Seaports and Airports of India

Introduction

India is steadily progressing, and there are many business opportunities in the country. Seaports and airports keep India connected both interstate and internationally. India’s seaports spread from the eastern coast to the west coast. India has 153 airports as of 2021, with 114 of them handling domestic flight operations. The Airports Authority of India or the state where these airports are located is in charge of these airports. When it comes to seaports, India has 13 seaports, 12 of which are operated by the Indian government and one under a partnership contract (Ennore port). Here is the list of all the seaports and airports of India.

Seaports and Airports of India

Ports on the Eastern Coast

• Tuticorin Port, Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)

• Kamarajar Port, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

• Madras Port, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

• Haldia Port, Kolkata (West Bengal)

• Paradip Port, Jagatsinghpur (Odisha)

• Vizag Port, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

• Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Island

Ports on the Western Coast

• Cochin Port, Cochin (Kerala)

• Kandla Port, Gandhidham (Gujarat)

• New Mangalore Port, Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka)

• Mormugao Port, South Goa (Goa)

• Mumbai Port, West Mumbai (Maharashtra)

• Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Apart from the seaports listed above, India has some minor ports. These are classified as private ports. Some important ports are:

• Kannur in Kerala

• Dahej in Gujarat

• Azhikkal Port in Kerala

• Jafrabad in Gujarat

• Karaikal in Puducherry

• Kundapur in Karnataka

• Kasargod in Kerala

• Gopalpur in Odisha

Both seaports and airports of India are a major source of income for the Indian government and several private companies. The airports in India are:

List of International Airports in India

• Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport – BOM, Mumbai, Maharashtra – Commercial Airport

• Kempegowda International Airport – BLR, Bangalore, Karnataka – Commercial Airport

• Chennai International Airport – MAA, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – Commercial Airport

• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport – CCU, Kolkata, West Bengal – Commercial Airport

• Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport – LKO, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – Commercial Airport

• Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport – ATQ, Amritsar, Punjab – Commercial Airport

• Visakhapatnam International Airport – VTZ, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh – Civil Enclave

• Kannur International Airport – CNN, Kannur, Kerala – Commercial Airport

• Surat International Airport – STV, Surat, Gujarat – Commercial Airport

• Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport – IDR, Indore, Madhya Pradesh – Commercial Airport

• Cochin International Airport – COK, Kochi, Kerala – Commercial Airport

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport – AMD, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – Commercial Airport

• Indira Gandhi International Airport – DEL, New Delhi – Commercial Airport 

• Dabolim Airport – GOI, Goa – Civil Enclave

• Pune Airport – PNQ, Pune, Maharashtra – Civil Enclave

•  Thiruvananthapuram International Airport – TRV, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – Commercial Airport

• Coimbatore International Airport – CJB, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu – Commercial Airport

• Calicut International Airport – CCJ, Calicut, Kerala – Commercial Airport

• Biju Patnaik International Airport – BBI, Bhubaneswar, Odisha – Commercial Airport 

• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport – GAU, Guwahati, Assam – Civil Enclave

• Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport – VNS, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh – Commercial Airport

• Rajiv Gandhi International Airport – HYD, Hyderabad, Telangana – Commercial Airport

•  Tiruchirappalli International Airport – TRZ, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu – Commercial Airport

• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport – NAG, Nagpur, Maharashtra – Commercial Airport

• Sheikhul Aalam International Airport – SXR, Srinagar, Jammu, and Kashmir – Civil Enclave

• Imphal International Airport – IMF, Imphal, Manipur – Commercial Airport

• Jaipur International Airport – JAI, Jaipur, Rajasthan – Commercial Airport

• Madurai Airport – IXM, Madurai, Tamil Nadu – Customs and Commercial Airport

• Bagdogra International Airport – IXB, Siliguri, West Bengal – Commercial Airport

• Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport – PAT, Patna, Bihar – Commercial Airport (Restricted International Flights, Customs)

• Mangalore International Airport – IXE, Mangalore, Karnataka – Commercial Airport

• Chandigarh International Airport – IXC, Chandigarh – Civil Enclave (Restricted International Flights, Customs)

List of Domestic Airports in India

• Veer Savarkar International Airport – Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar islands) – Civil Enclave

• Kadapa Airport – Kapada (Andhra Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Vijayawada Airport – Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Rajahmundry Airport – Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Tirupati Airport – Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Pasighat Airport – Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh) – Civil Enclave

• Gaya Airport – Gaya (Bihar) – Customs and Commercial Airport

• Ambikapur Airport- Ambikapur (Chattisgarh) – Commercial Airport

• Bilaspur Airport – Bilaspur (Chattisgarh) – Flying School

• Swami Vivekananda Airport – Raipur (Chhattisgarh) – Commercial Airport

• Diu Airport – Diu (Daman and Diu) – Commercial Airport

• Indira Gandhi International Airport – New Delhi (Delhi) – Commercial Airport

• Dibrugarh Airport – Dibrugarh (Assam) – Commercial Airport

• Jorhat Airport – Jorhat (Assam) – Civil Enclave

• Lilabari Airport – North Lakhimpur (Assam) – Commercial Airport

• Tezpur Airport – Tezpur (Assam) – Defense Purpose

• Silchar Airport – Silchar (Assam) – Civil Enclave

• Vadodara Airport – Vadodara (Gujarat) – Commercial Airport

• Bhuj Airport – Bhuj (Gujarat) – Civil Enclave

• Kandla Airport – Kandla (Gujarat) – Commercial Airport

• Jamnagar Airport – Jamnagar (Gujarat) – Civil Enclave

• Porbandar Airport – Porbandar (Gujarat) – Civil Enclave

• Rajkot Airport – Rajkot (Gujarat) – Commercial Airport

• Bhavnagar Airport – Bhavnagar (Gujarat) – Commercial Airport

• Karnal Airport – Karnal (Haryana) – Flying School

• Hisar Airport – Hisar(Haryana) – Commercial Airport

• Kangra Airport – Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Kullu-Manali Airport – Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Shimla Airport – Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Jammu Airport – Jammu ( Jammu & Kashmir) – Civil Enclave

