH [MASkargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maskargo) · 1
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 1

Former hub of [Indian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indian-airlines), [Jet Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet-airways), [Kingfisher Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kingfisher-airlines).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 47.2M (2017) | #42 of 3,974 | #20 in Asia | #2 in IN |
| Longest runway | 3,509 m / 11,511 ft | #469 of 29,858 | #144 in Asia | #13 in IN |
| Elevation | 12 m / 39 ft | =39,879 of 43,403 | =2,706 in Asia | #280 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =130 in Asia | =17 in IN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =2 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | MUMBAI | 120.500 |
| APP | MUMBAI APP | 127.900 |
| ATIS | MUMBAI ATIS | 126.400 |
| CLD | MUMBAI CLR DELIVERY | 121.850 |
| GND | MUMBAI GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | MUMBAI RDO | 1008.400 |
| RDR | RDR | 119.300 |
| TWR | MUMBAI TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [PNQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vapo.md) Pune International Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [NMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vadn.md) Daman Airport · 150 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_International_Airport&oldid=1376822505), revision of 26 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb/data