International airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Amritsar Airport Traffic

Name: Amritsar Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Amritsar airport handled 1.92 lakh passengers in August 2026, 14.3% fewer than in August 2025, across 1,447 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 10.40 lakh passengers, 7.0% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #29 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was March 2025, with 3.43 lakh passengers. International flights carried 31.3% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 3,955 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#29of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.62% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

14.3%

1.92 L

1,92,016 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

0.8%

1,447

About 47 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

3.7%

303 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

19.2%

65,197

34.0% of all passengers

FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026), compared with the same months a year earlier

Passengers

7.0%

10.40 L

10,40,275 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

5.6%

7,164

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

19.1%

1,835 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Amritsar airport, month by month

Every monthly AAI report since January 2017, split into domestic and international.

Monthly traffic

The dashed line is the same month a year earlier. Drag the slider to see other years.

Year by year

Financial years (April to March), split into domestic and international, with the change from the previous year.

Hatched columns are partial years; their growth compares the same months a year earlier.

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Amritsar airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	10,40,275	7.0%	7,164	1,835	28.7%
FY 2025-26	29,41,017	17.0%	18,560	3,690	33.9%
FY 2024-25	35,42,880	14.8%	23,071	3,362	32.6%
FY 2023-24	30,85,598	22.6%	21,648	3,358	31.8%
FY 2022-23	25,16,518	82.1%	19,521	2,239	30.0%
FY 2021-22	13,82,004	61.8%	13,503	1,578	24.7%
FY 2020-21	8,54,352	65.2%	8,016	1,253	22.6%
FY 2019-20	24,57,615	2.6%	17,081	2,180	33.3%
FY 2018-19	25,23,794	8.8%	17,905	1,378	31.6%
FY 2017-18	23,19,955	48.1%	17,767	1,676	27.3%
FY 2016-173 months	4,28,052	18.0%	3,012	370	34.4%

Month by month

Seasonality across every year on record, and how each month compares with a year earlier.

Each square is one month; darker means busier. Hover for the exact figure and the change from a year earlier.

