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Airport passengers and freight

Airport passengers and freight: 31.01 million in August 2026

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The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.

Publication cadence: Monthly. Missing observations are not zero.

Monthly airport passengers

Monthly airport passengers
PeriodPassengersPrevious year passengersYoy
August 202631.01 million32.85 million−5.6%
July 202630.63 million32.15 million−4.7%
June 202633.39 million34.02 million−1.8%
May 202636.98 million35.38 million4.5%
April 202633.83 million35.76 million−5.4%
March 202634.51 million36.09 million−4.4%
February 202635.08 million34.91 million0.5%
January 202638.63 million37.13 million4%
December 202536.49 million37.54 million−2.8%
November 202537.95 million35.45 million7%
October 202535.28 million33.71 million4.7%
September 202531.96 million32.18 million−0.7%
August 202533.08 million32.74 million1%
July 202532.14 million32.47 million−1%
June 202534.01 million32.81 million3.7%
May 202535.38 million34.34 million3%
April 202535.72 million32.39 million10.3%
March 202536.09 million33.03 million9.3%
February 202534.91 million31.38 million11.2%
January 202537.13 million32.73 million13.5%
December 202437.54 million33.99 million10.5%
November 202435.46 million31.31 million13.2%
October 202433.71 million30.71 million9.8%
September 202432.18 million29.78 million8.1%
August 202432.69 million30.41 million7.5%
July 202432.47 million30.12 million7.8%
June 202432.81 million30.45 million7.7%
May 202434.34 million31.96 million7.5%
April 202432.39 million30.56 million6%
March 202433.03 million31.02 million6.5%
February 202431.38 million29.03 million8.1%
January 202432.73 million30.52 million7.2%
December 202333.99 million30.92 million9.9%
November 202331.31 million28.3 million10.7%
October 202330.71 million27.45 million11.9%
September 202329.78 million24.94 million19.4%
August 202330.41 million24.68 million23.2%
July 202330.12 million23.94 million25.8%
June 202330.45 million25.28 million20.5%
May 202331.96 million26.85 million19%
April 202330.56 million24.34 million25.5%
March 202331.02 million24.43 million26.9%
February 202329.03 million17.66 million64.4%
January 202330.52 million15.19 millionNot reported
December 202230.92 million25.11 million23.1%
November 202228.28 million23.23 million21.8%
October 202227.45 million19.61 million40%
September 202224.94 million15.44 million61.6%
August 202224.68 million14.26 million73.1%
July 202223.94 million10.53 millionNot reported
June 202225.28 million6.51 millionNot reported
May 202226.85 million4.46 millionNot reported
April 202224.34 million12.46 million95.3%
March 202224.43 million16.95 million44.2%
February 202217.66 million16.87 million4.7%
January 202215.27 million16.73 million−8.7%
December 202125.12 million15.79 million59.1%
November 202123.23 million13.57 million71.2%
October 202119.64 million11.17 million75.9%
September 202115.44 million8.45 million82.7%
August 202114.26 million6.16 millionNot reported
July 202110.53 million4.66 millionNot reported
June 20216.51 million4.29 million51.7%
May 20214.46 million670,980Not reported
April 202112.46 million61,861Not reported
February 202116.87 million29.52 million−42.9%
January 202116.73 million31.32 million−46.6%
December 202015.79 million31.85 million−50.4%
November 202013.57 million31.22 million−56.5%
October 202011.17 million29.58 million−62.2%
September 20208.45 million27.75 million−69.5%
August 20206.16 million28.78 million−78.6%
July 20204.59 million28.95 million−84.1%
June 20204.25 million28.93 million−85.3%
May 2020716,99028.91 million−97.5%
April 202062,15126.7 million−99.8%
March 202017.54 million28.19 million−37.8%
February 202029.48 million27.52 million7.1%
January 202031.32 million30.92 million1.3%
December 201931.85 million31.26 million1.9%
November 201931.22 million28.59 million9.2%
October 201929.58 million28.76 million2.9%
September 201927.75 million27.69 million0.2%
August 201928.78 million28 million2.8%
July 201928.9 million28.67 million0.8%
June 201928.93 million27.76 million4.2%
May 201928.91 million29.11 million−0.7%
April 201926.7 million28.22 million−5.4%
March 201928.19 million28.51 million−1.1%
February 201927.52 million26.34 million4.5%
January 201930.92 million28.54 million8.4%
December 201831.26 million28.23 million10.8%
November 201828.59 million26.03 million9.8%
October 201828.75 million25.83 million11.3%
September 201827.69 million23.96 million15.6%
August 201828.01 million24.51 million14.3%
July 201828.67 million24.17 million18.6%
June 201827.76 million23.95 million15.9%
May 201829.11 million25.52 million14%
April 201828.22 million23.17 million21.7%
March 201828.51 million22.98 million24.1%
February 201826.34 million21.87 million20.4%
January 201828.54 million24.53 million16.3%
December 201728.22 million24.31 million16.1%
November 201726.02 million22.58 million15.3%
October 201725.82 million21.83 million18.3%
September 201723.96 million20.89 million14.66%
August 201724.51 million21.42 million14.4%
July 201724.17 million21.67 million11.5%
June 201723.95 million20.39 million17.4%
May 201725.52 million22.06 million15.7%
April 201723.17 million20.42 million13.5%
March 201722.98 million20.37 million12.8%
February 201721.87 million19.27 million13.5%
January 201724.53 million20.21 million21.4%
December 201624.31 million20.27 million19.9%
November 201622.58 million19.04 million18.6%
October 201621.83 million18.23 million19.7%
September 201616.22 million13.1 million23.8%
August 201621.42 million17.92 million19.5%
July 201621.67 million17.62 million23%
June 201620.39 million17.46 million16.8%
May 201622.08 million18.79 million17.5%
March 201620.28 million16.84 million20.4%
February 201619.18 million16.03 million19.6%
January 201620.17 million17.11 million17.9%

