JV international airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) Airport Traffic

Name: Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport handled 21.86 lakh passengers in August 2026, 11.5% fewer than in August 2025, across 14,812 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 1.15 crore passengers, 11.5% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #4 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was May 2025, with 27.91 lakh passengers. International flights carried 18.4% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 1,96,553 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#4of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

7.05% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

11.5%

21.86 L

21,85,934 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

14.1%

14,812

About 478 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

16.9%

17,489 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

2.6%

4,52,164

20.7% of all passengers

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

Passengers

11.5%

1.15 Cr

1,14,96,947 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

13.8%

77,667

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

19.6%

86,240 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) 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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Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	1,14,96,947	11.5%	77,667	86,240	18.4%
FY 2025-26	3,04,83,885	4.5%	2,07,900	1,81,230	17.9%
FY 2024-25	2,91,65,232	16.5%	2,02,395	1,67,665	16.2%
FY 2023-24	2,50,42,282	19.3%	1,76,286	1,49,811	16.8%
FY 2022-23	2,09,96,027	68.9%	1,58,747	1,42,434	16.3%
FY 2021-22	1,24,29,796	54.4%	1,13,926	1,40,075	11.5%
FY 2020-21	79,32,794	63.4%	86,013	1,11,022	7.3%
FY 2019-20	2,16,51,878	1.2%	1,83,450	1,43,884	18.1%
FY 2018-19	2,14,03,972	17.9%	1,79,600	1,44,126	18.6%
FY 2017-18	1,81,56,789	20.2%	1,49,581	1,34,141	20.3%
FY 2016-173 months	39,97,852	23.7%	34,723	31,250	20.7%

