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Indira Gandhi International Airport

ICAO VIDP28.5556°N 77.0952°E237 m / 777 ftLarge airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP) is a large airport in New Delhi, Delhi (National Capital Territory), India. It opened in 1962. It has 4 runways; the longest is 4,430 m (14,534 ft). In 2024 it handled 77.8 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1962–1994

1962

OpenedIndira Gandhi International Airport opens.

14 JUN 1972

DisasterJapan Airlines Flight 471.82 killed

08 MAR 1994

DisasterQ133213851.

From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

11R/29L103° / 283° · LIT

LENGTH4,430 m14,534 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

11L/29R103° / 283°

LENGTH4,400 m14,436 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

10/28105° / 285° · LIT

LENGTH3,810 m12,500 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

09/27092° / 272° · LIT

LENGTH2,813 m9,229 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2017–2024

63.5M

37.1M

65.3M

72.2M

77.8M

1721222324

Routes

168 destinations · 59 countries

Year-round156

HSSMaharaja Agrasen International AirportIndia · Alliance Air149 km93 mi DEDDehradun Jolly Grant AirportIndia · IndiGo, Alliance Air, Air India210 km130 mi JAIJaipur International AirportIndia · Alliance Air, Air India Express, Air India230 km143 mi IXCShaheed Bhagat Singh International AirportIndia · Alliance Air, Air India237 km147 mi PGHPantnagar AirportIndia · IndiGo238 km148 mi GWLGwalior AirportIndia · IndiGo275 km171 mi SLVShimla AirportIndia · Alliance Air281 km175 mi BUPBhatinda Air Force StationIndia · Alliance Air296 km184 mi VIPGPithoragarh AirportIndia · Alliance Air327 km203 mi KUUKullu Manali AirportIndia · Alliance Air369 km229 mi BKBNal AirportIndia · IndiGo384 km239 mi KNUKanpur AirportIndia · IndiGo405 km252 mi DHMKangra AirportIndia · IndiGo, Alliance Air, SpiceJet409 km254 mi ATQSri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India414 km257 mi LKOChaudhary Charan Singh International AirportIndia · Air India Express, Air India424 km263 mi JDHJodhpur AirportIndia · Air India Express475 km295 mi HJRKhajuraho AirportIndia · IndiGo501 km311 mi IXJJammu AirportIndia · Air India Express, SpiceJet508 km316 mi AYJMaharshi Valmiki International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express538 km334 mi UDRMaharana Pratap AirportIndia · Air India Express, Air India541 km336 mi IXDPrayagraj AirportIndia · Alliance Air, Air India575 km357 mi BHORaja Bhoj International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India586 km364 mi IXLLeh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee AirportIndia · Air India, SpiceJet622 km386 mi JSAJaisalmer AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India641 km398 mi SXRSrinagar International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Air India Express, Air India643 km400 mi GOPGorakhpur AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Alliance Air +1658 km409 mi IDRDevi Ahilya Bai Holkar International AirportIndia · Alliance Air, Air India662 km411 mi JLRJabalpur AirportIndia · Alliance Air667 km414 mi VNSLal Bahadur Shastri International AirportIndia · Air India Express, Air India, SpiceJet667 km414 mi AMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Air India, SpiceJet755 km469 mi BDQVadodara International AirportIndia · Air India793 km493 mi KTMTribhuvan International AirportNepal · IndiGo, Bhutan Airlines, Nepal Airlines +1816 km507 mi NAGDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International AirportIndia · Air India853 km530 mi PATJay Prakash Narayan AirportIndia · Air India Express, Air India, SpiceJet857 km533 mi AHAMaa Mahamaya AirportIndia · Alliance Air869 km540 mi PABBilaspur AirportIndia · Alliance Air887 km551 mi GAYGaya AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India888 km552 mi DBRDarbhanga AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, SpiceJet910 km565 mi HSRRajkot International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India917 km570 mi STVSurat International AirportIndia · Air India Express936 km582 mi RPRSwami Vivekananda AirportIndia · Air India944 km587 mi BHJBhuj AirportIndia · Air India945 km587 mi IXUAurangabad AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India982 km610 mi ISKNashik International AirportIndia · IndiGo992 km616 mi NMBDaman AirportIndia · Alliance Air1,000 km621 mi KBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air, Ariana Afghan Airlines1,002 km623 mi IXRBirsa Munda AirportIndia · Air India Express1,008 km626 mi JRGJharsuguda AirportIndia · IndiGo1,017 km632 mi DGHDeoghar AirportIndia · IndiGo1,059 km658 mi Purnea AirportIndia · IndiGo1,066 km662 mi IXBBagdogra AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Air India Express, SpiceJet1,126 km700 mi BOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express +21,137 km706 mi NMINavi Mumbai International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express1,140 km708 mi RDPKazi Nazrul Islam AirportIndia · IndiGo1,152 km716 mi PNQPune International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Air India Express, Air India +11,155 km718 mi PBHParo International AirportBhutan · Drukair1,217 km756 mi HYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Air India1,267 km787 mi BBIBiju Patnaik International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India1,277 km793 mi CCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · Akasa Air, Air India, SpiceJet1,313 km816 mi VTZAlluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag)India · Akasa Air, Air India1,346 km836 mi DYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Somon Air1,348 km838 mi VGAVijayawada International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India1,390 km864 mi DACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · IndiGo, Air India1,426 km886 mi IXGBelagavi AirportIndia · IndiGo1,434 km891 mi GAULokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India +11,456 km905 mi GOXManohar International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express +11,463 km909 mi NMANamangan International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways1,471 km914 mi HBXHubballi AirportIndia · IndiGo1,482 km921 mi GOIGoa Dabolim International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India Express, Air India1,503 km934 mi SHLShillong AirportIndia · SpiceJet1,506 km936 mi TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air, FlyOne, Uzbekistan Airways1,580 km982 mi BSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Aero Nomad Airlines1,630 km1,013 mi HGIItanagar Donyi Polo Hollongi AirportIndia · IndiGo1,636 km1,017 mi ALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana1,646 km1,023 mi DMUDimapur