Updated: January 15, 2026
India Asia

New Delhi Airport (DEL)

New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport averages 730 flights per day to 143 destinations, with 63 domestic and 80 international routes. A total of 68 airlines operate at DEL, led by IndiGo. This airport provides direct service to 53 countries across five continents, with a route network dominated by domestic flights and the United Arab Emirates as its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from New Delhi connects to San Francisco, with a typical flight time of 14 hrs 40 mins.

IATA
DEL
ICAO
VIDP
Elevation
777 ft (237 m) MSL
Local Time
Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Destinations
143 (63 domestic · 80 international)
Flights per day
730 (550 domestic · 181 international)
Busiest Route
Mumbai (63/day)
Longest Direct Flight
San Francisco 14 hrs 40 mins
Shortest Flight
Dehradun 1 hr 20 mins
Top Airline
IndiGo (85 routes)
Top Country
India (550 flights/day)
Longest Runway
14,364 ft / 4,378 m

Weather in New Delhi

143 Destinations from New Delhi Airport (DEL)

This week, 143 active routes depart from New Delhi International Airport. The busiest route connects New Delhi with Mumbai and is operated by 5 airlines. The longest nonstop flight is to San Francisco, and the shortest flight is to Dehradun.

All Destinations

Flights Destination Route Airlines
63 Mumbai DEL → BOM
2 hrs 35 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline5
47 Bangalore DEL → BLR
3 hrs
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline5
30 Hyderabad DEL → HYD
2 hrs 35 mins
Air India, IndiGo, Starlight Airline3
29 Kolkata DEL → CCU
2 hrs 40 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline5
25 Pune DEL → PNQ
2 hrs 30 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline5
22 Ahmedabad DEL → AMD
1 hr 55 mins
Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline4
21 Chennai DEL → MAA
3 hrs
Air India, IndiGo2
16 Patna DEL → PAT
2 hrs 10 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet4
16 Lucknow DEL → LKO
1 hr 40 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo3
15 Guwahati DEL → GAU
2 hrs 40 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet4
14 Srinagar DEL → SXR
2 hrs
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline5
13 Dubai DEL → DXB
4 hrs
Air India, Emirates, flydubai, IndiGo, SpiceJet5
13 Bhubaneswar DEL → BBI
2 hrs 40 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo3
13 Indore DEL → IDR
1 hr 55 mins
Air India, Air India Express, Alliance Air, IndiGo4
12 Chandigarh DEL → IXC
1 hr 30 mins
Air India, Alliance Air, IndiGo3
12 Amritsar DEL → ATQ
1 hr 45 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo3
12 Bangkok (BKK) DEL → BKK
4 hrs 15 mins
Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Thai Airways International4
12 Kathmandu DEL → KTM
2 hrs 15 mins
Air India, Bhutan Airlines, IndiGo, Nepal Airlines4
12 Vasco da Gama DEL → GOI
2 hrs 50 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo3
11 Udaipur DEL → UDR
1 hr 50 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet4
11 Mopa DEL → GOX
2 hrs 45 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline5
11 Siliguri DEL → IXB
2 hrs 30 mins
Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline4
10 Kochi DEL → COK
3 hrs 20 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
10 Varanasi DEL → VNS
1 hr 50 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet4
9 London DEL → LHR
