Do you know who Creates, Upgrades, Maintains, and Manages the Civil Aviation Infrastructure in India?
Well, it is the Airport Authority of India (AAI) who is responsible for all the works in this field under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.
In this article, You will find the list of all Commercial Airports in India that are categorized state wise for easy reading and learning.
There are many Airports in India, some working and some not.
The Airports listed here are the working Commercial Airports (Where you can book a flight) and doesn’t Include any Future, Private and Military Airports.
Questions about Airports in India are asked in several Competitive Exams, therefore we have given the Top 50 Common Questions asked in every Competitive Exam.
List Of All CommercialAirports In India
List As Of July 2020
Andhra Pradesh
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Kadapa Airport
Domestic
CDP
2
Rajahmundry Airport
Domestic
RJA
3
Tirupati Airport
Domestic
TIR
4
Vijayawada Airport
Domestic
VGA
5
Visakhapatnam International Airport
International
VTZ
Assam
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Dibrugarh Airport
Domestic
DIB
2
Jorhat Airport
Domestic
JRH
3
Lilabari Airport
Domestic
IXI
4
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
International
GAU
5
Silchar Airport
Domestic
IXS
6
Tezpur Airport
Domestic
TEZ
Bihar
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Gaya International Airport
International
GAY
2
Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
Domestic
PAT
Chhattisgarh
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Swami Vivekananda Airport
Domestic
RPR
Goa
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Dabolim International Airport
International
GOI
Gujarat
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Bhavnagar Airport
Domestic
BHU
2
Bhuj Airport
Domestic
BHJ
3
Jamnagar Airport
Domestic
JGA
4
Kandla Airport
Domestic
IXY
5
Porbandar Airport
Domestic
PBD
6
Rajkot Airport
Domestic
RAJ
7
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
International
AMD
8
Surat International Airport
International
STV
9
Vadodara Airport
Domestic
BDQ
Himachal Pradesh
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Kangra Airport
Domestic
DHM
2
Kullu–Manali Airport
Domestic
KUU
3
Shimla Airport
Domestic
SLV
Jharkhand
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Birsa Munda International Airport
International
IXR
2
Sonari Airport
Domestic
IXW
Karnataka
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Belgaum Airport
Domestic
IXG
2
Hubli Airport
Domestic
HBX
3
Kempegowda International Airport
International
BLR
4
Mangalore International Airport
International
IXE
5
Mysore Airport
Domestic
MYQ
Kerala
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Calicut International Airport
International
CCJ
2
Cochin International Airport
International
COK
3
Kannur International Airport
International
CNN
4
Trivandrum International Airport
International
TRV
Madhya Pradesh
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport
International
IDR
2
Gwalior Airport
Domestic
GWL
3
Jabalpur Airport
Domestic
JLR
4
Khajuraho Airport
Domestic
HJR
5
Raja Bhoj Airport
Domestic
BHO
Maharashtra
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Aurangabad Airport
Domestic
IXU
2
Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport
Domestic
KLH
3
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
International
BOM
4
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
International
NAG
5
Nashik Airport
Domestic
ISK
6
Pune International Airport
International
PNQ
7
Shirdi Airport
Domestic
SAG
8
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport
Domestic
NDC
Manipur
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Bir Tikendrajit International Airport
International
IMF
Meghalaya
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Shillong Airport
Domestic
SHL
Mizoram
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Lengpui Airport
Domestic
AJL
Nagaland
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Dimapur Airport
Domestic
DMU
Odisha
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Biju Patnaik International Airport
International
BBI
2
Veer Surendra Sai Airport
Domestic
JRG
Punjab
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Adampur Airport
Domestic
AIP
2
Bathinda Airport
Domestic
BUP
3
Pathankot Airport
Domestic
IXP
4
Sahnewal Airport
Domestic
LUH
5
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
International
ATQ
Rajasthan
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Jaipur International Airport
International
JAI
2
Jaisalmer Airport
Domestic
JSA
3
Jodhpur Airport
Domestic
JDH
4
Kishangarh Airport
Domestic
KQH
5
Maharana Pratap Airport
Domestic
UDR
6
Nal Airport
Domestic
BKB
Sikkim
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Pakyong Airport
Domestic
PYG
Tamil Nadu
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Chennai International Airport
International
MAA
2
Coimbatore International Airport
International
CJB
3
Madurai International Airport
International
IXM
4
Salem Airport
Domestic
SXV
5
Thoothukudi Airport
Domestic
TCR
6
Tiruchirappalli International Airport
International
TRZ
Telangana
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
International
HYD
Tripura
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport
Domestic
IXA
Uttar Pradesh
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Agra Airport
Domestic
AGR
2
Allahabad Airport
Domestic
IXD
3
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
International
LKO
4
Gorakhpur Airport
Domestic
GOP
5
Hindon Airport
Domestic
HDX
6
Kanpur Airport
Domestic
KNU
7
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport
International
VNS
Uttarakhand
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Jolly Grant Airport
Domestic
DED
2
Naini Saini Airport
Domestic
NNS
3
Pantnagar Airport
Domestic
PGH
West Bengal
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Bagdogra International Airport
International
IXB
2
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
Domestic
RDP
3
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
International
CCU
List Of All Airports In Indian Union Territories
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Veer Savarkar International Airport
International
IXZ
Chandigarh
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Chandigarh International Airport
International
IXC
Daman and Diu
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Diu Airport
Domestic
DIU
Delhi
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Indira Gandhi International Airport
International
DEL
Jammu and Kashmir
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Jammu Airport
Domestic
IXJ
2
Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport
International
SXR
Ladakh
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Domestic
IXL
Lakshadweep
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Agatti Airport
Domestic
AGX
Puducherry
No.
