International airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Kolkata Airport Traffic

Name: Kolkata Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Kolkata airport handled 13.97 lakh passengers in August 2026, 12.5% fewer than in August 2025, across 9,809 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 80.79 lakh passengers, 5.9% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #6 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was December 2019, with 21.01 lakh passengers. International flights carried 11.2% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 1,71,430 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#6of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

4.50% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

12.5%

13.97 L

13,97,093 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

11.7%

9,809

About 316 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

0.4%

14,651 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

7.8%

1,58,624

11.4% of all passengers

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

Passengers

5.9%

80.79 L

80,79,170 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

7.9%

53,765

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

4.6%

73,025 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Kolkata 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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Kolkata airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	80,79,170	5.9%	53,765	73,025	11.5%
FY 2025-26	2,11,02,741	3.3%	1,42,261	1,68,200	10.9%
FY 2024-25	2,18,31,118	10.3%	1,48,888	1,65,795	11.1%
FY 2023-24	1,97,84,417	11.3%	1,40,879	1,51,626	12.5%
FY 2022-23	1,77,68,862	61.0%	1,37,298	1,36,022	11.1%
FY 2021-22	1,10,36,108	42.8%	99,865	1,38,127	3.1%
FY 2020-21	77,28,948	64.9%	72,170	1,04,953	1.9%
FY 2019-20	2,20,15,391	0.6%	1,65,761	1,53,468	13.4%
FY 2018-19	2,18,77,350	10.0%	1,62,026	1,55,232	12.7%
FY 2017-18	1,98,92,524	25.7%	1,48,802	1,63,323	13.0%
FY 2016-173 months	43,79,871	27.5%	34,654	38,253	14.1%

