Indian airports serve millions of travellers every year and are responsible for handling numerous national and international flights. India`s travel and tourism industry is considered the most flourishing industry. Together they generate profit for country`s economy. More than 20 international airports and various domestic airports are there in the country. Airports Authority of India administers most of the airport throughout the country. There exists a variety of international as well as domestic airports in the country.
Domestic Airports of India
India is home to several domestic airports which are scattered in the different Indian states. Donakonda Airport at Donakonda city, Nadirgul Airport at Hyderabad, Cuddapah Airport at Kadapa, Rajahmundry Airport at Rajahmundry, Vijayawada Airport at Vijayawada, Tirupati Airport at Tirupati are the domestic airports in Andhra Pradesh. Dibrugarh Airport at Dibrugarh, Pasighat Airport at Pasighat, Daporijo Airport at Daporijo, Along Airport at Along are all based in Arunachal Pradesh. Other domestic airports are Lilabari Airport at North Lakhimpur, Jorhat Airport at Jorhat, Tezpur Airport at Tezpur, Silchar Airport at Silchar in Assam, Muzaffarpur Airport at Muzaffarpur in Bihar, Raigarh Airport at Raigarh and Bilaspur Airport at Bilaspur in Chattisgarh. Dui Airport at Diu in Daman and Diu, Safdarjung Airport at New Delhi, Bhuj Airport at Bhuj, Vadodara Airport at Vadodara, Kandla Airport at Kandla, Jamnagar Airport at Jamnagar, Bhavnagar Airport at Bhavnagar, Surat Airport at Surat, Porbandar Airport at Porbandar, Rajkot Airport at Rajkot, Gujarat, Bhuntar Airport at Kullu, Gaggal Airport at Kangra and Shimla Airport at Shimla located in Himachal Pradesh are amongst the other domestic airports.
The other domestic airports existent in the nation include Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport at Leh, Jammu Airport at Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Bokaro Airport at Bokaro, Dhanbad Airport at Dhanbad, Birsa Munda Airport at Ranchi belonging to Jharkhand, Bellary Airport at Bellary, Belgaum Airport at Belgaum, Mysore Airport at Mysore, Hubli Airport at Hubli of Karnataka, Gwalior Airport at Gwalior, Khajuraho Airport at Khajuraho, Jabalpur Airport at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, Akola Airport at Akola, Aurangabad Airport at Aurangabad, Chandrapur Airport at Chandrapur, Karad Airport at Karad, Jalgaon Airport at Jalgaon, Latur Airport at Latur, Kolhapur Airport at Kolhapur, Osmanabad Airport at Osmanabad, Nanded Airport at Nanded, Solapur Airport at Solapur, Ratnagiri Airport at Ratnagiri, Yavatmal Airport at Yavatmal, Maharashtra are a few other famous Indian domestic airports.
Bajek Airport at Tura and Shillong Airport at Shillong in Meghalaya, Lengpui Airport at Aizawl in Mizoram, Jeypore Airport at Jeypore, Berhampur Airport at Brahmapur, Dimapur Airport at Dimapur of Nagaland, Jharsuguda Airport at Jharsuguda and Nawapara Airport at Nuapada in the state of Odisha, Pondicherry Airport at Pondicherry, Puducherry, Bathinda Airport at Bathinda, Pathankot Airport at Pathankot, Sahnewal Airport at Ludhiana and Patiala Airport at Patiala in Punjab are worth mentioning. Rajasthan`s Kota Airport, Nal Airport and Jodhpur Airport, Tamil Nadu`s Tuticorin Airport and Salem Airport, Tripura`s Agartala Airport at Agartala, Uttarakhand`s Pantnagar Airport, Jolly Grant Airport at Dehradun, Gorakhpur Airport, Kanpur Airport at Kanpur and West Bengal`s Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport and Cooch Behar Airport are the remaining domestic airports of the nation.
International Airports of India
Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Visakhapatnam Airport at Vishakhapatnam, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Guwahati in the state of Assam, Swami Vivekananda Airport at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, Indira Gandhi International Airport at New Delhi, Delhi, Goa International Airport at Goa, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Srinagar Airport at Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Mangalore International Airport at Mangalore, Kempegowda International Airport at Bengaluru in Karnataka, etc. are some of the reputed international airports in the country.
The other international airports include Trivandrum International Airport at Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin International Airport at Kochi and Calicut International Airport at Kozhikode in Kerala, Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport at Indore and Raja Bhoj Airport at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport at Nagpur and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at Mumbai, Tulihal International Airport at Imphal in Manipur, Biju Patnaik International Airport in Odisha, Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport at Amritsar in Punjab, etc. Maharana Pratap Airport at Udaipur and Jaipur International Airport at Jaipur in Rajasthan, Chennai International Airport at Chennai, Coimbatore International Airport at Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli International Airport at Tiruchirapalli and Madurai Airport in Tamil Nadu, Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport at Varanasi and
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport at Lucknow, Bagdogra Airport at Siliguri and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at Kolkata in West Bengal are the rest of the international airports.
Flying Schools of India
There exist numerous flying schools which operate in the nation and possess their individual air-bases, which resemble `mini airports`. Hakimpet Air Force Station and Dundigul Air Force Academy in Hyderabad, Bilaspur Airport at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, Mehsana Airport at Mehsana in Gujarat, Karnal Airport at Karnal,
Hisar Airport at Hisar in Haryana, Shirpur Airport, Amravati Airport, Gondia Airport, Dhule Airport and Juhu Aerodrome in Maharashtra, Aligarh Airport, Meerut Airport, Faizabad Airport and Raebareli Airport in Uttar Pradesh and finally Behala Airport in West Bengal are the different flying schools.
