Airports Authority of India

Airports Authority of India runs 63 airports, which together handled 11,235,829 passengers in August 2026, with 95% of its airports reporting.

Group total — flights (arrivals + departures)

Showing 126 months. Full series runs 2016–August 2026 (128 months).

Reporting coverage

Median coverage across the periods shown is 94%. 2 periods are left out of the chart because too few of the group's airports had reported: the total would dip for want of reports, not for want of passengers.

The most recent periods20 periods
PeriodFlights (arrivals + departures) 2025Flights (arrivals + departures) 2026Change vs last year
January104,638100,076▼ 4.4%
February100,22391,967▼ 8.2%
March107,87197,041▼ 10.0%
April103,11895,646▼ 7.2%
May101,703100,655▼ 1.0%
June97,86789,830▼ 8.2%
July91,75782,171▼ 10.4%
August92,35484,759▼ 8.2%
September92,432––
October102,946–in progress
November104,017––
December97,526––
Year to date (Jan–Aug)799,531742,145▼ 7.2%

Group total — tonnes of cargo

Showing 128 months. Full series runs 2016–August 2026 (128 months).

Reporting coverage

Median coverage across the periods shown is 91%. 0 periods are left out of the chart because too few of the group's airports had reported: the total would dip for want of reports, not for want of passengers.

The most recent periods20 periods
PeriodTonnes of cargo 2025Tonnes of cargo 2026Change vs last year
January72,25982,337▲ 13.9%
February68,14182,605▲ 21.2%
March84,06286,997▲ 3.5%
April79,37186,635▲ 9.2%
May86,46591,926▲ 6.3%
June79,90692,686▲ 16.0%
July85,64493,464▲ 9.1%
August86,16594,596▲ 9.8%
September81,919––
October80,740–in progress
November85,346––
December83,936––
Year to date (Jan–Aug)642,014711,246▲ 10.8%

Group total — passengers

Showing 126 months. Full series runs 2016–August 2026 (128 months).

Reporting coverage

Median coverage across the periods shown is 94%. 2 periods are left out of the chart because too few of the group's airports had reported: the total would dip for want of reports, not for want of passengers.

The most recent periods20 periods
PeriodPassengers 2025Passengers 2026Change vs last year
January14,470,39514,524,687▲ 0.4%
February13,865,60113,148,962▼ 5.2%
March14,023,64412,919,793▼ 7.9%
April13,880,44912,752,455▼ 8.1%
May13,578,72013,960,194▲ 2.8%
June13,079,33912,386,542▼ 5.3%
July12,175,80711,142,932▼ 8.5%
August12,422,98211,235,829▼ 9.6%
September12,005,197––
October13,512,270–in progress
November14,525,714––
December13,703,327––
Year to date (Jan–Aug)107,496,937102,071,394▼ 5.0%

Seasonality · passengers by month

Year JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2016 7,737,915 7,707,093 8,292,192 7,699,898 8,152,098 8,045,865 7,904,655 8,324,248 8,625,536 9,315,958
2017 9,505,739 8,515,480 9,095,252 9,185,642 10,059,404 9,334,570 9,385,431 9,588,528 9,537,539 10,244,294 10,340,944 11,246,274
2018 11,470,612 10,691,037 11,397,222 11,318,289 11,879,513 11,254,853 11,564,727 11,545,646 11,252,432 11,718,589 11,686,154 12,723,909
2019 12,660,327 11,497,411 11,745,299 11,071,536 11,744,746 11,952,433 11,824,218 11,672,797 11,214,239 11,971,439 12,764,373 13,068,611
2020 12,914,389 12,170,436 7,564,629 25,458 251,494 1,873,580 1,944,495 2,555,789 3,697,285 4,879,914 5,953,884 6,959,373
2021 7,327,232 7,413,175 7,487,950 5,383,070 1,838,345 2,640,274 4,351,621 5,796,743 6,511,048 8,077,769 9,802,849 10,582,550
2022 6,334,604 7,218,859 10,041,524 9,816,277 11,029,799 10,352,360 9,676,353 9,828,321 9,952,030 11,100,643 11,320,132 12,318,635
2023 12,010,166 11,407,716 12,153,124 11,881,654 12,419,445 11,863,904 11,592,311 11,778,366 11,558,825 11,804,976 12,085,632 12,896,647
2024 12,380,506 11,963,308 12,728,275 12,489,253 13,212,345 12,691,001 12,508,479 12,507,410 12,348,013 12,984,059 13,687,793 14,581,381
2025 14,470,395 13,865,601 14,023,644 13,880,449 13,578,720 13,079,339 12,175,807 12,422,982 12,005,197 13,512,270 14,525,714 13,703,327
2026 14,524,687 13,148,962 12,919,793 12,752,455 13,960,194 12,386,542 11,142,932 11,235,829

Airports operated

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