Indira Gandhi International Airport
National Capital Region
- IATADEL
- ICAOVIDP
- Serves
- National Capital Region
- Operator
- Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), GMR Group (74%), Airports Authority of India (26%)
- Owner
- Airports Authority of India
- Opened
- 1962
- Elevation
- 777 ft (237 m)
- Runways
- 4 (longest 4,430 m)
- Airlines based here
- Air India, Alliance Air, FedEx Express, Quikjet Airlines
- Website
- www.newdelhiairport.in
About the airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP; sometimes IGI or IGI Airport; known as Palam Airport until 1986) is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of 5,106 acres (2,066 ha), is situated in Palam, Delhi, 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of the New Delhi Railway Station and 16 km (9.9 mi) from the city centre. Named after Indira Gandhi (1917–1984), the former Prime Minister of India, it is the busiest airport of India in terms of passenger traffic since 2009. It is also the busiest airport in the country in terms of cargo traffic. In FY 2024–25, the airport handled over 79.2 million (7.92 crore) passengers, the highest ever in the airport's history. As of 2025, it is the ninth-busiest airport in the world, as per the latest rankings issued by the UK-based air consultancy firm OAG. It is the second-busiest airport in the world by seating capacity, having a seating capacity of over 3.6 million (36 lakh) seats, and the third-busiest airport in Asia, handling over 77.8 million (7.78 crore) passengers…
This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.