FACTS RELATED TO AIRPORTS IN INDIA | GK Preparation | Exam Focus Channel

 FACTS on Indian Airports

•Largest Airport : Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad(5945 acres)

•2nd largest airport: Indira Gandhi international airport, Delhi (5220 acres)

•3rd largest airport : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj international airport(4000 acres)

•BONUS FACT : Singapore Changi International airport is the world’s best airport for the 7th year in a row

•A total of 26 airlines are currently operating in Indian domestic sector.

•Highest airport in India: kushok bakula rimpochee airport . Leh-Ladhak, also 22nd highest airport in the world at 3,256 metres i.e. 10,682 ft above mean sea level.

•Smallest airport in India: Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)

•Number of airports in India: 449

•Number of airports operated by Airport Authority of India(AAI): 126

•1st airport in India: Juhu Aerodrome, this airport was built in the year 1928.

•State having most number of airports: Gujarat

•Airport named after Maithili poet Vidyapati: Kavi Kokil Vidyapati airport, Darbhanga(Bihar).

•Number of private airports in India (owned by DGCA): 16

•State which do not have any airport in India: Arunachal Pradesh

•BONUS FACT: Jackson Atlanta International airport(Hartsfield) is the biggest airport in the world

•State having most numbers of international airports: Kerala