• Bokaro Airport – Bokaro ( Jharkhand) – Commercial Airport

• Sonari Airport – Jamshedpur ( Jharkhand) – Commercial Airport

• Birsa Munda Airport – Ranchi (Jharkhand) – Commercial Airport

• Bellary Airport – Bellary (Karnataka) – Commercial Airport

• Jakkur Airfield – Bengaluru (Karnataka) – Flying School

• Belgaum Airport – Belgaum (Karnataka) – Commercial Airport

• Mysore Airport – Mysore (Karnataka) – Commercial Airport

• Gulbarga Airport – Kalaburagi (Karnataka) – Commercial Airport

• Hubli Airport – Hubli (Karnataka) – Commercial Airport

• Kollam Airport – Kollam (Kerala) – Closed

• Agatti Airport – Agatti(Lakshadweep) – Commercial Airport

• Khajuraho Airport – Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Satna airport – Satna (Madhya Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Jabalpur Airport – Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Raja Bhoj Airport – Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Gwalior Airport (Madhya Pradesh), Gwalior, Commercial Airport

• Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport – Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – Commercial Airport

• Shirdi Airport – Shirdi (Maharashtra) – Commercial Airport

• Nashik Airport – Nashik (Maharashtra) – Commercial Airport

• Yavatmal Airport – Yavatmal (Maharashtra) – General Aviation

• Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport – Nanded (Maharashtra) – Commercial Airport

• Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport – Kolhapur (Maharashtra) – Commercial Airport

•  Juhu Aerodrome – Mumbai (Maharashtra) – General aviation

• Aurangabad Airport – Aurangabad (Maharashtra) – Commercial Airport

• Solapur Airport – Solapur ( Maharashtra) – General Aviation

• Jalgaon Airport – Jalgaon (Maharashtra) – Commercial Airport

• Akola Airport – Akola (Maharashtra) – General Aviation

• Shillong Airport – Shillong (Meghalaya) – Commercial Airport

• Lengpui Airport – Aizawl (Mizoram) – Commercial Airport

• Dimapur Airport – Dimapur (Nagaland)

• Veer Surendra Sai Airport – Jharsuguda (Odisha) – Commercial Airport

•  Jeypore Airport – Jeypore (Odisha)

• Puducherry Airport – Pondicherry (Puducherry) – Commercial Airport

• Bathinda Airport – Bathinda (Punjab) – Civil Enclave

• Pathankot Airport – Pathankot (Punjab) – Civil Enclave

• Sahnewal Airport – Ludhiana (Punjab) – Commercial Airport

• Patiala Airport – Patiala(Punjab)

• Adampur Airport – Jalandhar (Punjab) – Civil Enclave

• Nal Airport – Bikaner (Rajasthan) – Civil Enclave

• Kota Airport – Kota (Rajasthan)

• Kishangarh Airport – Ajmer (Rajasthan) – Commercial Airport

• Jodhpur Airport – Jodhpur (Rajasthan) – Civil Enclave

• Maharana Pratap Airport – Udaipur (Rajasthan) – Commercial Airport

• Jaisalmer Airport – Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) – Civil Enclave

• Pakyong Airport – Gangtok (Sikkim) – Commercial Airport

• Thoothukudi Airport – Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) – Commercial Airport

• Salem Airport – Salem (Tamil Nadu) – Commercial Airport

• Nadirgul airport – Hyderabad (Telangana) – Flying school

• Begumpet Airport – Hyderabad (Telangana) – Flying school

• Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport – Agartala (Tripura) – Commercial Airport

• Kanpur Airport – Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Civil Enclave

• Hindon Airport – Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Civil Enclave

• Agra Air Force Station – Agra (Uttar Pradesh) – Civil Enclave

• Gorakhpur Airport – Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Civil Enclave

• Allahabad Airport – Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Civil Enclave

• Jolly Grant Airport – Dehradun (Uttrakhand) – Commercial Airport

• Naini Saini Airport – Pithoragarh (Uttrakhand) – Commercial Airport

• Pantnagar Airport – Pantnagar (Uttrakhand) – Commercial Airport

• Balurghat Airport – Balurghat (West Bengal)

• Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport – Asansol (West Bengal) – Commercial Airport

• Behala Airport – Behala (West Bengal), Heliport

• Cooch Behar Airport – Cooch Behar (West Bengal)

• Panagarh Airport – Panagarh (West Bengal) – Airbase

The seaports and airports of India serve as hubs for varied business activities. Some support commercial activities. Some seaports such as Port Blair, Cochin Port, Mumbai Port, and Madras Port are used for trading. Some airports such as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Chennai International Airport, Kempegowda International Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, Porbandar Airport, and the Juhu Aerodrome are used for travel.

Conclusion

Every seaport and airport in India performs specific functions to support the Indian economy. We have seen all major and minor airports and seaports of India. We have also discussed the international and domestic airports of India. These places play a vital role in trading and travelling. The Government of India upgrades the services, facilities, and infrastructure at these seaports and airports. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has finalised new airport projects that will be announced soon.