Airports in India 2026 – Complete List of International and Domestic Airports, Map

India's aviation network is one of the fastest-growing in the world, with over 160 operational airports spread across its states and Union Territories as of 2026. From major international hubs like Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi to newly launched domestic facilities under the UDAN scheme, the country's airport infrastructure has expanded significantly. For candidates preparing for Banking, SSC, Railways, UPSC, and State PSC exams, airports in India is a high-value Static GK topic. Questions on the total number of airports in India, names of international airports, their managing authorities, and recently inaugurated airports appear regularly in competitive exams.

How Many Airports Are in India in 2026?

As of 2026, India has approximately 163 operational airports. These are spread across four categories — international airports, customs airports, domestic airports, and civil enclaves within defence airfields. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) manages the majority of these facilities, while private groups like Adani Group and GMR Group operate several major hubs.
 

Category	Number
International Airports	33
Custom Airports	12
Domestic Airports	118
Civil Enclaves in Defence Airfields	26
Total Operational Airports	~163

India's long-term vision is to scale this number up to 350–400 airports by 2047 as part of its National Aviation Policy and infrastructure expansion goals.

Classification of Airports in India

Indian airports are officially classified into four types based on their operational scope and facilities available.

International Airports

International airports in India are authorized for scheduled operations by both Indian and foreign carriers. They are equipped with customs clearance, immigration counters, duty-free zones, international terminals, and IATA/ICAO-compliant infrastructure. India currently has 33 such airports. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, is the largest and busiest among them.

Customs Airports

Customs airports are permitted to handle limited international operations such as cargo charter flights, foreign tourist arrivals, and national carrier flights. They have customs and immigration facilities but operate on a more restricted basis compared to full international airports. There are 12 customs airports in India.

Domestic Airports

Domestic airports exclusively handle flights operating within India. They do not have customs or immigration infrastructure and typically feature shorter runways suited for regional aircraft. India has 118 domestic airports, many of which were developed or upgraded under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme to improve regional air connectivity.

Civil Enclaves in Defence Airfields 

Civil enclaves are civilian aviation zones carved out within military airbases. Air traffic control at these enclaves is typically managed by the armed forces or through a joint civil-military arrangement. India has 26 such civil enclaves, located mostly in border and strategically sensitive regions.

Who Manages Airports in India? – Airport Authority and Private Operators

Airport management in India is shared between the government-run AAI and private operators through public-private partnerships.
 

Managing Authority	Major Airports Under Management
Airports Authority of India (AAI)	Most domestic and regional airports across India
Adani Group	Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram
GMR Group	Delhi (IGI), Hyderabad (RGIA)
Adani Group (formerly GVK)	Mumbai (CSMIA)
State Govts / Private Developers	Jewar (Noida), Navi Mumbai (under development)

 

Major Airports of India – Key Facts for Exams

These are the most frequently asked airport-related facts in competitive exams:

• Largest airport in India: Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi — built across 5,106 acres
• Busiest airport in India (2026): Indira Gandhi International Airport, followed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
• First PPP-model international airport: Cochin International Airport, Kerala
• Most recently upgraded to international status: Calicut International Airport, Kerala (also known as Kozhikode Airport)
• Newest international airport (UP): Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhya
• Upcoming mega greenfield airports: Noida International Airport (Jewar), Navi Mumbai International Airport

List of International Airports in India 2026 – State-wise

India has 33 international airports spread across multiple states and Union Territories. The table below lists all of them with their city and official airport name.
 

