JV international airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Delhi Airport Traffic

Name: Delhi Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Delhi airport handled 60.84 lakh passengers in August 2026, 2.7% more than in August 2025, across 40,160 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 3.25 crore passengers, 5.5% more than a year earlier, ranking #1 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was November 2025, with 72.99 lakh passengers. International flights carried 26.9% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 12,02,342 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#1of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

19.62% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

2.7%

60.84 L

60,83,616 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

11.4%

40,160

About 1295 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

10.6%

1,06,426 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

1.7%

16,94,347

27.9% of all passengers

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

Passengers

5.5%

3.25 Cr

3,25,08,678 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

7.4%

2,02,439

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

11.5%

5,22,652 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Delhi 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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Delhi airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	3,25,08,678	5.5%	2,02,439	5,22,652	26.6%
FY 2025-26	7,87,01,971	0.7%	4,73,540	11,48,338	27.4%
FY 2024-25	7,92,59,890	7.6%	4,68,822	11,09,520	27.2%
FY 2023-24	7,36,73,708	12.8%	4,42,393	9,98,371	26.4%
FY 2022-23	6,53,27,833	66.1%	4,29,964	8,95,918	24.0%
FY 2021-22	3,93,39,998	74.2%	3,19,573	9,24,343	16.6%
FY 2020-21	2,25,83,736	66.4%	2,13,986	7,37,231	14.2%
FY 2019-20	6,73,01,016	2.8%	4,50,012	9,55,858	26.5%
FY 2018-19	6,92,33,864	5.4%	4,60,429	10,42,948	27.0%
FY 2017-18	6,56,91,662	13.8%	4,41,299	9,63,032	26.5%
FY 2016-173 months	1,52,00,919	15.8%	1,00,641	2,21,761	27.8%

