Customs airport AAI data, Jan 2017 to Jul 2026

Visakhapatnam Airport Traffic

Name: Visakhapatnam Airport Monthly Traffic: Passengers, Aircraft Movements and Cargo
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The most recent AAI report listing Visakhapatnam airport is for July 2026. Visakhapatnam airport handled 2.14 lakh passengers in July 2026, 5.5% fewer than in July 2025, across 1,594 aircraft movements. In FY 2026-27 so far (April to July 2026) it has handled 9.19 lakh passengers, 6.4% fewer than a year earlier, ranking #31 of 139 airports in India. Its busiest month on record was May 2023, with 2.97 lakh passengers. International flights carried 3.1% of its passengers over the last 12 months. It handled 4,197 tonnes of cargo in the same period.

Rank in India

#31of 139

by passengers, FY 2026-27 so far

0.70% of India's air passengers in Jul 2026

July 2026, compared with July 2025

Passengers

5.5%

2.14 L

2,13,821 arriving and departing

Aircraft movements

12.8%

1,594

About 51 take-offs and landings a day

Cargo

12.5%

380 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

International passengers

51.7%

4,081

1.9% of all passengers

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

Passengers

6.4%

9.19 L

9,19,308 over 4 months

Aircraft movements

9.5%

6,664

Take-offs and landings

Cargo

17.0%

1,564 t

Freight loaded and unloaded

Visakhapatnam 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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Visakhapatnam airport traffic by financial year
Financial year	Passengers	vs previous year	Movements	Cargo (t)	International
FY 2026-274 months	9,19,308	6.4%	6,664	1,564	2.0%
FY 2025-26	29,67,744	0.4%	21,711	4,518	3.5%
FY 2024-25	29,55,089	6.0%	22,210	4,399	4.1%
FY 2023-24	27,88,665	11.5%	20,071	4,032	2.4%
FY 2022-23	25,00,654	55.3%	20,961	4,434	2.6%
FY 2021-22	16,10,483	44.6%	14,878	4,326	0.2%
FY 2020-21	11,13,516	58.5%	10,671	3,778	0.7%
FY 2019-20	26,81,283	6.0%	20,935	5,536	5.4%
FY 2018-19	28,53,390	15.0%	23,695	3,513	5.3%
FY 2017-18	24,80,379	5.2%	19,595	4,847	5.4%
FY 2016-173 months	6,00,509	15.5%	5,037	1,264	4.4%

