Airport guide
Indira Gandhi International AirportIATA code DEL
Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Delhi, India in Asia. Originfacts tracks 4 direct destinations departing from DEL.
- Serves
- Delhi, India
- Codes
- DEL · VIDP
- IATA · ICAO
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Region
- Asia
Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Delhi, India in Asia. Operating on Asia/Kolkata local time at coordinates 28.560°, 77.100°, the airfield functions as an active commercial transit hub for scheduled regional and international flights. Originfacts tracks 4 destinations departing from DEL, with primary carrier operations including IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet, connecting key routes to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Guwahati and Kolkata. Passengers traveling through Indira Gandhi International Airport are advised to verify terminal assignments, compare ground transport links into Delhi, and plan check-in times with their operating airline before departure.
Indira Gandhi International Airport details
- IATA code
- DEL
- ICAO code
- VIDP
- City
- Delhi
- Country
- India
- Region
- Asia
- Time zone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 28.556°, 77.095°
- From OurAirports
Codes, region and time zone come from the Originfacts airport record (last updated 2 May 2026). Fields marked otherwise come from the dataset named on them. None are verified by hand against Indira Gandhi International Airport’s own pages.
DEL airport facts
- Size class
- Large airport
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026); OurAirports’ own classification
- Elevation
- 237 m (777 ft)
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026)
- Passengers, 2024
- 77.8 million
- Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026), citing aci.aero (opens in a new tab)
- Nearest airport with scheduled flights
- Hindon Airport / Hindon Air Force Station HDO · 31 km
- OurAirports scheduled-service flag; straight-line distance calculated
Runways at DEL
Source: OurAirports (opens in a new tab) runways data (public domain), retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Not an aeronautical source — not for navigation.
4 open runways, 3 lit. Longest 11R/29L: 4,430 m, asphalt.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11R/29L | 4,430 m14,534 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 11L/29R | 4,400 m14,436 ft | 45 m | asphalt | Not listed as lit |
| 10/28 | 3,810 m12,500 ft | 45 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 09/27 | 2,813 m9,229 ft | 45 m | asphalt | Lit |
Airlines and destinations from DEL
Source: Travelpayouts fare data, 5 Oct 2026 — destinations where travellers found a nonstop fare from DEL in the days before that date. Not a complete or live schedule.
Nonstop fares from DEL to 109 destinations in 44 countries, on 38 airlines. Originfacts’ own route records for DEL are listed separately below.
Airlines named on the fares
- 6EIndiGo39 destinations
- AIAir India22 destinations
- IXAir India Express6 destinations
- QPAkasa Air4 destinations
- ACAir Canada2 destinations
- 9IAlliance Air2 destinations
- SGSpiceJet2 destinations
- HYUzbekistan Airways2 destinations
- SUAeroflot1 destination
- G9Air Arabia1 destination
- KCAir Astana1 destination
- K6Air Cambodia1 destination
- CAAir China1 destination
- MKAir Mauritius1 destination
- D7AirAsia X1 destination
- NHAll Nippon Airways1 destination
- AAAmerican Airlines1 destination
- J2Azerbaijan Airlines1 destination
- B2Belavia1 destination
- B3Bhutan Airlines1 destination
- BGBiman Bangladesh Airlines1 destination
- CZChina Southern Airlines1 destination
- MSEgyptair1 destination
- GFGulf Air1 destination
- AZITA Airways1 destination
- RQKam Air1 destination
- KEKorean Air1 destination
- KUKuwait Airways1 destination
- LHLufthansa1 destination
- 8MMyanmar Airways International1 destination
- WYOman Air1 destination
- PRPhilippine Airlines1 destination
- SVSaudia1 destination
- SZSomon Air1 destination
- LXSWISS1 destination
- XJThai AirAsia X1 destination
- U6Ural Airlines1 destination
- VJVietjet1 destination
The airline on a fare can be the seller of a codeshare flown by a partner. Linked names are matched to Originfacts airline pages by code and name; others are shown as the fare data names them.