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Amritsar airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	1,92,016	14.3%	1,26,819	65,197	1,447	303
Jul 2026	1,88,548	14.1%	1,24,579	63,969	1,384	306
Jun 2026	2,14,013	4.7%	1,52,379	61,634	1,393	494
May 2026	2,29,212	46.7%	1,75,594	53,618	1,516	418
Apr 2026	2,16,486	26.3%	1,62,840	53,646	1,424	314
Mar 2026	2,37,868	30.7%	1,89,535	48,333	1,440	182
Feb 2026	2,69,075	17.2%	1,80,695	88,380	1,546	329
Jan 2026	2,81,085	13.1%	1,82,321	98,764	1,658	357
Dec 2025	2,67,525	21.4%	1,71,751	95,774	1,588	217
Nov 2025	3,00,146	1.0%	2,04,087	96,059	1,757	386
Oct 2025	2,52,593	13.9%	1,64,982	87,611	1,572	291
Sep 2025	2,14,732	20.8%	1,32,451	82,281	1,409	358
Aug 2025	2,24,113	15.4%	1,43,450	80,663	1,458	292
Jul 2025	2,19,457	16.2%	1,40,592	78,865	1,558	265
Jun 2025	2,24,455	17.5%	1,42,304	82,151	1,486	477
May 2025	1,56,288	43.3%	98,279	58,009	1,219	275
Apr 2025	2,93,680	7.1%	1,93,162	1,00,518	1,869	262
Mar 2025	3,43,384	8.5%	2,31,756	1,11,628	2,042	169
Feb 2025	3,25,009	13.8%	2,19,769	1,05,240	1,863	160
Jan 2025	3,23,635	18.6%	2,10,154	1,13,481	1,996	195
Dec 2024	3,40,408	0.6%	2,29,738	1,10,670	2,006	272
Nov 2024	2,97,130	4.4%	2,01,125	96,005	1,883	249
Oct 2024	2,93,372	30.0%	1,97,928	95,444	1,986	235
Sep 2024	2,70,966	10.7%	1,83,873	87,093	1,867	184
Aug 2024	2,64,846	19.3%	1,75,487	89,359	1,913	232
Jul 2024	2,61,962	23.4%	1,73,469	88,493	1,897	254
Jun 2024	2,72,154	19.5%	1,79,650	92,504	1,898	415
May 2024	2,75,837	21.3%	1,94,712	81,125	1,931	577
Apr 2024	2,74,177	20.3%	1,91,758	82,419	1,789	421
Mar 2024	3,16,495	22.6%	2,17,495	99,000	2,004	420
Feb 2024	2,85,491	20.1%	1,90,866	94,625	1,742	187
Jan 2024	2,72,819	14.4%	1,75,895	96,924	1,698	187
Dec 2023	3,38,512	40.9%	2,31,699	1,06,813	2,202	233
Nov 2023	2,84,641	27.8%	1,97,344	87,297	1,903	308
Oct 2023	2,25,670	10.7%	1,48,662	77,008	1,785	347
Sep 2023	2,44,719	41.0%	1,65,319	79,400	1,712	215
Aug 2023	2,22,044	31.3%	1,48,013	74,031	1,665	170
Jul 2023	2,12,248	19.1%	1,44,046	68,202	1,651	268
Jun 2023	2,27,717	22.4%	1,57,519	70,198	1,677	500
May 2023	2,27,310	10.8%	1,60,014	67,296	1,740	279
Apr 2023	2,27,932	12.1%	1,67,321	60,611	1,869	244
Mar 2023	2,58,075	32.2%	1,78,723	79,352	1,797	184
Feb 2023	2,37,708	81.6%	1,68,076	69,632	1,665	141
Jan 2023	2,38,429	82.4%	1,60,254	78,175	1,701	122
Dec 2022	2,40,200	18.2%	1,64,546	75,654	1,628	156
Nov 2022	2,22,758	29.1%	1,52,014	70,744	1,555	319
Oct 2022	2,03,927	43.5%	1,44,018	59,909	1,486	238
Sep 2022	1,73,566	67.4%	1,20,028	53,538	1,383	134
Aug 2022	1,69,173	91.4%	1,18,171	51,002	1,534	115
Jul 2022	1,78,136	206.5%	1,18,159	59,977	1,528	126
Jun 2022	1,86,059	425.7%	1,35,896	50,163	1,708	303
May 2022	2,05,181	703.6%	1,53,026	52,155	1,793	187
Apr 2022	2,03,306	111.0%	1,48,473	54,833	1,743	214
Mar 2022	1,95,146	40.0%	1,45,994	49,152	1,498	143
Feb 2022	1,30,874	0.7%	96,729	34,145	1,160	121
Jan 2022	1,30,701	2.8%	91,131	39,570	1,339	110
Dec 2021	2,03,193	67.4%	1,58,626	44,567	1,679	149
Nov 2021	1,72,551	74.4%	1,29,853	42,698	1,504	157
Oct 2021	1,42,079	91.7%	1,02,803	39,276	1,273	161
Sep 2021	1,03,691	102.2%	71,327	32,364	1,106	145
Aug 2021	88,386	118.1%	70,813	17,573	933	133
Jul 2021	58,125	106.3%	52,964	5,161	764	125
Jun 2021	35,391	65.2%	30,304	5,087	506	137
May 2021	25,533	59.7%	20,313	5,220	524	91
Apr 2021	96,334	999+%	70,026	26,308	1,217	106
Mar 2021	1,39,379	15.3%	1,05,923	33,456	1,259	101
Feb 2021	1,30,008	45.2%	1,02,947	27,061	1,012	120
Jan 2021	1,27,146	49.0%	98,075	29,071	1,039	157
Dec 2020	1,21,410	52.5%	98,444	22,966	1,045	206
Nov 2020	98,940	56.8%	78,491	20,449	869	159