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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Visakhapatnam airport monthly traffic, newest first
Month	Passengers	vs last year	Domestic	International	Movements	Cargo (t)
Jul 2026	2,13,821	5.5%	2,09,740	4,081	1,594	380
Jun 2026	2,20,611	9.8%	2,16,320	4,291	1,550	390
May 2026	2,56,189	4.0%	2,50,450	5,739	1,765	380
Apr 2026	2,28,687	6.5%	2,24,507	4,180	1,755	414
Mar 2026	2,44,820	4.3%	2,40,694	4,126	1,828	513
Feb 2026	2,30,117	6.7%	2,20,719	9,398	1,613	349
Jan 2026	2,71,302	0.5%	2,59,765	11,537	1,824	258
Dec 2025	2,41,304	12.5%	2,30,940	10,364	1,752	241
Nov 2025	2,70,354	8.2%	2,61,649	8,705	1,888	328
Oct 2025	2,53,161	3.4%	2,43,685	9,476	1,801	279
Sep 2025	2,24,235	0.4%	2,16,137	8,098	1,760	299
Aug 2025	2,50,055	0.9%	2,40,807	9,248	1,878	365
Jul 2025	2,26,230	0.4%	2,17,787	8,443	1,828	435
Jun 2025	2,44,700	5.3%	2,37,253	7,447	1,835	447
May 2025	2,66,818	12.2%	2,60,225	6,593	1,806	481
Apr 2025	2,44,648	11.6%	2,34,847	9,801	1,898	522
Mar 2025	2,55,835	17.8%	2,47,195	8,640	2,014	552
Feb 2025	2,46,593	25.8%	2,38,178	8,415	1,770	332
Jan 2025	2,72,717	33.8%	2,61,613	11,104	2,004	312
Dec 2024	2,75,694	25.7%	2,63,652	12,042	1,932	465
Nov 2024	2,49,937	18.2%	2,40,462	9,475	1,845	328
Oct 2024	2,62,045	10.5%	2,52,469	9,576	1,921	293
Sep 2024	2,25,215	0.5%	2,16,855	8,360	1,806	263
Aug 2024	2,52,311	4.3%	2,42,429	9,882	1,872	304
Jul 2024	2,25,261	1.6%	2,14,453	10,808	1,720	264
Jun 2024	2,32,488	8.6%	2,20,441	12,047	1,698	407
May 2024	2,37,728	19.9%	2,24,141	13,587	1,852	450
Apr 2024	2,19,265	14.9%	2,11,256	8,009	1,776	428
Mar 2024	2,17,243	15.1%	2,11,850	5,393	1,607	425
Feb 2024	1,96,013	13.1%	1,91,189	4,824	1,460	368
Jan 2024	2,03,893	17.5%	1,98,319	5,574	1,495	249
Dec 2023	2,19,271	10.7%	2,13,668	5,603	1,572	256
Nov 2023	2,11,376	17.1%	2,06,212	5,164	1,538	309
Oct 2023	2,37,179	22.2%	2,32,004	5,175	1,767	313
Sep 2023	2,24,117	29.3%	2,19,086	5,031	1,715	346
Aug 2023	2,41,917	18.7%	2,36,701	5,216	1,721	334
Jul 2023	2,28,897	26.8%	2,22,750	6,147	1,616	352
Jun 2023	2,54,490	24.6%	2,47,877	6,613	1,692	351
May 2023	2,96,629	51.9%	2,90,182	6,447	1,944	462
Apr 2023	2,57,640	32.1%	2,52,704	4,936	1,944	267
Mar 2023	2,55,743	46.4%	2,50,757	4,986	2,016	494
Feb 2023	2,25,556	56.6%	2,20,534	5,022	1,681	262
Jan 2023	2,47,016	79.5%	2,40,518	6,498	1,867	182
Dec 2022	2,45,648	21.1%	2,38,768	6,880	1,822	315
Nov 2022	1,80,536	0.4%	1,75,181	5,355	1,592	308
Oct 2022	1,94,103	14.5%	1,88,257	5,846	1,668	354
Sep 2022	1,73,332	32.6%	1,67,945	5,387	1,542	345
Aug 2022	2,03,795	39.0%	1,98,532	5,263	1,770	413
Jul 2022	1,80,525	76.0%	1,73,994	6,531	1,645	458
Jun 2022	2,04,200	220.9%	1,98,406	5,794	1,869	465
May 2022	1,95,231	334.8%	1,91,199	4,032	1,722	395
Apr 2022	1,94,969	71.9%	1,91,229	3,740	1,767	443
Mar 2022	1,74,693	25.5%	1,73,048	1,645	1,621	606
Feb 2022	1,44,041	1.5%	1,43,308	733	1,258	407
Jan 2022	1,37,590	21.8%	1,37,060	530	1,516	263
Dec 2021	2,02,891	22.8%	2,02,825	66	1,696	266
Nov 2021	1,79,827	29.4%	1,79,827	0	1,553	250
Oct 2021	1,69,544	44.6%	1,69,544	0	1,373	325
Sep 2021	1,30,724	55.0%	1,30,719	5	1,235	307
Aug 2021	1,46,616	141.0%	1,46,616	0	1,236	363
Jul 2021	1,02,577	143.7%	1,02,577	0	908	355
Jun 2021	63,634	60.8%	63,634	0	592	323
May 2021	44,904	466.9%	44,904	0	652	372
Apr 2021	1,13,442	999+%	1,13,442	0	1,238	489
Mar 2021	1,39,229	1.8%	1,39,229	0	1,520	585
Feb 2021	1,41,947	36.3%	1,41,924	23	1,404	383
Jan 2021	1,76,056	28.0%	1,76,056	0	1,633	307
