Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

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Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorGMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL)
ServesHyderabad Metropolitan Region
LocationShamshabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Opened23 March 2008; 16 years ago (2008-03-23)
Hub for
Focus city forAir India
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL617 m / 2,024 ft
Coordinates17°13′48″N 78°25′55″E / 17.23000°N 78.43194°E / 17.23000; 78.43194
Websitewww.hyderabad.aero
Map
HYD/VOHS is located in Telangana
HYD/VOHS
HYD/VOHS
Location of airport in Telangana
HYD/VOHS is located in India
HYD/VOHS
HYD/VOHS
HYD/VOHS (India)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09L/27R 3,707 12,162 Asphalt
09R/27L 4,260 13,976 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 – March 2024)
Passengers25,042,282 (Increase 19.3%)
Aircraft movements176,286 (Increase 11%)
Cargo tonnage149,812 (Increase 5.2%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (IATA: HYD, ICAO: VOHS) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace Begumpet Airport, which was till then the sole civilian airport serving Hyderabad. It is named after Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. Built over an area of 5,500 acres (2,200 ha), it is the largest airport of India by area.[4] It is owned and operated by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), a public–private consortium. It was the first airport in India to launch domestic e-boarding facility in December 2015 and international e-boarding facility in October 2020.[5][6][7] It has ranked in AirHelp's list of top 10 airports in the world.[8] The fourth busiest airport in India by passengers traffic, it handled over 25 million passengers and around 150,000 tonnes (170,000 short tons) of cargo between April 2023 and March 2024.[1][3]

The airport is India's first greenfield airport built under a public-private partnership model.[9] The airport has an integrated passenger terminal, a cargo terminal and two runways. There are also aviation training facilities, a fuel farm, a solar power plant and two maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) facilities. The airport serves as a hub for Alliance Air (India), Amazon Air, Blue Dart Aviation, SpiceJet and IndiGo. It is a focus city for Air India.

  1. ^ a b "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. ^ "India's Largest Airports by Acreage". 23 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Hyderabad airport implements e-boarding". 23 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Hyderabad Airport Becomes First in India to Roll Out E-Boarding for International Passengers". 28 October 2020.
  7. ^ "E-boarding for international air passengers". The Hindu. 27 October 2020.
  8. ^ "India has one of the world's top 10 airports". Mint. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Centre okays GMR to extend Hyderabad airport contract for 30 years more". 4 May 2022.