Airports Authority of India

Airports Authority of India
Company typeStatutory body[1]
IndustryAirport Construction and Maintenance
PredecessorCivil Aviation Department, Government of India
Founded1 April 1995; 29 years ago (1 April 1995)
HeadquartersRajiv Gandhi Bhawan,
Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi-110003,
Area served
India
Key people
Vipin Kumar,Chairman
Vikram Dev Dutt, DGCA (Ex-Officio)[2]
ProductsAirport management and Air Navigation Services (ANS)
OwnerMinistry of Civil Aviation, Government of India
Number of employees
17,346 (As on 31.03.2020)
DivisionsIndian Airports
Websitewww.aai.aero/en
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India. It provides Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) services over the Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. AAI currently manages a total of 137[3] airports, including 34[3] international airports, 10 Customs Airports, 81 domestic airports, and 23 Civil enclaves at Defense airfields. AAI also has ground installations at all airports and 25 other locations to ensure the safety of aircraft operations. AAI covers all major air routes over the Indian landmass via 29 Radar installations at 11 locations along with 700 VOR/DVOR installations co-located with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). 52 runways are provided with Instrument landing system (ILS) installations with Night Landing Facilities at most of these airports and an Automatic Message Switching System at 15 Airports.

  1. ^ "Home". aai.aero.
  2. ^ AAI Aero Board Member aai.aero
  3. ^ a b "Airports Authority of India". Aai.aero. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.