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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Kolkata airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	13,97,093	12.5%	12,38,469	1,58,624	9,809	14,651
Jul 2026	14,24,544	12.1%	12,66,062	1,58,482	9,536	13,850
Jun 2026	16,22,934	6.4%	14,24,468	1,98,466	10,457	14,701
May 2026	18,70,319	4.1%	16,59,652	2,10,667	12,080	16,034
Apr 2026	17,64,280	3.7%	15,60,079	2,04,201	11,883	13,789
Mar 2026	17,93,004	7.0%	16,18,055	1,74,949	12,147	13,446
Feb 2026	17,16,916	4.3%	15,34,510	1,82,406	11,015	13,764
Jan 2026	19,12,271	1.5%	16,97,889	2,14,382	12,137	15,117
Dec 2025	17,90,298	10.8%	15,76,949	2,13,349	11,696	14,604
Nov 2025	18,98,999	0.1%	16,90,918	2,08,081	12,478	15,057
Oct 2025	18,29,594	4.4%	16,30,755	1,98,839	12,688	12,800
Sep 2025	15,80,106	5.3%	13,99,366	1,80,740	11,726	13,616
Aug 2025	15,96,429	4.0%	14,24,341	1,72,088	11,113	14,711
Jul 2025	16,20,914	6.9%	14,39,092	1,81,822	11,136	14,787
Jun 2025	17,34,183	0.9%	15,48,134	1,86,049	11,718	12,607
May 2025	17,97,337	1.0%	15,96,055	2,01,282	12,239	15,604
Apr 2025	18,32,690	5.1%	16,48,464	1,84,226	12,168	12,087
Mar 2025	19,27,598	9.7%	17,33,494	1,94,104	13,140	13,643
Feb 2025	17,93,479	13.2%	16,05,812	1,87,667	11,609	12,011
Jan 2025	19,41,893	14.3%	17,32,410	2,09,483	12,633	13,051
Dec 2024	20,07,867	9.7%	17,85,364	2,22,503	12,872	13,545
Nov 2024	19,01,526	9.1%	16,97,086	2,04,440	12,263	13,470
Oct 2024	19,13,336	11.4%	17,09,105	2,04,231	13,101	15,223
Sep 2024	16,69,088	7.2%	14,93,755	1,75,333	12,148	13,429
Aug 2024	16,62,801	8.1%	14,83,074	1,79,727	12,375	14,078
Jul 2024	17,40,182	12.7%	15,35,285	2,04,897	12,164	15,711
Jun 2024	17,50,659	9.2%	15,34,827	2,15,832	12,081	14,429
May 2024	17,79,374	7.3%	15,57,332	2,22,042	12,293	15,794
Apr 2024	17,43,315	12.1%	15,44,108	1,99,207	12,209	11,411
Mar 2024	17,56,620	7.7%	15,54,815	2,01,805	12,339	16,738
Feb 2024	15,84,097	6.8%	13,91,255	1,92,842	10,879	14,097
Jan 2024	16,98,252	6.7%	14,84,799	2,13,453	11,501	12,503
Dec 2023	18,30,759	10.9%	16,01,652	2,29,107	12,219	14,369
Nov 2023	17,43,307	20.6%	15,36,662	2,06,645	12,086	10,316
Oct 2023	17,17,039	5.5%	14,97,595	2,19,444	12,439	13,446
Sep 2023	15,56,298	14.3%	13,62,926	1,93,372	11,635	12,846
Aug 2023	15,37,689	15.6%	13,47,854	1,89,835	11,611	13,172
Jul 2023	15,43,721	13.5%	13,27,760	2,15,961	11,620	10,676
Jun 2023	16,02,927	13.9%	13,93,234	2,09,693	11,357	12,397
May 2023	16,59,072	9.3%	14,44,399	2,14,673	11,667	11,099
Apr 2023	15,54,636	14.0%	13,72,865	1,81,771	11,526	9,967
Mar 2023	16,30,360	17.8%	14,48,615	1,81,745	11,884	11,878
Feb 2023	14,82,848	45.0%	13,15,631	1,67,217	10,966	10,234
Jan 2023	15,91,490	82.8%	14,05,724	1,85,766	12,117	10,750
Dec 2022	16,50,149	9.7%	14,45,338	2,04,811	11,932	10,537
Nov 2022	14,46,116	6.3%	12,64,629	1,81,487	10,311	10,398
Oct 2022	16,27,705	31.1%	14,48,848	1,78,857	12,099	10,729
Sep 2022	13,61,875	53.8%	12,01,149	1,60,726	10,757	11,458
Aug 2022	13,29,703	63.7%	11,68,008	1,61,695	11,201	12,178
Jul 2022	13,60,282	134.5%	11,99,975	1,60,307	11,030	12,128
Jun 2022	14,07,686	319.2%	12,48,148	1,59,538	11,673	12,166
May 2022	15,17,328	511.9%	13,90,934	1,26,394	12,079	12,889
Apr 2022	13,63,320	72.1%	12,65,944	97,376	11,249	10,677
Mar 2022	13,83,575	20.9%	13,19,040	64,535	10,982	13,391
Feb 2022	10,22,349	8.5%	9,81,003	41,346	7,878	9,785
Jan 2022	8,70,569	22.3%	8,26,302	44,267	8,796	10,719
Dec 2021	15,03,572	43.3%	14,51,969	51,603	11,767	12,024
Nov 2021	13,60,686	50.0%	13,23,971	36,715	10,981	12,445
Oct 2021	12,41,927	53.8%	12,07,851	34,076	10,521	15,133
Sep 2021	8,85,259	45.8%	8,58,937	26,322	8,335	13,431
Aug 2021	8,12,288	155.7%	8,03,522	8,766	7,624	11,284
Jul 2021	5,79,980	121.7%	5,74,571	5,409	6,227	11,077
Jun 2021	3,35,814	11.7%	3,30,942	4,872	4,447	9,577
May 2021	2,47,968	999+%	2,42,854	5,114	4,367	8,861
Apr 2021	7,92,121	999+%	7,72,481	19,640	7,940	10,400