State / Union Territory	City	Airport Name
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Veer Savarkar International Airport
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam International Airport
Assam	Guwahati	Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Bihar	Gaya	Gaya Airport
Delhi	New Delhi	Indira Gandhi International Airport
Goa	Dabolim	Dabolim Airport
Goa	Mopa	Manohar International Airport
Gujarat	Ahmedabad	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Gujarat	Surat	Surat International Airport
Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport
Karnataka	Bengaluru	Kempegowda International Airport
Karnataka	Mangaluru	Mangaluru International Airport
Kerala	Kannur	Kannur International Airport
Kerala	Kochi	Cochin International Airport
Kerala	Kozhikode	Calicut International Airport
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	Trivandrum International Airport
Madhya Pradesh	Indore	Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport
Maharashtra	Mumbai	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
Maharashtra	Nagpur	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Manipur	Imphal	Imphal International Airport
Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Biju Patnaik International Airport
Punjab	Amritsar	Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Rajasthan	Jaipur	Jaipur International Airport
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Chennai International Airport
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	Coimbatore International Airport
Tamil Nadu	Madurai	Madurai Airport
Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli International Airport
Telangana	Hyderabad	Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Uttar Pradesh	Ayodhya	Maharishi Valmiki International Airport
Uttar Pradesh	Kushinagar	Kushinagar International Airport
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
West Bengal	Kolkata	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

 

List of Domestic Airports in India 2026 – State-wise

The following table covers major domestic airports across Indian states and Union Territories.

State / UT	City	Airport Name	Type
Andaman & Nicobar	Car Nicobar	Car Nicobar Air Force Station	Domestic (CE)
Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa	Kadapa Airport	Domestic
Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool	Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Airport	Domestic
Andhra Pradesh	Rajahmundry	Rajahmundry Airport	Domestic
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	Tirupati Airport	Domestic (Intl Status)
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Donyi Polo Airport	Domestic
Arunachal Pradesh	Pasighat	Pasighat Airport	Domestic
Arunachal Pradesh	Tezu	Tezu Airport	Domestic
Assam	Dibrugarh	Dibrugarh Airport	Domestic
Assam	Jorhat	Jorhat Airport	Domestic (CE)
Assam	North Lakhimpur	Lilabari Airport	Domestic
Assam	Silchar	Silchar Airport	Domestic (CE)
Assam	Tezpur	Tezpur Airport	Domestic (CE)
Bihar	Darbhanga	Darbhanga Airport	Domestic (CE)
Bihar	Patna	Jay Prakash Narayan Airport	Domestic (Customs)
Bihar	Purnia	Purnia Airport	Domestic (CE)
Chhattisgarh	Ambikapur	Maa Mahamaya Airport	Domestic
Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur	Bilasa Devi Kevat Airport	Domestic
Chhattisgarh	Raipur	Swami Vivekananda Airport	Domestic
Daman & Diu	Diu	Diu Airport	Domestic
Gujarat	Bhavnagar	Bhavnagar Airport	Domestic
Gujarat	Bhuj	Bhuj Airport	Domestic (CE)
Gujarat	Jamnagar	Jamnagar Airport	Domestic (CE)
Gujarat	Kandla	Kandla Airport	Domestic
Gujarat	Porbandar	Porbandar Airport	Domestic
Gujarat	Vadodara	Vadodara Airport	Domestic
Haryana	Hisar	Maharaja Agrasen International Airport	Domestic (New)
Himachal Pradesh	Kangra	Kangra Airport	Domestic
Himachal Pradesh	Kullu	Kullu–Manali Airport	Domestic
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Shimla Airport	Domestic
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	Jammu Airport	Domestic (CE)
Jharkhand	Bokaro	Bokaro Airport	Domestic
Jharkhand	Deoghar	Deoghar Airport	Domestic
Karnataka	Belagavi	Belagavi Airport	Domestic
Karnataka	Hubballi	Hubballi Airport	Domestic
Karnataka	Kalaburagi	Kalaburagi Airport	Domestic
Karnataka	Mysuru	Mysuru Airport	Domestic
Karnataka	Shivamogga	Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport	Domestic
Karnataka	Bidar	Bidar Airport	Domestic (CE)
Ladakh	Leh	Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport	Domestic
Lakshadweep	Agatti	Agatti Airport	Domestic
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Raja Bhoj Airport	Domestic
Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior	Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport	Domestic (CE)
Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur	Jabalpur Airport	Domestic
Madhya Pradesh	Khajuraho	Khajuraho Airport	Domestic
Madhya Pradesh	Rewa	Rewa Airport	Domestic
Maharashtra	Aurangabad	Aurangabad Airport	Domestic (Customs)
Maharashtra	Kolhapur	Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport	Domestic
Maharashtra	Nashik	Nashik Airport (Ozar)	Domestic (CE)
Maharashtra	Nanded	Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport	Domestic
Maharashtra	Shirdi	Shirdi Airport	Domestic
Maharashtra	Solapur	Solapur Airport	Domestic
Maharashtra	Sindhudurg	Sindhudurg Airport	Domestic
Meghalaya	Shillong	Umroi Airport	Domestic
Mizoram	Aizawl	Lengpui Airport	Domestic
Nagaland	Dimapur	Dimapur Airport	Domestic
Odisha	Jharsuguda	Veer Surendra Sai Airport	Domestic
Puducherry	Puducherry	Pondicherry Airport	Domestic
Punjab	Pathankot	Pathankot Airport	Domestic (CE)
Rajasthan	Jaisalmer	Jaisalmer Airport	Domestic (CE)
Rajasthan	Jodhpur	Jodhpur Airport	Domestic (CE)
Rajasthan	Bikaner	Nal Airport	Domestic (CE)
Rajasthan	Udaipur	Maharana Pratap Airport	Domestic
Rajasthan	Kishangarh	Kishangarh Airport	Domestic
Sikkim	Gangtok	Pakyong Airport	Domestic
Tamil Nadu	Salem	Salem Airport	Domestic
Tamil Nadu	Thoothukkudi	Tuticorin Airport	Domestic
Tripura	Agartala	Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport	Domestic
Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Jolly Grant Airport	Domestic
Uttarakhand	Pantnagar	Pantnagar Airport	Domestic
Uttarakhand	Pithoragarh	Naini Saini Airport	Domestic
West Bengal	Siliguri	Bagdogra Airport	Domestic (Customs/CE)