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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Delhi airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	60,83,616	2.7%	43,89,269	16,94,347	40,160	1,06,426
Jul 2026	60,27,269	3.7%	43,16,285	17,10,984	37,486	1,05,642
Jun 2026	65,79,442	6.8%	48,41,333	17,38,109	39,423	1,02,411
May 2026	71,66,161	14.7%	53,92,535	17,73,626	43,762	1,06,522
Apr 2026	66,52,190	0.3%	49,29,982	17,22,208	41,608	1,01,651
Mar 2026	70,01,938	0.2%	52,13,295	17,88,643	42,436	1,00,255
Feb 2026	69,60,382	3.6%	51,12,440	18,47,942	39,661	94,262
Jan 2026	72,28,717	4.7%	51,74,971	20,53,746	42,083	95,130
Dec 2025	70,29,909	0.5%	50,20,103	20,09,806	40,808	99,651
Nov 2025	72,99,434	7.5%	53,91,589	19,07,845	42,135	99,078
Oct 2025	65,19,797	1.2%	47,48,668	17,71,129	40,998	94,991
Sep 2025	58,37,312	6.3%	42,17,307	16,20,005	36,844	96,324
Aug 2025	59,24,765	7.3%	42,59,373	16,65,392	36,051	96,238
Jul 2025	58,13,181	8.9%	41,68,711	16,44,470	36,301	95,853
Jun 2025	61,62,643	5.0%	44,56,863	17,05,780	37,065	89,535
May 2025	62,49,600	4.5%	45,45,051	17,04,549	39,436	93,435
Apr 2025	66,74,293	6.2%	48,44,140	18,30,153	39,722	93,587
Mar 2025	70,16,092	5.8%	50,81,444	19,34,648	41,408	1,02,064
Feb 2025	67,17,405	7.1%	48,68,469	18,48,936	37,170	82,045
Jan 2025	69,03,650	9.7%	49,05,942	19,97,708	39,346	92,355
Dec 2024	70,65,720	6.7%	51,11,968	19,53,752	40,218	93,754
Nov 2024	67,88,914	11.8%	49,35,825	18,53,089	38,572	87,829
Oct 2024	64,42,362	5.9%	46,86,620	17,55,742	40,143	1,01,757
Sep 2024	62,32,784	7.4%	45,46,417	16,86,367	38,347	1,00,015
Aug 2024	63,92,435	7.6%	46,65,894	17,26,541	39,480	94,180
Jul 2024	63,83,763	7.7%	46,64,147	17,19,616	38,911	91,937
Jun 2024	64,90,322	9.3%	47,31,824	17,58,498	38,628	90,111
May 2024	65,43,981	7.8%	48,59,862	16,84,119	39,156	90,578
Apr 2024	62,82,462	4.5%	46,39,501	16,42,961	37,443	82,895
Mar 2024	66,28,532	8.1%	47,93,183	18,35,349	39,146	1,02,888
Feb 2024	62,74,847	8.9%	45,44,293	17,30,554	36,403	85,631
Jan 2024	62,94,712	7.7%	44,70,290	18,24,422	36,362	78,028
Dec 2023	66,23,832	7.7%	47,71,352	18,52,480	38,034	84,572
Nov 2023	60,74,315	6.7%	43,95,834	16,78,481	36,536	79,807
Oct 2023	60,85,396	11.3%	44,54,004	16,31,392	37,816	88,953
Sep 2023	58,02,348	14.4%	43,06,691	14,95,657	35,633	83,203
Aug 2023	59,38,988	18.6%	44,29,389	15,09,599	37,020	84,289
Jul 2023	59,24,626	20.7%	43,74,813	15,49,813	36,652	81,143
Jun 2023	59,40,418	15.9%	44,14,013	15,26,405	35,035	76,452
May 2023	60,72,391	15.9%	46,23,474	14,48,917	36,482	77,543
Apr 2023	60,13,303	22.1%	46,26,211	13,87,092	37,274	75,862
Mar 2023	61,31,248	20.8%	46,29,192	15,02,056	37,864	81,086
Feb 2023	57,61,787	52.1%	43,62,813	13,98,974	34,618	68,961
Jan 2023	58,46,189	92.5%	43,51,399	14,94,790	37,120	68,987
Dec 2022	61,50,559	22.7%	46,06,839	15,43,720	38,065	73,241
Nov 2022	56,94,726	21.2%	42,73,252	14,21,474	36,152	72,498
Oct 2022	54,65,728	34.4%	41,25,687	13,40,041	36,137	74,562
Sep 2022	50,71,521	57.5%	38,34,968	12,36,553	34,252	80,046
Aug 2022	50,08,011	65.8%	37,72,891	12,35,120	35,012	73,806
Jul 2022	49,08,062	113.8%	36,56,638	12,51,424	34,715	76,821
Jun 2022	51,26,045	240.2%	39,42,863	11,83,182	35,524	72,959
May 2022	52,38,965	433.8%	41,80,313	10,58,652	36,072	74,536
Apr 2022	49,24,992	86.7%	39,38,635	9,86,357	34,433	78,415
Mar 2022	50,76,301	48.7%	40,92,573	9,83,728	34,842	80,461
Feb 2022	37,88,552	17.7%	30,66,121	7,22,431	26,176	67,631
Jan 2022	30,36,612	1.1%	23,26,723	7,09,889	27,115	73,740
Dec 2021	50,11,282	72.4%	41,68,700	8,42,582	36,589	81,544
Nov 2021	47,00,305	87.7%	39,75,521	7,24,784	34,308	75,093
Oct 2021	40,65,329	90.0%	34,19,061	6,46,268	31,307	89,836
Sep 2021	32,20,472	92.1%	27,58,977	4,61,495	26,772	79,017
Aug 2021	30,20,183	121.6%	26,21,461	3,98,722	24,974	76,158
Jul 2021	22,95,699	116.6%	20,29,166	2,66,533	20,878	75,499
Jun 2021	15,06,657	48.4%	13,29,225	1,77,432	15,735	72,481
May 2021	9,81,360	402.8%	8,15,436	1,65,924	14,680	75,994
Apr 2021	26,37,246	999+%	22,15,429	4,21,817	26,197	76,889
Mar 2021	34,12,670	3.2%	29,10,096	5,02,574	29,605	80,815