9 hrs 25 mins
Air India, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic3
9 Naqpur DEL → NAG
2 hrs 10 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
9 Raipur DEL → RPR
2 hrs 10 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
9 Jaipur DEL → JAI
1 hr 25 mins
Air India, Air India Express, Alliance Air, IndiGo4
8 Ranchi DEL → IXR
2 hrs 10 mins
Air India Express, IndiGo2
7 Dehradun DEL → DED
1 hr 20 mins
Air India, Alliance Air, IndiGo3
7 Bhopal DEL → BHO
1 hr 50 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
7 Singapore DEL → SIN
5 hrs 40 mins
Air India, IndiGo, Singapore Airlines3
7 Vadodara DEL → BDQ
2 hrs 10 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
6 Abu Dhabi DEL → AUH
3 hrs 50 mins
Air India Express, Etihad Airways, IndiGo3
6 Jammu DEL → IXJ
1 hr 55 mins
Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet3
6 Leh DEL → IXL
1 hr 55 mins
Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet3
6 Doha DEL → DOH
4 hrs 20 mins
Air India, IndiGo, Qatar Airways3
6 Phuket DEL → HKT
4 hrs 20 mins
Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet3
5 Gorakhpur DEL → GOP
1 hr 55 mins
Alliance Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline4
5 Kuala Lumpur DEL → KUL
5 hrs 30 mins
Air India, AirAsia X, Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Air4
5 Colombo DEL → CMB
3 hrs 30 mins
Air India, SriLankan Airlines2
5 Hong Kong DEL → HKG
5 hrs 45 mins
Air India, Cathay Pacific, IndiGo3
4 Coimbatore DEL → CJB
3 hrs 15 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
4 Jodhpur DEL → JDH
1 hr 45 mins
Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo3
4 Trivandrum DEL → TRV
3 hrs 20 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
4 Kuwait City DEL → KWI
4 hrs 20 mins
IndiGo, Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways3
4 Paris DEL → CDG
7 hrs 50 mins
Air France, Air India2
4 Visakhapatnam DEL → VTZ
2 hrs 35 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
3 Aurangabad DEL → IXU
2 hrs 20 mins
Air India, IndiGo2
3 Darbhanga DEL → DBR
2 hrs 25 mins
IndiGo, SpiceJet, Starlight Airline3
3 Mangalore DEL → IXE
3 hrs
Air India Express, IndiGo2
3 Muscat DEL → MCT
3 hrs 30 mins
Air India Express, Oman Air2
3 Port Blair DEL → IXZ
3 hrs 45 mins
Air India, Air India Express2
3 Riyadh DEL → RUH
4 hrs 30 mins
Air India, flynas, IndiGo, Saudi Arabian Airlines4
3 Sharjah DEL → SHJ
3 hrs 30 mins
Air Arabia, Air India Express2
3 Tokyo DEL → HND
8 hrs
Air India, ANA, Japan Airlines3
3 Frankfurt-am-Main DEL → FRA
9 hrs 10 mins
Air India, Lufthansa2
3 Imphal DEL → IMF
3 hrs
Air India Express, IndiGo2
3 Jeddah DEL → JED
5 hrs 30 mins
Air India, Saudi Arabian Airlines, IndiGo3
3 Dhaka DEL → DAC
2 hrs 50 mins
Air India, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, IndiGo3
2 Addis Ababa DEL → ADD
6 hrs 15 mins
Ethiopian Airlines1
2 Amsterdam DEL → AMS
8 hrs 5 mins
Air India, KLM2
2 Dibrugarh DEL → DIB
3 hrs
IndiGo1
2 Hanoi DEL → HAN
4 hrs 35 mins
IndiGo, VietJetAir, Vietnam Airlines3
2 Manama DEL → BAH
3 hrs 50 mins
Gulf Air1
2 Nasik DEL → ISK
2 hrs 15 mins
IndiGo1
2 Pantnagar DEL → PGH
1 hr
IndiGo1
2 San Francisco DEL → SFO
14 hrs 40 mins
Air India1
2 Toronto DEL → YYZ
14 hrs 25 mins
Air Canada, Air India2
2 Ho Chi Minh City DEL → SGN
5 hrs 10 mins
Air India, VietJetAir, Vietnam Airlines3
2 New York DEL → JFK
14 hrs 10 mins
Air India, American Airlines2
2 Bangkok (DMK) DEL → DMK
4 hrs 15 mins
Thai AirAsia X, Thai Lion Air2