Dec 2020	1,65,282	35.8%	1,65,191	91	1,447	289
Nov 2020	1,38,941	42.1%	1,38,377	564	1,144	544
Oct 2020	1,17,272	46.5%	1,16,502	770	997	263
Sep 2020	84,345	58.5%	83,807	538	782	237
Aug 2020	60,839	70.5%	59,716	1,123	619	244
Jul 2020	42,095	81.0%	39,917	2,178	526	318
Jun 2020	39,565	83.7%	37,582	1,983	439	291
May 2020	7,921	97.0%	7,610	311	128	198
Apr 2020	24	100.0%	24	0	32	119
Mar 2020	1,41,824	38.8%	1,37,342	4,482	1,423	458
Feb 2020	2,22,728	0.6%	2,12,560	10,168	1,917	308
Jan 2020	2,44,598	3.6%	2,30,819	13,779	2,013	366
Dec 2019	2,57,589	3.4%	2,43,710	13,879	1,951	384
Nov 2019	2,40,070	8.8%	2,28,932	11,138	1,793	346
Oct 2019	2,19,114	10.9%	2,07,935	11,179	1,612	457
Sep 2019	2,03,118	10.2%	1,91,513	11,605	1,597	562
Aug 2019	2,06,203	12.7%	1,92,784	13,419	1,523	396
Jul 2019	2,21,124	6.4%	2,07,388	13,736	1,730	607
Jun 2019	2,42,475	5.3%	2,28,473	14,002	1,768	554
May 2019	2,65,772	7.0%	2,52,328	13,444	1,832	515
Apr 2019	2,16,668	7.2%	2,03,964	12,704	1,776	583
Mar 2019	2,31,733	2.5%	2,18,905	12,828	2,013	0
Feb 2019	2,24,000	8.5%	2,12,507	11,493	1,814	0
Jan 2019	2,53,628	11.8%	2,37,926	15,702	2,046	0
Dec 2018	2,66,687	21.3%	2,52,977	13,710	2,086	0
Nov 2018	2,20,600	10.3%	2,10,844	9,756	1,919	325
Oct 2018	2,46,052	21.6%	2,34,385	11,667	2,035	365
Sep 2018	2,26,265	26.9%	2,14,967	11,298	2,026	380
Aug 2018	2,36,263	29.2%	2,24,950	11,313	1,928	434
Jul 2018	2,36,165	25.2%	2,24,437	11,728	1,885	528
Jun 2018	2,30,265	10.2%	2,17,345	12,920	1,930	414
May 2018	2,48,322	7.2%	2,33,939	14,383	2,022	514
Apr 2018	2,33,410	18.8%	2,19,838	13,572	1,991	553
Mar 2018	2,37,734	24.7%	2,26,292	11,442	1,994	777
Feb 2018	2,06,537	9.0%	1,95,069	11,468	1,664	529
Jan 2018	2,26,905	3.0%	2,12,554	14,351	1,781	279
Dec 2017	2,19,831	1.0%	2,06,195	13,636	1,704	246
Nov 2017	2,00,079	1.7%	1,88,119	11,960	1,526	263
Oct 2017	2,02,374	1.2%	1,90,724	11,650	1,594	278
Sep 2017	1,78,298	3.2%	1,68,749	9,549	1,392	321
Aug 2017	1,82,895	11.0%	1,71,678	11,217	1,477	390
Jul 2017	1,88,677	0.0%	1,78,421	10,256	1,466	479
Jun 2017	2,08,976	18.6%	1,99,826	9,150	1,578	389
May 2017	2,31,645	20.8%	2,21,700	9,945	1,787	469
Apr 2017	1,96,428	8.7%	1,87,247	9,181	1,632	427
Mar 2017	1,90,675	8.4%	1,82,421	8,254	1,700	583
Feb 2017	1,89,528	12.8%	1,81,583	7,945	1,571	377
Jan 2017	2,20,306	25.3%	2,10,085	10,221	1,766	304

Visakhapatnam airport: common questions

How many passengers used Visakhapatnam airport in July 2026?

2,13,821 passengers (2,09,740 domestic and 4,081 international), according to the Airports Authority of India's monthly traffic report. That is 5.5% fewer than in July 2025.

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

9,19,308 passengers from April to July 2026, 6.4% fewer than in the same months a year earlier. It ranks #31 of 139 Indian airports by passengers this financial year.

What was Visakhapatnam airport's busiest month?

May 2023, with 2,96,629 passengers and 1,944 aircraft movements, the highest in AAI's monthly reports since January 2017.

Does Visakhapatnam airport have international flights?

Yes. 89,243 international passengers used Visakhapatnam airport in the 12 months to July 2026, 3.1% of its passenger traffic.

How many flights operate from Visakhapatnam airport?

AAI counts aircraft movements, where each take-off or landing is one movement. Visakhapatnam airport recorded 1,594 movements in July 2026, about 51 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.