Airport
Category
IATA
1
Puducherry Airport
Domestic
PNY
**International Airport Also Allows Domestic Aircraft To Land**
GK Questions On AirportsIn India
1. First Airport in India?
Answer: Juhu Aerodrome (1928 Located in Mumbai)
2. Biggest Airport in India by Area?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Explanation: Located in Hyderabad having a 5945 acres area. The second-largest in terms of area is Indira Gandhi International Airport with an area of 5,106 acres.
3. Smallest Airport in India by Runaway?
Answer: Tiruchirappalli International Airport Explanation: Located in the state of Tamil Nadu, has a 998 acres area.
4. Top 10 Airports in India?
Answer: In Terms of Passenger Traffic 1) Indira Gandhi International Airport: Delhi 2) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport: Mumbai 3) Kempegowda International Airport: Bengaluru 4) Chennai International Airport: Chennai 5) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport: Kolkata 6) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport: Hyderabad 7) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport: Ahmedabad 8) Cochin International Airport: Kochi 9) Goa International Airport: Dabolim 10) Pune Airport: Pune
5. Which State has no Commercial Airport in India?
21. Where is Indira Gandhi International Airport located?
Answer: Delhi
22. Where is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport located?
Answer: Hyderabad (Telangana)
23. Which Airport is in Thiruvananthapuram?
Answer: Trivandrum International Airport
24. First Fully Solar Powered Airport in the World?
Answer: Cochin International Airport
25. Where is India’s Highest Airport?
Answer: Ladakh
26. Name of India’s Highest Airport?
Answer: Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
27. Where is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport?
Answer: Nagpur (Maharashtra)
28. Which Indian State has All Commercial Airport with International Status?
Answer: Kerala
29. Which Airport is located at Dum Dum, West Bengal?
Answer: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
30. Which Airport was previously Known as Sahar International Airport?
Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
31. Which City houses the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport?
Answer: Ahmedabad
32. Which Airport is Present in Bengaluru?
Answer: Kempegowda International Airport
33. How many International Airports are in Northeast India?
Answer: 2 (Two) 1) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport: Assam 2) Bir Tikendrajit International Airport: Manipur
34. Which state in Northeast has the most number of Commercial Airports?
Answer: Assam
35. Which Top 5 Airports handles most of the Cargo?
Answer: 1) Indira Gandhi International Airport: Delhi 2) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport: Mumbai 3) Chennai International Airport: Chennai 4) Kempegowda International Airport: Bengaluru 5) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport: Kolkata
36. Which Airport in Inida has the most Passenger Traffic?
Answer: Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)
37. Director-General of Civil Aviation India?
Answer: Arun Kumar
38. Who Controls Airport Authority of India (AAI)?
Answer: Ministry of Civil Aviation
39. Where is Civil Aviation of Training College (CATC)?
Answer: Bamrauli (Allahabad)
40. Largest International Airport in India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)
41. Which State has the Most Number of International Airport in India?
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu Explanation: Both Kerala and Tamil Nadu has 4 International Airports. Kerala has 4 Commercial Airports that are all International whereas Tamil Nadu has 6 Commercial Airports where 2 are Domestic.
42. Where is Pakyong Airport located?
Answer: Gangtok (Sikkim)
43. When was Ministry of Civil Aviation founded?
Answer: 21 October 2016
44. Where is Lengpui Airport?
Answer: Aizawl (Mizoram)
45. What is the New Name of Agartala Airport?
Answer: Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport
46. Which Airport is in Bhopal?
Answer: Raja Bhoj Airport
47. Who is Gopinath Bordoloi mentioned in Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport?
Answer: 1) Delhi: DEL 2) Mumbai: BOM 3) Ahmedabad: AMD 4) Kolkata: CCU
49. Which States have Built only one Airport?
Answer: Sikkim and Mizoram
50. Which Union Territories have built only one Airport?
Answer: Lakshadweep and Chandigarh
51. Top 10 Busiest Airport in India 2020?
Answer: 1) Indira Gandhi International Airport: Delhi 2) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport: Mumbai 3) Kempegowda International Airport: Bengaluru 4) Chennai International Airport: Chennai 5) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport: Kolkata 6) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport: Hyderabad 7) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport: Ahmedabad 8) Cochin International Airport: Kochi 9) Goa International Airport: Dabolim 10) Pune Airport: Pune