AirportIndia · IndiGo1,674 km1,040 mi BLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express +21,709 km1,062 mi IMFBir Tikendrajit International AirportIndia · Air India Express1,720 km1,069 mi IXEMangaluru International AirportIndia · Air India Express1,750 km1,087 mi MAAChennai International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India1,760 km1,094 mi DIBDibrugarh AirportIndia · IndiGo1,762 km1,095 mi CNNKannur International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,857 km1,154 mi CJBCoimbatore International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India1,949 km1,211 mi MCTMuscat International AirportOman · Oman Air1,955 km1,215 mi TRZTiruchirappalli International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,986 km1,234 mi ASBAshgabat International AirportTurkmenistan · Turkmenistan Airlines2,027 km1,260 mi COKCochin International AirportIndia · Air India Express, Air India2,048 km1,273 mi SHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia, Air India Express2,166 km1,346 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, IndiGo, Emirates +12,182 km1,356 mi TRVThiruvananthapuram International AirportIndia · Air India2,232 km1,387 mi AUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways, Air India Express2,276 km1,414 mi RGNYangon International AirportMyanmar (Burma) · Air India2,338 km1,453 mi CMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · IndiGo, Air India, SriLankan Airlines2,395 km1,488 mi IXZVeer Savarkar International Airport / INS UtkroshIndia · Air India Express, Air India2,485 km1,544 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · IndiGo, Qatar Airways, Air India2,548 km1,583 mi IKAImam Khomeini International AirportIran · Mahan Air2,554 km1,587 mi BAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air2,619 km1,627 mi DMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · IndiGo, Air India Express2,696 km1,675 mi MLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Air India2,735 km1,699 mi GYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · IndiGo, Azerbaijan Airlines2,794 km1,736 mi KWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · IndiGo, Jazeera Airways, Air India Express +12,829 km1,758 mi BSRBasra International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways2,848 km1,770 mi DMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Thai Lion Air, Thai AirAsia X2,921 km1,815 mi BKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · IndiGo, Air India2,949 km1,832 mi HANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · IndiGo, Vietnam Airlines, Air India +13,000 km1,864 mi RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · IndiGo, Flynas, Saudia +13,036 km1,886 mi BGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Iraqi Airways3,165 km1,967 mi HKTPhuket International AirportThailand · IndiGo, Air India3,179 km1,975 mi KBVKrabi International AirportThailand · IndiGo3,230 km2,007 mi SVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Ural Airlines3,386 km2,104 mi PNHPhnom Penh International AirportCambodia · Air Cambodia3,446 km2,141 mi CANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · IndiGo, China Southern Airlines3,650 km2,268 mi SGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Air India, VietJet Air3,652 km2,269 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · IndiGo, Cathay Pacific, Air India3,747 km2,328 mi PEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China3,811 km2,368 mi KULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia +13,877 km2,409 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · IndiGo, Saudia, Air India3,879 km2,410 mi AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian3,945 km2,451 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Air India4,046 km2,514 mi SINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · IndiGo, Singapore Airlines, Air India4,159 km2,584 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Air India4,293 km2,668 mi SVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot4,364 km2,712 mi TPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · EVA Air4,373 km2,717 mi CAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir4,404 km2,737 mi ADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines4,551 km2,828 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · IndiGo4,567 km2,838 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air, Air India4,654 km2,892 mi MNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Air India4,773 km2,966 mi MSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia4,837 km3,006 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · IndiGo4,984 km3,097 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair5,224 km3,246 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines5,263 km3,270 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Air India5,546 km3,446 mi DPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · IndiGo, Air India5,822 km3,618 mi MRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · Air Mauritius5,832 km3,624 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Air India5,840 km3,629 mi HNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Air India5,862 km3,642 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa5,900 km3,666 mi NRTNarita International AirportJapan · Japan Airlines5,910 km3,672 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Air India5,932 km3,686 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air India, Lufthansa6,122 km3,804 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Air India6,148 km3,820 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Air India6,158 km3,826 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, Air India6,364 km3,954 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Air India6,565 km4,079 mi LHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · IndiGo, Virgin Atlantic, Air India +16,731 km4,182 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Air India6,799 km4,225 mi ALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie6,809 km4,231 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · IndiGo6,817 km4,236 mi MELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Air India10,191 km6,332 mi SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Air India10,435 km6,484 mi YVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air India11,139 km6,921 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Air India11,640 km7,233 mi JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Air India11,755 km7,304 mi EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Air India11,765 km7,310 mi ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Air India12,022 km7,470 mi SFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · Air India12,382 km7,694 mi

