Top 10 Busiest Airports in India

New Delhi: With the rising boom in aviation industry, India has built 17 international airports.These airports have been helpful for passengers going abroad and returning from foreign countries, as they save time and money.Here is the list of top 10 busiest airports in India:1. Indira Gandhi International Airport (New Delhi) This airport is the busiest in India terms of daily flight traffic.With the emergence new Terminal 3, Indira Gandhi International Airport has become an important aviation hub, with a current capacity of handling more than 46 million passengers.The airport handled 35.88 million passengers in the year 2011-12 and with the new planned expansion program, it will increase its capacity to handle 100 million passengers by 2030. The Terminal 3 is the world's eighth largest passenger terminal.2. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Mumbai)Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is on of the busiest airport in India in terms of international passenger traffic and overall passenger traffic.It is also one of South Asia's most notable aviation hubs.There are five operating terminals spread over an operational area of 4,800 acres and is spread over an operational area of 1,450 acres.3. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) This airport is the second airport built in India on a public-private partnership.Ranked as the world's best airport for the second year in a row among 49 airports handling 5-15 million passengers per annum, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport was the sixth busiest airport in the country in terms of international and overall passenger traffic. It is named amongsts the world's top five in the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) passenger survey.4. Bengaluru International Airport Bengaluru International Airport is spread across 4,000 acres of land. It was the fourth busiest airport in the country in terms of overall passenger traffic of 12.69 million and fifth busiest in terms of international passenger traffic in the year 2011 - 2012In the year 2011 It has been awarded 'India's best airport by the survey conducted by Skytrax.5. Annadurai International Airport (Chennai) In terms of both international and overall passenger traffic, Annadurai International Airport is India's third busiest airportThe airport was built on the land donated by former governor of Madras Presidency, L Sriramulu Naidu.6. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkata)Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is the largest in eastern India and is Spread over an area of 2,460 acres. Kolkata airport was the fifth busiest airport in the country in terms of overall passenger traffic, and ninth busiest in terms of international passenger traffic from April 2006 to March 2012.7. Cochin International Airport Known as the first airport in the country to be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model, Cochin International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Kerala. It was the fourth busiest airport in India in terms of international passenger traffic and seventh busiest in terms of overall passenger traffic for the financial year 2011-12.8. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is spread over an area of 1,124 acres. With an average of 250 aircraft movements a day, this is India's eighth busiest airport.9. Goa International Airport (Panaji) This airport is spread over an area of 1,700 acres and is one of the few profitable airports managed by the Airport Authority of India.10. Thiruvananthapuram International AirportThe interesting fact about this airport is that it is the first international airport in a non-metro city in IndiaIt is the 8th busiest airport in the country in terms of international passenger traffic and tenth busiest in terms of overall passenger traffic.After Cochin International Airport, it is the second busiest airport in Kerala in terms of domestic and international traffic

Top 10 Busiest Airports in India

New Delhi: With the rising boom in aviation industry, India has built 17 international airports.These airports have been helpful for passengers going abroad and returning from foreign countries, as they save time and money.Here is

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