Top 10 Longest Airport Runways in India

Airport runway length is usually depend upon the aircraft weights but at least 1,829 m length is usually adequate for all aircrafts. Indira Gandhi International Airport of New Delhi has the longest Airport runways in India and the Indian naval air station at Arakkonam has longest military runway in Asia.

Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi: 4,430 mt

Indira Gandhi International Airport of National Capital Region of Delhi,situated in Palam is the busiest airport in the country and India’s largest aviation hub. The airport has the longest airport runways in India and awarded as best improved Airport in Asia.

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad: 4,260 mt

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is located in Shamshabad,about 20 kilometres of Hyderabad. The airport is fifth busiest airport in India by passenger traffic and has two runways, Runway 09L/27R is longest one with  4260 by 60 metres.

Bengaluru International Airport, Bengaluru: 4,120 mt

Bengaluru International Airport is an international airport serving the capital of Karnataka. The airport is known as Kempegowda International Airport and is the third busiest airport by passenger traffic in the country.

Chennai International Airport, Chennai: 3,658 mt

Chennai International Airport is spread across the suburban areas of metropolis in Chennai city and is the fourth busiest airport in India. The domestic and the international terminals of Chennai Airport was one of the first airports in India.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata: 3,627 mt

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport was earlier known as Dum Dum Airport is is an international airport located in Kolkata. Kolkata Airport is the largest in eastern India and awarded as best improved Airport in India.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad: 3,599 mt

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is the eighth busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in India, serving the cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. New Airport called Dholera International Airport will be replacing the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport of Ahmedabad.

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai: 3,445 mt

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is an international airport serving the Mumbai and is the second busiest airport in India. The airport is the busiest in the country and also won the best Airport in India and Central Asia.

Cochin International Airport, Kochi: 3,400 mt

Cochin International Airport is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Kerala. The international airport situated in the city of Kochi and became the world’s first fully solar energy powered airport.

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amrtisar: 3,289 mt

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport also known as Raja Sansi International Airport serve the city of Amritsar. The Amritsar International Airport is an international airport, located on the Amritsar-Ajnala Road.

Trivandrum International Airport, Thiruvananthapuram: 3,400 mt

Trivandrum International Airport serves the city of Thiruvananthapuram is the first airport in Kerala. After Kochi airport, It is the second busiest airport in Kerala operates two terminals with total length of runway is 3400 mt.

Kannur International Airport (3,050 mt), Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport ( 3,200 mt) and Arakkonam Naval Air Station near Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu has the longest military runway in Asia.

Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport serving the city of Nagpur is a international airport connecting Sharjah and Doha. The airport spread over 1460 acres has one of the longest Airport runway in India with total length of 3,200 mt and also home to AFS Nagpur.