29 Major Airports in India with (State Wise) Updated Details in 2021
- Airport Name: Pasighat airport.
- Address: East Siang, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh 791102.
- Code: IXT.
- Daily Average Passengers: Less than 50.
- Distance from the City: 3kms.
- Opened Year: 2017 for passengers.
Airport Highlights:
- The airport was first built in 1962 during the Sino-Indian war but was never used until 2009.
- In 2010 an airstrip was constructed.
- A new passenger terminal was built in 2017, and the first domestic flight landed at the Pasighat airport in May 2018.
3. Assam:
Originally Shillong was the capital city of Assam, but later it got shifted to Dispur in 1972. It is a suburb in Guwahati, and so Guwahati is often referred to as the capital city of Assam. There are 6 major airports in Assam of which the Guwahati airport is the International airport while the Dibrugarh, Jorhat, North Lakhimpur, Silchar and Tezpur are domestic airports.
- Airport Name: Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International airport or the Guwahati International Airport.
- Address: Borjhar, Guwahati, Assam 781015.
- Code: GAU.
- Daily Average Passengers: More than 16000.
- Distance from the City: 21kms and an approximately 25-minute drive.
- Hub for: None but focus city for SpiceJet.
- Opened Year: 1958.
Airport Highlights:
- The airport is located 26kms from Dispur, the capital city of Assam.
- It has undergone numerous expansions and renovations since 1958 and handled more than 6 million passengers in 2018-19 with more than 55,000 aircraft movements in the same period.
4. Bihar:
Bihar is the 19th largest State of India and the third-largest by way of population. Patna is the capital city of Bihar and the 19th most populated city of India. It is also the 5th fastest growing city in India. There are in all two operational airports in Bihar – The Gaya airport and the Patna airport. The Patna airport is an International airport but still operates as a Domestic airport owing to its short runway.
