International airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026

Vijayawada Airport Traffic

Name: Vijayawada Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
Creator: Airports Authority of India
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Vijayawada airport handled 1.17 lakh passengers in August 2026, 1.5% fewer than in August 2025, across 1,470 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to August 2026) it has handled 5.79 lakh passengers, 1.5% more than a year earlier, ranking #39 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was December 2024, with 1.41 lakh passengers. International flights carried 3.5% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 1,429 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#39of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.38% of India's air passengers in Aug 2026

August 2026, compared with August 2025

Passengers

1.5%

1.17 L

1,17,204 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

1.0%

1,470

About 47 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

58.5%

147 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

109.5%

5,114

4.4% of all passengers

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

Passengers

1.5%

5.79 L

5,79,326 over 5 months

Aircraft movements

2.2%

7,473

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

34.2%

647 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Vijayawada 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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Vijayawada airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-275 months	5,79,326	1.5%	7,473	647	3.4%
FY 2025-26	14,11,958	1.7%	17,112	1,324	2.9%
FY 2024-25	13,88,943	30.7%	18,558	1,413	2.1%
FY 2023-24	10,62,506	9.9%	15,214	809	3.5%
FY 2022-23	9,66,383	54.6%	14,593	1,275	3.8%
FY 2021-22	6,25,131	23.2%	9,258	2,264	7.4%
FY 2020-21	5,07,215	55.1%	7,423	1,989	14.3%
FY 2019-20	11,30,583	4.6%	15,242	2,129	0.4%
FY 2018-19	11,84,853	58.7%	19,026	382	0.5%
FY 2017-18	7,46,392	19.9%	11,998	0	0.0%
FY 2016-173 months	1,52,462	29.2%	2,259	0	0.0%