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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Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	21,85,934	11.5%	17,33,770	4,52,164	14,812	17,489
Jul 2026	22,23,504	9.6%	17,43,556	4,79,948	14,364	18,071
Jun 2026	22,87,844	12.9%	18,57,680	4,30,164	15,356	17,970
May 2026	25,49,700	8.6%	21,35,341	4,14,359	17,306	16,549
Apr 2026	22,49,965	15.1%	19,09,069	3,40,896	15,829	16,161
Mar 2026	22,88,274	12.0%	19,72,498	3,15,776	15,907	15,840
Feb 2026	23,17,113	8.3%	18,87,511	4,29,602	14,901	15,448
Jan 2026	26,52,779	0.4%	21,29,340	5,23,439	16,894	14,908
Dec 2025	25,02,109	7.5%	19,86,318	5,15,791	16,549	15,782
Nov 2025	27,39,114	8.2%	22,52,988	4,86,126	17,943	16,039
Oct 2025	26,02,491	4.3%	21,27,328	4,75,163	18,670	15,539
Sep 2025	23,86,371	5.6%	19,30,239	4,56,132	16,927	16,757
Aug 2025	24,70,262	6.0%	20,05,921	4,64,341	17,245	13,748
Jul 2025	24,58,797	8.5%	19,80,692	4,78,105	17,245	15,033
Jun 2025	26,25,907	18.1%	21,83,315	4,42,592	18,333	14,475
May 2025	27,91,094	16.7%	23,38,851	4,52,243	19,001	14,012
Apr 2025	26,49,574	20.7%	22,25,782	4,23,792	18,285	13,650
Mar 2025	25,99,325	17.3%	21,79,688	4,19,637	18,617	16,571
Feb 2025	25,25,972	21.6%	21,49,629	3,76,343	16,913	12,422
Jan 2025	26,42,587	21.2%	22,18,574	4,24,013	17,793	12,789
Dec 2024	27,04,993	20.1%	22,79,186	4,25,807	17,752	13,585
Nov 2024	25,31,482	24.6%	21,29,692	4,01,790	16,930	13,325
Oct 2024	24,94,905	21.7%	20,95,641	3,99,264	17,798	15,105
Sep 2024	22,60,428	14.8%	19,08,300	3,52,128	16,455	13,894
Aug 2024	23,29,653	14.4%	19,44,710	3,84,943	16,469	13,568
Jul 2024	22,66,209	12.8%	18,64,202	4,02,007	16,211	15,657
Jun 2024	22,22,833	8.9%	18,46,043	3,76,790	15,486	14,082
May 2024	23,90,918	10.5%	19,84,196	4,06,722	16,097	14,151
Apr 2024	21,95,927	9.0%	18,34,338	3,61,589	15,874	12,517
Mar 2024	22,16,157	12.5%	18,54,571	3,61,586	16,154	14,234
Feb 2024	20,77,289	13.8%	17,33,988	3,43,301	14,717	12,753
Jan 2024	21,80,909	14.0%	17,97,754	3,83,155	15,308	12,190
Dec 2023	22,51,795	17.8%	18,50,475	4,01,320	15,199	12,308
Nov 2023	20,32,046	16.3%	16,80,439	3,51,607	14,675	12,025
Oct 2023	20,50,517	16.0%	17,07,209	3,43,308	14,919	13,614
Sep 2023	19,69,568	21.2%	16,56,001	3,13,567	14,111	11,744
Aug 2023	20,36,328	24.1%	16,97,151	3,39,177	14,388	12,714
Jul 2023	20,09,296	25.5%	16,40,603	3,68,693	14,126	12,182
Jun 2023	20,40,972	24.0%	16,87,669	3,53,303	13,767	12,510
May 2023	21,62,751	25.4%	18,06,877	3,55,874	14,664	12,129
Apr 2023	20,14,654	24.0%	17,14,972	2,99,682	14,258	11,408
Mar 2023	19,69,289	24.4%	16,64,904	3,04,385	14,914	12,680
Feb 2023	18,24,814	60.1%	15,36,387	2,88,427	13,166	11,565
Jan 2023	19,13,132	85.7%	15,77,560	3,35,572	13,765	10,681
Dec 2022	19,11,405	20.2%	15,79,054	3,32,351	13,407	12,100
Nov 2022	17,46,519	20.1%	14,55,908	2,90,611	12,531	11,420
Oct 2022	17,67,014	35.0%	14,86,371	2,80,643	13,190	11,103
Sep 2022	16,25,705	58.3%	13,61,540	2,64,165	12,496	11,827
Aug 2022	16,40,771	60.5%	13,63,257	2,77,514	12,657	11,283
Jul 2022	16,01,281	115.8%	13,11,995	2,89,286	12,626	12,205
Jun 2022	16,46,056	286.0%	13,68,644	2,77,412	13,146	12,677
May 2022	17,24,808	466.0%	14,63,999	2,60,809	13,697	12,491
Apr 2022	16,25,233	102.8%	14,05,623	2,19,610	13,152	12,402
Mar 2022	15,83,000	44.5%	13,83,842	1,99,158	12,314	13,004
Feb 2022	11,39,665	4.9%	9,94,737	1,44,928	8,965	11,285
Jan 2022	10,30,412	9.9%	8,72,772	1,57,640	10,145	11,171
Dec 2021	15,89,660	43.3%	14,02,186	1,87,474	12,437	12,602
Nov 2021	14,54,336	53.3%	12,85,414	1,68,922	11,628	11,813
Oct 2021	13,08,829	62.3%	11,55,790	1,53,039	11,376	12,727
Sep 2021	10,26,935	59.9%	9,11,835	1,15,100	9,925	11,896
Aug 2021	10,22,321	104.3%	9,34,676	87,645	9,736	11,714
Jul 2021	7,42,011	91.3%	6,87,636	54,375	8,171	11,709
Jun 2021	4,26,477	45.8%	3,92,876	33,601	5,232	10,577
May 2021	3,04,719	796.0%	2,68,893	35,826	4,850	10,966
Apr 2021	8,01,431	999+%	7,08,999	92,432	9,147	10,611