Feb 2021	32,19,111	46.3%	27,79,837	4,39,274	26,283	70,830
Jan 2021	30,69,643	49.7%	26,25,361	4,44,282	27,120	72,122
Dec 2020	29,06,936	53.9%	25,07,954	3,98,982	25,911	73,195
Nov 2020	25,04,409	60.4%	21,90,546	3,13,863	22,357	71,904
Oct 2020	21,40,028	64.4%	18,76,535	2,63,493	21,091	81,001
Sep 2020	16,76,561	70.6%	14,45,598	2,30,963	17,730	76,991
Aug 2020	13,63,135	76.4%	11,34,822	2,28,313	14,661	65,486
Jul 2020	10,59,905	81.7%	8,66,898	1,93,007	12,837	60,246
Jun 2020	10,15,529	81.5%	8,82,773	1,32,756	11,647	48,611
May 2020	1,95,185	96.3%	1,54,973	40,212	3,679	26,077
Apr 2020	20,624	99.6%	1,110	19,514	1,065	9,953
Mar 2020	35,25,315	35.7%	27,55,968	7,69,347	28,156	59,910
Feb 2020	59,93,157	11.5%	44,70,541	15,22,616	38,994	75,061
Jan 2020	60,99,761	2.5%	43,50,167	17,49,594	40,394	80,021
Dec 2019	63,08,530	3.6%	45,22,659	17,85,871	40,572	81,624
Nov 2019	63,27,760	12.9%	46,36,673	16,91,087	40,007	80,007
Oct 2019	60,10,628	3.1%	44,21,886	15,88,742	40,816	85,851
Sep 2019	57,00,844	1.1%	42,25,477	14,75,367	38,243	82,220
Aug 2019	57,78,137	0.3%	42,77,039	15,01,098	38,617	83,741
Jul 2019	58,05,975	1.4%	43,37,904	14,68,071	37,710	84,977
Jun 2019	55,01,991	5.4%	40,32,767	14,69,224	36,358	77,830
May 2019	52,80,411	10.5%	38,57,847	14,22,564	36,055	84,237
Apr 2019	49,68,507	15.3%	35,81,007	13,87,500	34,090	80,379
Mar 2019	54,81,013	9.4%	38,89,794	15,91,219	36,208	90,427
Feb 2019	53,76,333	3.0%	38,26,998	15,49,335	34,335	81,002
Jan 2019	59,50,602	1.7%	42,06,828	17,43,774	38,436	86,340
Dec 2018	60,88,348	2.4%	43,70,713	17,17,635	39,478	88,271
Nov 2018	56,04,357	1.0%	40,37,360	15,66,997	37,274	85,665
Oct 2018	58,28,508	4.2%	43,03,012	15,25,496	40,041	1,00,091
Sep 2018	56,41,158	10.7%	41,74,874	14,66,284	38,364	90,318
Aug 2018	57,96,146	11.5%	42,83,128	15,13,018	39,691	86,797
Jul 2018	58,85,960	13.9%	43,51,957	15,34,003	39,346	84,061
Jun 2018	58,17,209	10.8%	42,76,157	15,41,052	38,658	82,833
May 2018	59,00,366	8.6%	44,20,077	14,80,289	39,962	87,079
Apr 2018	58,63,864	16.8%	43,83,869	14,79,995	38,636	80,064
Mar 2018	60,48,323	16.6%	44,34,031	16,14,292	39,404	81,579
Feb 2018	55,42,973	15.1%	40,65,409	14,77,564	35,219	73,504
Jan 2018	58,49,782	12.6%	42,38,135	16,11,647	37,914	77,412
Dec 2017	59,47,189	15.3%	43,31,354	16,15,835	38,542	81,089
Nov 2017	55,46,484	11.8%	40,42,207	15,04,277	36,235	80,951
Oct 2017	55,92,345	18.4%	41,55,542	14,36,803	38,256	83,469
Sep 2017	50,95,684	11.3%	37,48,037	13,47,647	35,887	84,900
Aug 2017	51,99,151	12.7%	38,14,545	13,84,606	36,669	81,509
Jul 2017	51,67,806	9.9%	37,87,827	13,79,979	36,149	77,090
Jun 2017	52,50,720	14.9%	38,82,652	13,68,068	35,654	79,084
May 2017	54,31,321	14.3%	40,97,748	13,33,573	36,686	83,450
Apr 2017	50,19,884	13.0%	37,10,715	13,09,169	34,684	78,995
Mar 2017	51,85,966	13.0%	37,37,036	14,48,930	35,740	82,932
Feb 2017	48,17,470	13.5%	34,86,137	13,31,333	31,301	68,127
Jan 2017	51,97,483	21.0%	37,51,564	14,45,919	33,600	70,702

Delhi airport: common questions

How many passengers used Delhi airport in August 2026?

60,83,616 passengers (43,89,269 domestic and 16,94,347 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 2.7% more than in August 2025.

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

3,25,08,678 passengers from April to August 2026, 5.5% more than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #1 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Delhi airport's busiest month?

November 2025, with 72,99,434 passengers and 42,135 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Delhi airport have international flights?

Yes. 2,16,38,390 international passengers used Delhi airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 26.9% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Delhi airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Delhi airport recorded 40,160 movements in August 2026, about 1295 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. AAI has listed this airport as DELHI, DELHI (DIAL); the figures are combined here.