Palam Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAL) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Delhi/ NCR | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | South West Delhi, Delhi, India | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 777 ft / 237 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°34′07″N 077°06′44″E / 28.56861°N 77.11222°ECoordinates: 28°34′07″N 077°06′44″E / 28.56861°N 77.11222°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 55,631,385 |
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| Aircraft movements | 386,685 |
| Cargo tonnage | 832,927 |
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Indira Gandhi International Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP) serves as the primary civilian aviation hub for the National Capital Region of Delhi, India. The airport, spread over an area of 5,106 acres (2,066 ha), is situated in Palam, 15 km (9.3 mi) south-west of the New Delhi railway station and 16 km (9.9 mi) from New Delhi city centre.
Named after Indira Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India, it is the busiest airport in the country in terms of passenger traffic since 2009. It is busiest airport in the country in terms of cargo traffic in the recent year overtaking Mumbai during late 2015.
With the commencement of operations at Terminal 3 in 2010, it became India's and South Asia's largest aviation hub, with a current capacity of handling more than 40 million passengers. The planned expansion program will increase the airport's capacity to handle 100 million passengers by 2030. The airport handled over 48 million passengers in the fiscal year 2015-16 (a growth of 18% in traffic over the previous year). In calendar year 2016, the airport was the 21st busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic and 10th busiest airport in Asia handling over 55 million passengers.
The airport was operated by the Indian Air Force before its management was transferred to the Airports Authority of India. In May 2006, the management of the airport was passed over to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a consortium led by the GMR Group.
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