 

Newly Inaugurated and Upcoming Airports in India 2026

India's airport expansion has been rapid in recent years. The table below covers newly operational and upcoming greenfield airports that are frequently asked in exams.
 

State / UT	City	Airport Name	Status
Uttar Pradesh	Ayodhya	Maharishi Valmiki International Airport	Newly Operational (International)
Uttar Pradesh	Greater Noida	Noida International Airport, Jewar	Under Testing / Initial Operations
Maharashtra	Navi Mumbai	Navi Mumbai International Airport	Under Construction
Gujarat	Surat	Surat International Airport	Upgraded to International
Goa	Mopa	Manohar International Airport	Recently Operational
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Donyi Polo Airport	New Domestic
Karnataka	Shivamogga	Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport	New Domestic
Jharkhand	Deoghar	Deoghar Airport	New Domestic
Madhya Pradesh	Rewa	Rewa Airport	Newly Operational
Chhattisgarh	Ambikapur	Maa Mahamaya Airport	Newly Operational
Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool	Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Airport	New Domestic

India's government has also granted in-principle approval for 21 new greenfield airports across the country, with a long-term target of reaching 350–400 airports by 2047.

India Airport Map – State-wise Distribution

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A map of airports in India helps visualise the geographic distribution of both international and domestic airports. States like Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra have the highest concentration of international airports, while northeastern states and hilly regions like Himachal Pradesh are served primarily through domestic and UDAN-enabled airports.

Important Facts About Airports in India for Competitive Exams

These quick-fire facts are useful for last-minute revision before exams:

• India has approximately 163 operational airports as of 2026
• AAI (Airports Authority of India) manages the majority of Indian airports
• IATA assigns three-letter airport codes; ICAO assigns four-letter codes
• Cochin International Airport was India's first airport built on the PPP model
• IGI Airport, Delhi is India's largest airport by area (5,106 acres)
• UDAN Scheme has been instrumental in connecting Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities through new and revived domestic airports
• India targets 350+ airports by 2047 under Viksit Bharat aviation goals
• 21 greenfield airports have received in-principle government approval
• Noida International Airport (Jewar) will be one of Asia's largest airports upon completion