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Longest Commercial Runways in India

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National Commercial Aviation Runway Registry & Rankings (ISO: IN)
26 Commercial Aerodromes
Longest National Runway
14,534 ft
4,430 meters
Indexed Commercial Hubs
26
Paved primary runways (≥3,000 ft)

India Runway Facts at a Glance

Top 5 longest runways: #1 Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) 14,534 ft; #2 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD) 13,976 ft; #3 Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (BLR) 13,123 ft; #4 Noida International Airport (DXN) 12,975 ft; #5 Tirupati International Airport (TIR) 12,500 ft. The gap from DEL to TIR is 2,034 ft.

Elevation: Highest: Srinagar International Airport (SXR) at 5,429 ft (1,655 m); lowest: IXZ at 13 ft, a spread of 5,416 ft.

Runway count: 26 published airports, 36 active runways in total; 18 with 1 active runway, 7 with 2 active runways, 1 with 3+ active runways.

National Runway Inventory & Ranking Table

Commercial aerodromes in India ordered by longest active runway dimension.

National Rank Aerodrome Name IATA Municipality Longest Runway Elevation Published Global Rank
#1 in IN Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL New Delhi 14,534 ft (4430m) 777 ft #16 of 650
#2 in IN Rajiv Gandhi International Airport HYD Hyderabad 13,976 ft (4260m) 2,024 ft #26 of 650
#3 in IN Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru BLR Bengaluru 13,123 ft (4000m) 3,000 ft tied #56 of 650
#4 in IN Noida International Airport DXN Gautam Buddha Nagar 12,975 ft (3955m) 644 ft #94 of 650
#5 in IN Tirupati International Airport TIR Tirupati 12,500 ft (3810m) 350 ft tied #108 of 650
#6 in IN Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport IXC Chandigarh 12,467 ft (3800m) 1,012 ft tied #112 of 650
#7 in IN Navi Mumbai International Airport NMI Navi Mumbai 12,139 ft (3700m) 184 ft tied #160 of 650
#8 in IN Srinagar International Airport SXR Srinagar 12,090 ft (3685m) 5,429 ft #172 of 650
#9 in IN Chennai International Airport MAA Chennai 12,001 ft (3658m) 52 ft tied #188 of 650
#10 in IN Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport ATQ Amritsar 12,000 ft (3658m) 756 ft tied #193 of 650
#11 in IN Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport CCU Kolkata 11,919 ft (3633m) 16 ft #208 of 650
#12 in IN Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport BOM Mumbai 11,511 ft (3509m) 39 ft #258 of 650
#13 in IN Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport AMD Ahmedabad 11,499 ft (3505m) 189 ft tied #265 of 650
#14 in IN Manohar International Airport GOX Mopa 11,483 ft (3500m) 552 ft tied #273 of 650
#15 in IN Goa Dabolim International Airport GOI Vasco da Gama 11,345 ft (3458m) 150 ft #308 of 650
#16 in IN Cochin International Airport COK Kochi 11,155 ft (3400m) 30 ft tied #321 of 650
#17 in IN Thiruvananthapuram International Airport TRV Thiruvananthapuram 11,148 ft (3398m) 15 ft #345 of 650
#18 in IN Vijayawada International Airport VGA Vijayawada 11,023 ft (3360m) 82 ft tied #356 of 650
#19 in IN Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh IXZ Port Blair 10,795 ft (3290m) 13 ft #418 of 650
#20 in IN Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport NAG Nagpur 10,500 ft (3200m) 1,033 ft tied #449 of 650
#21 in IN Maharaja Agrasen International Airport HSS Hisar 10,236 ft (3120m) 700 ft #506 of 650
tied #22 in IN Kannur International Airport CNN Kannur 10,007 ft (3050m) 330 ft tied #542 of 650
tied #22 in IN Halwara International Airport HWR Halwara 10,007 ft (3050m) 790 ft tied #542 of 650
#24 in IN Pune International Airport PNQ Pune 10,000 ft (3048m) 1,942 ft tied #557 of 650
#25 in IN Rajkot International Airport HSR Rajkot 9,974 ft (3040m) 647 ft tied #575 of 650
#26 in IN Nashik International Airport ISK Nashik 9,843 ft (3000m) 1,900 ft tied #603 of 650