Destinations by country
- India (52)
- Agartala, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Ayodhya, Bagdogra, Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bhuntar Kullu, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Deoghar, Dharamsala, Gaya, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kannur, Khajuraho, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Leh, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Rajkot, Ranchi, Silchar, Srinagar, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam
- Canada (3)
- Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
- China (3)
- Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai
- Thailand (3)
- Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket
- United Arab Emirates (3)
- Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah
- Australia (2)
- Melbourne, Sydney
- Germany (2)
- Frankfurt, Munich
- Russia (2)
- Moscow, Yekaterinburg
- Saudi Arabia (2)
- Dammam, Jeddah
- Uzbekistan (2)
- Namangan, Tashkent
- Vietnam (2)
- Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
- Afghanistan (1)
- Kabul
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Baku
- Bahrain (1)
- Manama
- Bangladesh (1)
- Dhaka
- Belarus (1)
- Minsk
- Bhutan (1)
- Paro
- Cambodia (1)
- Phnom Penh
- Egypt (1)
- Cairo
- France (1)
- Paris
- Greece (1)
- Athens
- Hong Kong (1)
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia (1)
- Denpasar (Bali)
- Italy (1)
- Rome
- Japan (1)
- Tokyo
- Kazakhstan (1)
- Almaty
- Kuwait (1)
- Kuwait City
- Malaysia (1)
- Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives (1)
- Male
- Mauritius (1)
- Mauritius
- Myanmar (1)
- Yangon
- Nepal (1)
- Kathmandu
- Netherlands (1)
- Amsterdam
- Oman (1)
- Muscat
- Philippines (1)
- Manila
- Qatar (1)
- Doha
- Singapore (1)
- Singapore
- South Korea (1)
- Seoul
- Sri Lanka (1)
- Colombo
- Switzerland (1)
- Zurich
- Tajikistan (1)
- Dushanbe
- Turkiye (1)
- Istanbul
- United Kingdom (1)
- London
- United States (1)
- New York
Linked destinations also have an Originfacts route record from DEL.
Check schedules with the airline or Indira Gandhi International Airport before you book.
Airlines on routes from DEL
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The airlines listed on the 4 routes Originfacts tracks from DEL. Originfacts’ route records cover the routes we track, not Indira Gandhi International Airport’s full network. This is not a complete list of airlines at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Routes from DEL
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The 4 routes Originfacts tracks from DEL so far, listed with the distance and estimated flight time in each route record. Originfacts’ route records cover the routes we track, not Indira Gandhi International Airport’s full network. Check live schedules with the airline.
Full list of destinations: newdelhiairport.in (opens in a new tab) (the airport’s official site)
Airlines with a hub at DEL
Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026): airlines whose “airline hub” property names DEL, with no end date and not recorded as dissolved. Community-edited; hubs change.
Terminals, transport and parking at DEL
Terminal assignments, ground transport into Delhi, parking, lounges and accessibility services have not been verified against Indira Gandhi International Airport’s own pages yet, so none are listed here.
Check directly:newdelhiairport.in (opens in a new tab)Map of the airport location (opens in a new tab)
Before you travel
- Confirm your terminal with the operating airline.
- Check the check-in and bag-drop cut-off times on your booking.
- Allow extra time if you need to change terminals or check bags in again.
- Check your flight status before you leave for the airport.
Climate at DEL, month by month
Source: NASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily values for 2016–2025 at 28.56°, 77.10° (MERRA-2 reanalysis grid, about 50 km cells), averaged by Originfacts. Modelled, not airport weather-station readings.