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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Vijayawada airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Aug 2026	1,17,204	1.5%	1,12,090	5,114	1,470	147
Jul 2026	1,11,986	1.1%	1,07,675	4,311	1,453	141
Jun 2026	1,15,492	0.2%	1,11,927	3,565	1,502	105
May 2026	1,25,059	10.1%	1,21,456	3,603	1,586	103
Apr 2026	1,09,585	2.2%	1,06,451	3,134	1,462	151
Mar 2026	1,13,807	13.0%	1,11,067	2,740	1,396	162
Feb 2026	1,15,025	9.8%	1,10,325	4,700	1,227	126
Jan 2026	1,35,389	3.3%	1,28,409	6,980	1,250	112
Dec 2025	1,21,291	13.7%	1,14,911	6,380	1,403	86
Nov 2025	1,25,177	0.8%	1,20,821	4,356	1,501	86
Oct 2025	1,19,140	3.4%	1,16,985	2,155	1,552	99
Sep 2025	1,11,107	4.2%	1,08,523	2,584	1,474	111
Aug 2025	1,18,965	6.4%	1,16,524	2,441	1,456	93
Jul 2025	1,10,740	3.0%	1,09,620	1,120	1,425	92
Jun 2025	1,15,744	14.0%	1,13,550	2,194	1,484	84
May 2025	1,13,562	19.3%	1,10,766	2,796	1,483	98
Apr 2025	1,12,011	26.1%	1,09,507	2,504	1,461	176
Mar 2025	1,30,775	55.2%	1,28,428	2,347	1,775	291
Feb 2025	1,27,552	56.2%	1,25,066	2,486	1,510	123
Jan 2025	1,31,061	46.0%	1,28,744	2,317	1,620	112
Dec 2024	1,40,625	47.0%	1,38,158	2,467	1,654	107
Nov 2024	1,24,172	51.2%	1,21,479	2,693	1,585	96
Oct 2024	1,23,344	41.4%	1,21,129	2,215	1,587	131
Sep 2024	1,06,608	27.7%	1,04,948	1,660	1,514	106
Aug 2024	1,11,806	24.5%	1,09,555	2,251	1,492	90
Jul 2024	1,07,479	15.5%	1,05,146	2,333	1,553	61
Jun 2024	1,01,531	8.7%	99,218	2,313	1,434	28
May 2024	95,170	1.2%	92,046	3,124	1,406	142
Apr 2024	88,820	3.5%	86,132	2,688	1,428	126
Mar 2024	84,250	0.2%	81,700	2,550	1,317	159
Feb 2024	81,666	6.7%	79,725	1,941	1,268	23
Jan 2024	89,765	8.9%	86,948	2,817	1,324	77
Dec 2023	95,661	11.3%	92,976	2,685	1,209	89
Nov 2023	82,132	2.1%	79,985	2,147	1,218	48
Oct 2023	87,218	7.7%	85,517	1,701	1,299	109
Sep 2023	83,487	5.1%	81,044	2,443	1,227	95
Aug 2023	89,791	3.1%	86,438	3,353	1,243	13
Jul 2023	93,034	12.3%	87,400	5,634	1,272	49
Jun 2023	93,427	16.0%	88,810	4,617	1,248	67
May 2023	96,294	33.0%	92,226	4,068	1,324	69
Apr 2023	85,781	17.2%	82,965	2,816	1,265	11
Mar 2023	84,436	13.0%	81,671	2,765	1,239	66
Feb 2023	76,549	37.0%	74,286	2,263	1,079	78
Jan 2023	82,420	65.9%	79,515	2,905	1,214	99
Dec 2022	85,924	4.3%	82,801	3,123	1,253	112
Nov 2022	80,482	19.5%	77,479	3,003	1,261	107
Oct 2022	80,989	37.6%	78,393	2,596	1,233	154
Sep 2022	79,439	56.2%	77,295	2,144	1,252	173
Aug 2022	87,105	67.3%	84,264	2,841	1,306	128
Jul 2022	82,842	85.7%	78,948	3,894	1,260	114
Jun 2022	80,569	183.2%	76,317	4,252	1,209	92
May 2022	72,415	346.2%	68,749	3,666	1,132	71
Apr 2022	73,213	66.2%	70,047	3,166	1,155	81
Mar 2022	74,694	7.5%	69,329	5,365	1,108	131
Feb 2022	55,888	17.0%	50,983	4,905	732	145
Jan 2022	49,667	38.4%	44,115	5,552	810	179
Dec 2021	82,379	15.1%	74,047	8,332	1,150	169
Nov 2021	67,373	20.3%	61,868	5,505	955	172
Oct 2021	58,867	15.9%	55,431	3,436	843	237
Sep 2021	50,850	36.1%	48,035	2,815	774	222
Aug 2021	52,071	72.6%	50,404	1,667	712	222
Jul 2021	44,608	116.3%	39,901	4,707	652	227
Jun 2021	28,451	52.7%	25,149	3,302	465	171
May 2021	16,228	242.1%	16,228	0	323	159
Apr 2021	44,055	New	43,621	434	734	230
Mar 2021	69,473	21.6%	62,373	7,100	1,021	417
Feb 2021	67,313	25.4%	60,538	6,775	947	223
Jan 2021	80,563	10.9%	71,024	9,539	1,088	182
Dec 2020	71,553	24.9%	63,848	7,705	966	152
Nov 2020	55,988	38.9%	48,071	7,917	708	132
Oct 2020	50,791	45.8%	43,625	7,166	705	140
Sep 2020	37,373	49.4%	31,133	6,240	567	106
Aug 2020	30,160	75.7%	20,972	9,188	507	109
Jul 2020	20,624	78.2%	13,454	7,170	434	227
Jun 2020	18,633	83.1%	15,593	3,040	376	229
May 2020	4,744	95.8%	4,106	638	96	72
Apr 2020	0	100.0%	0	0	8	0
Mar 2020	57,141	42.8%	57,141	0	916	114
Feb 2020	90,204	2.4%	90,204	0	1,232	143
Jan 2020	90,410	9.6%	90,410	0	1,266	164
Dec 2019	95,215	6.6%	95,215	0	1,342	158
Nov 2019	91,568	2.9%	91,568	0	1,270	132
Oct 2019	93,686	5.7%	93,686	0	1,292	167
Sep 2019	73,896	19.4%	73,896	0	1,000	182
Aug 2019	1,24,292	26.9%	1,24,292	0	1,089	204
Jul 2019	94,751	10.0%	94,751	0	1,300	208
Jun 2019	1,10,091	8.1%	1,08,351	1,740	1,476	220
May 2019	1,13,074	4.7%	1,11,134	1,940	1,532	242
Apr 2019	96,255	1.4%	94,903	1,352	1,527	195
Mar 2019	99,893	5.2%	98,867	1,026	1,681	0
Feb 2019	92,403	45.6%	91,303	1,100	1,392	0
Jan 2019	1,00,045	55.0%	97,979	2,066	1,550	0
Dec 2018	1,01,931	79.2%	99,829	2,102	1,555	0
Nov 2018	88,953	52.8%	88,953	0	1,500	91
Oct 2018	99,338	60.1%	99,338	0	1,600	100
Sep 2018	91,697	47.9%	91,697	0	1,538	92
Aug 2018	97,914	54.5%	97,914	0	1,606	99
Jul 2018	1,05,316	76.4%	1,05,316	0	1,726	0
Jun 2018	1,01,821	92.4%	1,01,821	0	1,656	0
May 2018	1,07,964	101.5%	1,07,964	0	1,736	0
Apr 2018	97,578	78.5%	97,578	0	1,486	0
Mar 2018	94,976	85.7%	94,976	0	1,409	0
Feb 2018	63,484	27.2%	63,484	0	914	0
Jan 2018	64,528	25.5%	64,528	0	982	0
Dec 2017	56,871	4.6%	56,871	0	926	0
Nov 2017	58,220	2.8%	58,220	0	928	0
Oct 2017	62,047	9.6%	62,047	0	1,076	0
Sep 2017	62,011	21.5%	62,011	0	1,086	0
Aug 2017	63,386	12.6%	63,386	0	1,038	0
Jul 2017	59,716	14.3%	59,716	0	990	0
Jun 2017	52,926	10.1%	52,926	0	922	0
May 2017	53,568	3.6%	53,568	0	850	0
Apr 2017	54,659	27.5%	54,659	0	877	0
Mar 2017	51,148	33.1%	51,148	0	756	0
Feb 2017	49,906	25.2%	49,906	0	729	0
Jan 2017	51,408	29.5%	51,408	0	774	0

Vijayawada airport: common questions

How many passengers used Vijayawada airport in August 2026?

1,17,204 passengers (1,12,090 domestic and 5,114 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 1.5% fewer than in August 2025.

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

5,79,326 passengers from April to August 2026, 1.5% more than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #39 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Vijayawada airport's busiest month?

December 2024, with 1,40,625 passengers and 1,654 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Vijayawada airport have international flights?

Yes. 49,622 international passengers used Vijayawada airport in the 12 months to August 2026, 3.5% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Vijayawada airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Vijayawada airport recorded 1,470 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.