Mar 2021	10,95,611	4.8%	9,95,053	1,00,558	10,959	11,914
Feb 2021	10,86,619	39.7%	9,98,198	88,421	9,993	10,824
Jan 2021	11,44,094	42.3%	10,54,009	90,085	11,254	10,716
Dec 2020	11,09,540	46.2%	10,33,187	76,353	10,833	10,838
Nov 2020	9,48,540	52.2%	8,86,076	62,464	9,306	10,189
Oct 2020	8,06,236	57.7%	7,55,609	50,627	8,945	10,499
Sep 2020	6,42,148	60.9%	6,03,824	38,324	8,012	10,990
Aug 2020	5,00,399	72.5%	4,74,503	25,896	6,297	9,821
Jul 2020	3,13,774	82.9%	2,88,348	25,426	5,345	9,197
Jun 2020	2,52,480	86.2%	2,39,837	12,643	4,042	7,796
May 2020	32,502	98.3%	28,180	4,322	782	4,779
Apr 2020	851	100.0%	641	210	245	3,459
Mar 2020	10,45,187	43.1%	9,04,745	1,40,442	11,388	9,587
Feb 2020	18,02,928	2.4%	15,03,928	2,99,000	15,444	11,849
Jan 2020	19,81,327	3.9%	16,08,998	3,72,329	16,909	12,196
Dec 2019	20,63,795	6.3%	16,87,237	3,76,558	17,223	12,305
Nov 2019	19,85,840	15.4%	16,38,936	3,46,904	16,385	12,165
Oct 2019	19,04,001	4.7%	15,61,707	3,42,294	16,193	12,976
Sep 2019	16,40,890	4.7%	13,23,290	3,17,600	14,742	11,763
Aug 2019	18,20,733	4.0%	14,81,202	3,39,531	14,882	11,952
Jul 2019	18,36,789	1.9%	14,86,539	3,50,250	15,223	12,241
Jun 2019	18,34,905	9.9%	14,87,112	3,47,793	14,758	12,019
May 2019	19,46,409	10.2%	15,87,978	3,58,431	15,552	13,136
Apr 2019	17,89,074	4.7%	14,60,332	3,28,742	14,751	11,695
Mar 2019	18,37,899	8.8%	15,12,239	3,25,660	15,704	12,981
Feb 2019	17,61,260	12.4%	14,60,094	3,01,166	14,483	10,928
Jan 2019	19,07,455	9.0%	15,55,455	3,52,000	15,986	11,429
Dec 2018	19,40,684	14.2%	15,86,235	3,54,449	15,636	12,086
Nov 2018	17,20,113	12.4%	14,03,883	3,16,230	15,071	11,378
Oct 2018	18,17,882	21.2%	14,92,375	3,25,507	15,878	12,709
Sep 2018	17,21,213	22.0%	14,11,773	3,09,440	14,836	12,083
Aug 2018	17,50,320	21.2%	13,97,785	3,52,535	14,587	12,272
Jul 2018	18,02,559	24.2%	14,49,387	3,53,172	14,488	12,427
Jun 2018	16,69,660	21.7%	13,46,233	3,23,427	14,179	12,575
May 2018	17,66,105	27.8%	14,20,081	3,46,024	14,785	12,029
Apr 2018	17,08,822	25.7%	13,83,381	3,25,441	13,967	11,229
Mar 2018	16,89,867	29.3%	13,70,234	3,19,633	14,300	12,496
Feb 2018	15,67,507	22.4%	12,77,628	2,89,879	12,718	10,372
Jan 2018	17,49,198	24.0%	14,03,049	3,46,149	14,172	10,853
Dec 2017	16,99,679	21.2%	13,58,551	3,41,128	13,429	11,666
Nov 2017	15,30,930	19.0%	12,39,827	2,91,103	12,349	10,542
Oct 2017	14,99,618	18.9%	12,20,747	2,78,871	12,726	11,250
Sep 2017	14,10,275	19.3%	11,10,439	2,99,836	11,560	11,732
Aug 2017	14,44,512	13.5%	11,24,138	3,20,374	11,686	11,778
Jul 2017	14,51,710	16.7%	11,35,005	3,16,705	11,919	10,661
Jun 2017	13,71,601	22.8%	10,84,587	2,87,014	11,272	11,037
May 2017	13,82,082	14.0%	10,65,930	3,16,152	11,684	11,302
Apr 2017	13,59,810	20.9%	10,80,938	2,78,872	11,766	10,452
Mar 2017	13,07,213	20.8%	10,42,748	2,64,465	12,120	11,939
Feb 2017	12,80,182	24.0%	10,26,493	2,53,689	11,038	9,382
Jan 2017	14,10,457	26.2%	11,00,983	3,09,474	11,565	9,929

Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport: common questions

How many passengers used Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport in August 2026?

21,85,934 passengers (17,33,770 domestic and 4,52,164 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 11.5% fewer than in August 2025.

How many passengers has Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport handled in FY 2026-27?

1,14,96,947 passengers from April to August 2026, 11.5% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #4 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport's busiest month?

May 2025, with 27,91,094 passengers and 19,001 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport have international flights?

Yes. 53,19,560 international passengers used Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 18.4% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi) airport recorded 14,812 movements in August 2026, about 478 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.