Warmest: May (average high 42°C). Coolest: January (22°C high, 7°C low). Wettest: July (240 mm); driest: November (3 mm).
| Month | High | Low | Temperature range | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22°C | 7°C | 28 mm | |
| Feb | 27°C | 10°C | 9 mm | |
| Mar | 33°C | 16°C | 20 mm | |
| Apr | 39°C | 22°C | 10 mm | |
| May | 42°C | 27°C | 48 mm | |
| Jun | 41°C | 29°C | 77 mm | |
| Jul | 36°C | 28°C | 240 mm | |
| Aug | 34°C | 26°C | 173 mm | |
| Sep | 34°C | 24°C | 130 mm | |
| Oct | 33°C | 19°C | 26 mm | |
| Nov | 28°C | 14°C | 3 mm | |
| Dec | 24°C | 9°C | 7 mm |
Airports near Delhi
Straight-line distances calculated from each airport’s coordinates in the Originfacts airport records. Road distances are longer.
Indira Gandhi International Airport: common questions
Where is Indira Gandhi International Airport?
Indira Gandhi International Airport serves Delhi, India. Its coordinates in OurAirports are 28.556°, 77.095°.
What are the airport codes for Indira Gandhi International Airport?
The IATA code is DEL and the ICAO code is VIDP.
What time zone is DEL in?
Indira Gandhi International Airport is in the Asia/Kolkata time zone.
What is the official website of Indira Gandhi International Airport?
The airport’s official website is newdelhiairport.in. For questions about a booking, contact the operating airline.
Which airlines are listed on routes from DEL?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) list IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet on routes from DEL. This is not a complete list of airlines at Indira Gandhi International Airport; check current schedules with the airline.
Where can you fly from DEL?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) include 4 routes from DEL so far, to 4 destinations: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Guwahati and Kolkata. These are the routes Originfacts tracks, not Indira Gandhi International Airport’s full network. For the full list of destinations, check the airport’s official website (newdelhiairport.in) or the airlines.
How many runways does Indira Gandhi International Airport have?
OurAirports lists 4 open runways at DEL: 11R/29L (4,430 m (14,534 ft), asphalt); 11L/29R (4,400 m (14,436 ft), asphalt); 10/28 (3,810 m (12,500 ft), asphalt); 09/27 (2,813 m (9,229 ft), asphalt).
Where can you fly nonstop from DEL?
Travelpayouts fare data retrieved 5 Oct 2026 showed nonstop fares from DEL to 109 destinations in 44 countries, the most in India (52), Canada (3) and China (3). That reflects fares travellers found, not a complete or live schedule.
How many passengers use Indira Gandhi International Airport?
Wikidata records 77.8 million passengers for 2024, the latest year it holds.
Which airlines have a hub at DEL?
Wikidata lists DEL as a hub of Air India, Alliance Air and Vistara.
What is the weather like at DEL through the year?
NASA POWER averages for 2016–2025 put the warmest month at May (average high 42°C, low 27°C) and the coolest at January (22°C / 7°C); July is the wettest (240 mm) and November the driest (3 mm).
What is the elevation of Indira Gandhi International Airport?
OurAirports gives DEL’s elevation as 237 m (777 ft) above sea level.
Sources
Nothing on this page is verified by hand yet. Each section comes from the dataset below, with its date where the dataset has one. Terminal, transport and parking details are left out until they can be read from Indira Gandhi International Airport’s own pages.
- Codes, location, time zoneOriginfacts airport record2 May 2026
- Official websiteWikidata record (official website property) (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026
- Coordinates, runways, type, elevationOurAirports (opens in a new tab) — public domain5 Oct 2026
- Opening, operator, passengers, hubsWikidata item Q821275 (opens in a new tab) — CC05 Oct 2026
- Nonstop destinations, airlines on faresTravelpayouts Data API (Aviasales fare cache) — fares found, not a complete or live schedule5 Oct 2026
- ClimateNASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged by Originfacts2016–2025
- Airlines and routesOriginfacts route records — the routes we track, not a full schedule21 May 2026
- Nearby airportsCalculated from airport coordinates—
- Terminals and transportNot yet verified—
Background reading:Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)