2 Zurich DEL → ZRH
8 hrs 20 mins
Air India, SWISS2
2 Ad Dammam DEL → DMM
4 hrs
Air India Express, IndiGo2
2 Aizawl DEL → AJL
2 hrs 55 mins
IndiGo1
2 Allahabad DEL → IXD
1 hr 40 mins
Alliance Air, IndiGo2
2 Baku DEL → GYD
4 hrs 25 mins
AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines, IndiGo2
2 Newark DEL → EWR
14 hrs 40 mins
Air India, United Airlines2
2 Seoul DEL → ICN
7 hrs 25 mins
Air India, Korean Air2
2 Denpasar-Bali Island DEL → DPS
7 hrs 25 mins
Air India1
2 Agartala DEL → IXA
2 hrs 25 mins
IndiGo1
2 Melbourne DEL → MEL
11 hrs 40 mins
Air India, Qantas2
2 Chennay DEL → — Air India, IndiGo2
1 Almaty DEL → ALA
3 hrs 5 mins
Air Astana1
1 Tashkent DEL → TAS
3 hrs 30 mins
Centrum Air, Uzbekistan Airways2
1 Vienna DEL → VIE
8 hrs 45 mins
Air India1
1 Istanbul DEL → IST
7 hrs 10 mins
IndiGo, Turkish Airlines2
1 Belgaum DEL → IXG
2 hrs 40 mins
IndiGo1
1 Bhuj DEL → BHJ
1 hr 50 mins
Air India1
1 Bikaner DEL → BKB
1 hr 20 mins
IndiGo1
1 Calicut DEL → CCJ
3 hrs 15 mins
IndiGo1
1 Dimapur DEL → DMU
3 hrs 10 mins
IndiGo1
1 Gwalior DEL → GWL
1 hr 40 mins
IndiGo1
1 Helsinki DEL → HEL
8 hrs 35 mins
Finnair1
1 Higleig DEL → HGI
6 hrs 35 mins
IndiGo1
1 Hubli DEL → HBX
2 hrs 40 mins
IndiGo1
1 Jharsuguda DEL → JRG
2 hrs 20 mins
IndiGo1
1 Khajuraho DEL → HJR
1 hr 45 mins
IndiGo1
1 Madurai DEL → IXM
3 hrs 10 mins
IndiGo1
1 Malé DEL → MLE
3 hrs 50 mins
Air India1
1 Manila DEL → MNL
5 hrs 25 mins
Air India1
1 Moscow DEL → SVO
6 hrs 25 mins
Aeroflot1
1 Munich DEL → MUC
8 hrs 30 mins
Lufthansa1
1 Paro DEL → PBH
2 hrs 35 mins
Drukair1
1 Rajahmundry DEL → RJA
2 hrs 40 mins
IndiGo1
1 Rome DEL → FCO
8 hrs 35 mins
ITA Airways1
1 Shanghai DEL → PVG
6 hrs 35 mins
China Eastern Airlines1
1 Shirdi DEL → SAG
2 hrs 20 mins
IndiGo1
1 Sydney DEL → SYD
11 hrs 40 mins
Air India1
1 Tiruchirappally DEL → TRZ
3 hrs 15 mins
IndiGo1
1 Tirumala - Tirupati DEL → TIR
3 hrs 15 mins
IndiGo1
1 Vancouver DEL → YVR
13 hrs 35 mins
Air India1
1 Durgapur DEL → — IndiGo1
1 Kannur DEL → CNN
3 hrs 5 mins
IndiGo1
1 Guangzhou DEL → CAN
6 hrs 10 mins
IndiGo1
1 Milan DEL → MXP
8 hrs 45 mins
Air India1
1 Montreal DEL → YUL
14 hrs 55 mins
Air Canada1
1 Tbilisi DEL → TBS
4 hrs 55 mins
IndiGo1
6/week Manchester DEL → MAN
8 hrs 45 mins
IndiGo1
5/week Copenhagen DEL → CPH
6 hrs 55 mins
Air India1
5/week Krabi DEL → KBV
4 hrs 25 mins
IndiGo1
5/week Tel Aviv DEL → TLV
6 hrs 40 mins
Air India1
5/week Warsaw DEL → WAW
8 hrs 10 mins
LOT - Polish Airlines1
5/week Chicago DEL → — Air India1
4/week Kabul DEL → KBL
2 hrs 30 mins
Ariana Afghan Airlines, Kam Air2
4/week Birmingham DEL → BHX
7 hrs 55 mins
Air India1
4/week Cairo DEL → CAI
5 hrs 35 mins
EgyptAir1
4/week Jorhat DEL → JRH
3 hrs
IndiGo1
4/week Yangon DEL → RGN
3 hrs 20 mins
Air India, Myanmar Airways International2
3/week Baghdad DEL → BGW
4 hrs 40 mins
I A W1
3/week Kalkutta DEL → — Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet3
3/week Khisar DEL → — Alliance Air1
2/week Basrah DEL → BSR
4 hrs 35 mins
I A W1
2/week Dushanbe DEL → DYU
2 hrs 55 mins
Somon Air1
2/week Phnom Penh DEL → KTI
4 hrs 55 mins
Cambodia Angkor Air1
2/week Shillong DEL → SHL
2 hrs 20 mins
SpiceJet1
2/week Tehran DEL → IKA
3 hrs 40 mins
Mahan Air1
2/week Goa DEL → — Air India Express1
2/week Tiruvanantapura DEL → — Air India, IndiGo2
1/week Erzurum DEL → ERZ
5 hrs 5 mins
Corendon Air1
1/week Minsk DEL → MSQ
6 hrs 20 mins
Belavia1
1/week Port Louis DEL → MRU
7 hrs 20 mins
Air Mauritius1
1/week Bishkek DEL → — Cathay Dragon1