Mar 2021	11,44,014	8.5%	11,12,980	31,034	9,985	12,739
Feb 2021	11,16,826	39.1%	10,89,506	27,320	9,125	10,074
Jan 2021	11,21,112	44.9%	10,94,446	26,666	9,670	10,262
Dec 2020	10,49,279	50.1%	10,24,979	24,300	9,030	11,090
Nov 2020	9,07,205	55.5%	8,91,098	16,107	7,875	10,224
Oct 2020	8,07,463	59.8%	8,00,602	6,861	7,466	11,160
Sep 2020	6,07,105	65.1%	6,04,540	2,565	5,971	9,249
Aug 2020	3,17,639	81.9%	3,15,831	1,808	3,622	7,837
Jul 2020	2,61,595	85.6%	2,61,197	398	3,662	9,182
Jun 2020	3,80,415	79.4%	3,75,613	4,802	4,677	9,096
May 2020	15,591	99.1%	14,843	748	744	2,944
Apr 2020	704	100.0%	232	472	343	1,096
Mar 2020	12,50,511	33.7%	11,50,354	1,00,157	10,791	8,876
Feb 2020	18,32,931	3.9%	16,13,533	2,19,398	13,979	11,427
Jan 2020	20,33,384	4.0%	17,47,196	2,86,188	15,362	11,577
Dec 2019	21,00,785	7.8%	17,94,579	3,06,206	15,462	11,868
Nov 2019	20,39,106	11.4%	17,56,556	2,82,550	15,006	13,520
Oct 2019	20,07,165	5.8%	17,41,150	2,66,015	15,279	16,971
Sep 2019	17,37,545	2.5%	14,92,883	2,44,662	13,496	17,645
Aug 2019	17,59,395	2.5%	15,19,913	2,39,482	13,688	13,999
Jul 2019	18,22,845	2.4%	15,73,876	2,48,969	13,649	14,421
Jun 2019	18,47,106	4.6%	15,90,278	2,56,828	13,006	10,403
May 2019	18,16,611	2.8%	15,72,344	2,44,267	12,969	11,850
Apr 2019	17,68,007	0.2%	15,23,407	2,44,600	13,074	10,911
Mar 2019	18,85,461	2.2%	16,30,139	2,55,322	13,756	12,133
Feb 2019	17,63,794	3.9%	15,39,124	2,24,670	12,910	11,121
Jan 2019	19,54,848	5.8%	16,99,005	2,55,843	14,454	11,323
Dec 2018	19,48,481	4.9%	16,86,133	2,62,348	14,018	12,254
Nov 2018	18,29,815	9.1%	15,98,921	2,30,894	13,816	12,910
Oct 2018	18,96,868	8.9%	16,60,866	2,36,002	13,958	12,140
Sep 2018	16,94,434	5.5%	14,70,304	2,24,130	13,139	13,788
Aug 2018	17,17,107	11.8%	14,98,055	2,19,052	13,420	14,264
Jul 2018	17,80,543	21.8%	15,60,646	2,19,897	13,132	14,658
Jun 2018	17,65,920	16.6%	15,55,156	2,10,764	13,158	13,261
May 2018	18,69,151	13.8%	16,38,225	2,30,926	13,596	14,764
Apr 2018	17,70,928	20.8%	15,53,971	2,16,957	12,669	12,616
Mar 2018	18,44,048	26.0%	16,12,976	2,31,072	13,282	13,014
Feb 2018	16,98,214	24.8%	14,90,946	2,07,268	12,055	11,705
Jan 2018	18,47,954	18.8%	16,13,646	2,34,308	13,311	12,553
Dec 2017	18,57,181	18.4%	16,08,851	2,48,330	13,324	13,905
Nov 2017	16,77,038	24.3%	14,66,433	2,10,605	12,330	13,912
Oct 2017	17,41,201	24.3%	15,24,034	2,17,167	12,944	13,362
Sep 2017	16,06,838	31.8%	13,95,782	2,11,056	12,097	14,764
Aug 2017	15,35,815	29.5%	13,30,204	2,05,611	11,881	14,916
Jul 2017	14,62,074	19.1%	12,57,092	2,04,982	11,633	13,198
Jun 2017	15,14,932	32.0%	13,14,802	2,00,130	11,857	13,608
May 2017	16,41,811	34.9%	14,22,796	2,19,015	12,336	15,637
Apr 2017	14,65,418	30.4%	12,68,187	1,97,231	11,752	12,749
Mar 2017	14,63,601	23.0%	12,55,713	2,07,888	12,024	14,328
Feb 2017	13,61,274	25.0%	11,69,993	1,91,281	10,858	11,805
Jan 2017	15,54,996	34.4%	13,36,962	2,18,034	11,772	12,120

Kolkata airport: common questions

How many passengers used Kolkata airport in August 2026?

13,97,093 passengers (12,38,469 domestic and 1,58,624 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 12.5% fewer than in August 2025.

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

80,79,170 passengers from April to August 2026, 5.9% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #6 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Kolkata airport's busiest month?

December 2019, with 21,00,785 passengers and 15,462 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Kolkata airport have international flights?

Yes. 23,03,186 international passengers used Kolkata airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 11.2% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Kolkata airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Kolkata airport recorded 9,809 movements in August 2026, about 316 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.