Oct 2020	74,102	64.6%	58,941	15,161	720	211
Sep 2020	51,275	70.1%	39,267	12,008	621	103
Aug 2020	40,533	78.8%	31,542	8,991	515	71
Jul 2020	28,179	85.6%	22,729	5,450	417	69
Jun 2020	21,420	89.5%	19,703	1,717	309	45
May 2020	15,988	91.8%	4,307	11,681	157	10
Apr 2020	5,972	97.0%	961	5,011	53	1
Mar 2020	1,20,872	48.7%	81,024	39,848	1,093	125
Feb 2020	2,37,172	6.9%	1,61,533	75,639	1,529	134
Jan 2020	2,49,381	2.6%	1,65,629	83,752	1,648	99
Dec 2019	2,55,364	1.8%	1,73,781	81,583	1,633	164
Nov 2019	2,28,848	1.1%	1,49,020	79,828	1,465	130
Oct 2019	2,09,310	0.2%	1,37,652	71,658	1,410	143
Sep 2019	1,71,346	10.6%	1,10,707	60,639	1,176	116
Aug 2019	1,91,403	3.8%	1,25,861	65,542	1,385	151
Jul 2019	1,95,556	5.9%	1,30,063	65,493	1,473	201
Jun 2019	2,04,893	14.7%	1,38,259	66,634	1,437	300
May 2019	1,93,837	8.4%	1,31,517	62,320	1,442	321
Apr 2019	1,99,633	1.5%	1,33,326	66,307	1,390	296
Mar 2019	2,35,492	1.1%	1,58,600	76,892	1,603	0
Feb 2019	2,21,949	2.8%	1,48,219	73,730	1,640	10
Jan 2019	2,56,088	14.6%	1,68,627	87,461	1,742	101
Dec 2018	2,60,174	18.7%	1,76,898	83,276	1,802	133
Nov 2018	2,26,255	5.9%	1,48,238	78,017	1,581	126
Oct 2018	2,08,876	1.5%	1,43,240	65,636	1,464	148
Sep 2018	1,91,632	12.5%	1,31,106	60,526	1,369	93
Aug 2018	1,84,448	6.8%	1,25,752	58,696	1,362	135
Jul 2018	1,84,595	8.1%	1,29,990	54,605	1,296	191
Jun 2018	1,78,687	9.9%	1,23,733	54,954	1,282	191
May 2018	1,78,882	12.9%	1,28,814	50,068	1,362	133
Apr 2018	1,96,716	26.4%	1,42,076	54,640	1,402	117
Mar 2018	2,32,837	63.4%	1,67,462	65,375	1,550	174
Feb 2018	2,28,316	66.9%	1,62,880	65,436	1,493	114
Jan 2018	2,23,553	50.3%	1,64,297	59,256	1,558	93
Dec 2017	2,19,216	55.8%	1,62,932	56,284	1,618	62
Nov 2017	2,13,615	52.4%	1,60,150	53,465	1,528	47
Oct 2017	2,12,002	54.4%	1,59,311	52,691	1,602	156
Sep 2017	1,70,354	42.5%	1,23,239	47,115	1,401	168
Aug 2017	1,72,645	33.9%	1,24,537	48,108	1,454	182
Jul 2017	1,70,783	36.0%	1,20,527	50,256	1,496	167
Jun 2017	1,62,604	44.4%	1,15,030	47,574	1,435	204
May 2017	1,58,380	39.8%	1,14,987	43,393	1,473	157
Apr 2017	1,55,650	29.4%	1,10,531	45,119	1,159	152
Mar 2017	1,42,500	18.5%	98,803	43,697	1,105	115
Feb 2017	1,36,783	12.7%	87,354	49,429	880	128
Jan 2017	1,48,769	22.8%	94,447	54,322	1,027	127

Amritsar airport: common questions

How many passengers used Amritsar airport in August 2026?

1,92,016 passengers (1,26,819 domestic and 65,197 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 14.3% fewer than in August 2025.

How many passengers has Amritsar airport handled in FY 2026-27?

10,40,275 passengers from April to August 2026, 7.0% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #29 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Amritsar airport's busiest month?

March 2025, with 3,43,384 passengers and 2,042 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Amritsar airport have international flights?

Yes. 8,95,266 international passengers used Amritsar airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 31.3% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Amritsar airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Amritsar airport recorded 1,447 movements in August 2026, about 47 a day.

Where does this data come from?

From the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic reports. This page is updated when a new report is published; the latest covers August 2026.

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Source: Airports Authority of India, monthly traffic reports. Passengers count everyone arriving or departing; aircraft movements count take-offs and landings; cargo is freight loaded and unloaded, in tonnes.