Airlines

New Delhi International Airport is served by 68 airlines, with IndiGo in the lead at 29% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 64% of routes. 56 carriers operate only one route each. A total of 67 airlines operate international routes, compared with 6 serving domestic routes. Air India is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to San Francisco with a flight time of 14 hrs 40 mins.

  • IndiGo85 routes
  • Air India74 routes
  • Air India Express28 routes
  • SpiceJet21 routes
  • Starlight Airline11 routes
  • Alliance Air7 routes
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines2 routes
  • Lufthansa2 routes
  • VietJetAir2 routes
  • Vietnam Airlines2 routes
  • Air Canada2 routes
  • I A W2 routes
  • Emirates1 route
  • flydubai1 route
  • Thai Airways International1 route
  • Bhutan Airlines1 route
  • Nepal Airlines1 route
  • British Airways1 route
  • Virgin Atlantic1 route
  • Singapore Airlines1 route
  • Etihad Airways1 route
  • Qatar Airways1 route
  • AirAsia X1 route
  • Malaysia Airlines1 route
  • Malindo Air1 route
  • SriLankan Airlines1 route
  • Cathay Pacific1 route
  • Jazeera Airways1 route
  • Kuwait Airways1 route
  • Air France1 route
  • Oman Air1 route
  • flynas1 route
  • Air Arabia1 route
  • ANA1 route
  • Japan Airlines1 route
  • Biman Bangladesh Airlines1 route
  • Ethiopian Airlines1 route
  • KLM1 route
  • Gulf Air1 route
  • American Airlines1 route
  • Thai AirAsia X1 route
  • Thai Lion Air1 route
  • SWISS1 route
  • AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines1 route
  • United Airlines1 route
  • Korean Air1 route
  • Qantas1 route
  • Air Astana1 route
  • Centrum Air1 route
  • Uzbekistan Airways1 route
  • Turkish Airlines1 route
  • Finnair1 route
  • Aeroflot1 route
  • Drukair1 route
  • ITA Airways1 route
  • China Eastern Airlines1 route
  • LOT - Polish Airlines1 route
  • Ariana Afghan Airlines1 route
  • Kam Air1 route
  • EgyptAir1 route
  • Myanmar Airways International1 route
  • Somon Air1 route
  • Cambodia Angkor Air1 route
  • Mahan Air1 route
  • Corendon Air1 route
  • Belavia1 route
  • Air Mauritius1 route
  • Cathay Dragon1 route

New Delhi International Airport provides direct service to 53 countries across five continents. The route network is 44% domestic and 56% international, with Dubai, United Arab Emirates serving as the primary international destination.

  • India550/day
  • United Arab Emirates23/day
  • Thailand20/day
  • Nepal12/day
  • United Kingdom11/day
  • Saudi Arabia8/day
  • Singapore7/day
  • United States6/day
  • Qatar6/day
  • Malaysia5/day
  • Sri Lanka5/day
  • Hong Kong SAR China5/day
  • Vietnam4/day
  • Canada4/day
  • Germany4/day
  • Kuwait4/day
  • France4/day
  • Oman3/day
  • Japan3/day
  • Bangladesh3/day
  • Australia3/day
  • Ethiopia2/day
  • Netherlands2/day
  • Bahrain2/day
  • Italy2/day
  • China2/day
  • Switzerland2/day
  • Azerbaijan2/day
  • South Korea2/day
  • Indonesia2/day
  • Turkey1/day
  • Kazakhstan1/day
  • Uzbekistan1/day
  • Austria1/day
  • Finland1/day
  • South Sudan1/day
  • Maldives1/day
  • Philippines1/day
  • Russia1/day
  • Bhutan1/day
  • Georgia1/day
  • Iraq5/week
  • Denmark5/week
  • Israel5/week
  • Poland5/week
  • Afghanistan4/week
  • Egypt4/week
  • Myanmar (Burma)4/week
  • Tajikistan2/week
  • Cambodia2/week
  • Iran2/week
  • Belarus1/week
  • Mauritius1/week

Global Rankings of New Delhi Airport (DEL)

This snapshot shows how New Delhi Airport (DEL) ranks globally across multiple operational and network dimensions. Rankings reflect relative position worldwide across destination breadth, flight volume, scheduling density, and long-haul reach.

Destinations

Measures how broadly the airport connects distinct endpoints across its route network.

Flights & Scheduling

Reflects flight volume and how intensively runway infrastructure is scheduled.

Distance & Reach

Highlights long-haul connectivity and how distance is distributed across flights and runways.

6 Runways at New Delhi Airport (DEL)

Runways:
Name Length Width Surface
11 14,364 ft · 4,378 m 197 ft · 60 m Asphalt
29 14,364 ft · 4,378 m 197 ft · 60 m Asphalt
10 12,497 ft · 3,809 m 148 ft · 45 m Asphalt
28 12,497 ft · 3,809 m 148 ft · 45 m Asphalt
09 9,278 ft · 2,828 m 148 ft · 45 m Asphalt
27 9,278 ft · 2,828 m 148 ft · 45 m Asphalt

The runways at this airport are long enough to accomodate all aircraft.