Seasonal1

YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada11,272 km7,004 mi

Cargo24

IXLLeh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee AirportIndia · SpiceJet622 km386 mi AMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation755 km469 mi BOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,137 km706 mi HYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation1,267 km787 mi CCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · Blue Dart Aviation1,313 km816 mi BLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo, Blue Dart Aviation1,709 km1,062 mi SHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Astral Aviation2,166 km1,346 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · UPS Airlines2,182 km1,356 mi DWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · FedEx Express2,213 km1,375 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways2,548 km1,583 mi CTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, SF Airlines2,601 km1,616 mi KWEGuiyang Longdongbao International AirportChina · Tianjin Air Cargo2,930 km1,821 mi CGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Air Central3,526 km2,191 mi CANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · SF Airlines, FedEx Express3,650 km2,268 mi EHUEzhou Huahu International AirportChina · SF Airlines3,662 km2,275 mi ZUHZhuhai Jinwan AirportChina · SF Airlines3,705 km2,302 mi SZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · UPS Airlines, SF Airlines3,725 km2,315 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Atlas Air3,747 km2,328 mi TPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · UPS Airlines4,373 km2,717 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air4,654 km2,892 mi LEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · AeroLogic5,857 km3,639 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · UPS Airlines6,214 km3,861 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · China Airlines6,293 km3,910 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Emirates SkyCargo6,400 km3,977 mi

Most destinationsAir India 78IndiGo 60Air India Express 31Alliance Air 16SpiceJet 15Akasa Air 14

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DEL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Indira Gandhi International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers77.8M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#10of 3,974 · #3 Asia · #1 IN Longest runway4,430 m14,534 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#36of 29,823 · #11 Asia · #1 IN Elevation237 m777 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=21,876of 43,341 · #1,245 Asia · #142 IN AgeOpened 19622026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,898of 15,079 · =284 Asia · =34 IN Runways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =3 Asia · #1 IN

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

10 channels

APPDELHI APP126.350

ATISATIS126.400

GNDDELHI GND121.900

TWRDELHI TWR rwy28/10118.100

TWRDELHI TWR RWY 29/11118.250

AREA CONTROL (E)DELHI CONTROL120.900

AREA CONTROL (W)DELHI CONTROL124.550

TWRDELHI TWR Rwy 27/09118.750

CLDClearance Delivery121.950

GNDSMC121.625