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Airport passengers by location

Airport passengers by location
AirportPassengersPrevious year passengers
Delhi (DIAL)6.08 million5.92 million
Mumbai (MIAL)4.05 million4.52 million
Bengaluru (BIAL)3.4 million3.51 million
Hyderabad (GHIAL)2.19 million2.47 million
Chennai1.68 million1.89 million
Kolkata1.4 million1.6 million
Kochi979,732959,679
Pune908,137901,217
Ahmedabad877,7641.06 million
Guwahati463,935494,771
Goa (DABOLIM)436,984461,992
Lucknow423,137469,810
Thiruvananthapuram409,617415,172
Jaipur367,940435,556
Navi Mumbai (NMIAL)355,4490
Kozhikode327,265355,837
Bhubaneswar310,303386,469
Indore300,741360,940
Goa (MOPA)292,095378,800
Chandigarh287,349295,704

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Airport freight

Airport freight
PeriodFreight tonnesPrevious year freight tonnesYoy
August 2026369,878333,21611%
July 2026372,265335,91610.8%
June 2026262,059228,36414.8%
May 2026364,452329,78910.5%
April 2026347,558316,3579.9%
March 2026343,310343,377Not reported
February 2026328,613278,68617.9%
January 2026324,692299,1748.5%
December 2025339,662310,5229.4%
November 2025244,369215,92813.2%
October 2025325,950333,763−2.3%
September 2025330,844322,8732.5%
August 2025330,692313,5925.5%
July 2025334,481320,3474.4%
June 2025311,879311,1130.3%
May 2025328,360312,5775%
April 2025315,116282,70811.5%
March 2025342,073329,4713.8%
February 2025278,741293,129−4.9%
January 2025297,937278,3437%
December 2024310,147287,1088%
November 2024291,862266,1179.7%
October 2024334,251291,89814.5%
September 2024321,594272,64818%
August 2024314,101279,29112.5%
July 2024321,098271,98118.1%
June 2024311,113268,35015.9%
May 2024312,577270,29615.6%
April 2024282,708257,06010%
March 2024329,456280,81717.3%
February 2024293,129238,97822.7%
January 2024273,408236,68115.5%
December 2023287,107259,12310.8%
November 2023269,331252,7006.6%
October 2023291,885257,96913.1%
September 2023272,651273,335−0.3%
August 2023279,291261,3566.9%
July 2023271,971275,174−1.2%
June 2023268,301270,403−0.8%
May 2023270,123271,054−0.3%
April 2023269,280269,2110%
March 2023287,371283,2771.4%
February 2023243,137238,1102.1%
January 2023237,756246,804−3.7%
December 2022259,123275,384−5.9%
November 2022252,700258,541−2.3%
October 2022257,969301,824−14.5%
September 2022273,335274,642−0.5%
August 2022261,356264,509−1.2%
July 2022275,032259,1686.1%
June 2022270,403237,30913.9%
May 2022271,054238,19313.8%
April 2022269,211263,0412.3%
March 2022283,277282,4070.3%
February 2022238,110244,969−2.8%
January 2022182,570177,8992.6%
December 2021275,384257,5046.9%
November 2021258,541243,5426.2%
October 2021301,824258,99916.5%
September 2021274,642239,01614.9%
August 2021264,509204,24729.5%
July 2021259,168191,74435.2%
June 2021237,309163,00745.6%
May 2021238,19394,927Not reported
April 2021263,01448,229Not reported
February 2021244,969267,865−8.5%
January 2021245,320275,655−11%
December 2020257,504282,731−8.9%
November 2020243,541279,679−12.9%
October 2020258,999300,672−13.9%
September 2020239,016285,321−16.2%
August 2020204,247289,472−29.4%
July 2020191,977293,514−34.6%
June 2020162,923274,099−40.6%
May 202094,927293,694−67.7%
April 202047,240275,483−82.9%
March 2020210,111309,098−32%
February 2020267,865271,057−1.2%
January 2020275,655279,530−1.4%
December 2019282,731295,016−4.2%
November 2019279,577290,334−3.7%
October 2019300,396321,122−6.5%
September 2019284,244301,656−5.8%
August 2019288,532304,716−5.3%
July 2019293,007302,543−3.2%
June 2019273,432296,943−7.9%
May 2019293,411305,551−4%
April 2019275,155284,335−3.2%
March 2019308,408302,2132%
February 2019270,622262,6113.1%
November 2017205,222171,78819.5%
October 2017203,969194,2815%
September 2017209,201175,77819.01%
August 2017138,215115,45019.7%
July 2017130,806113,95614.8%
June 2017137,860119,29115.6%
May 2017207,552177,32717%
April 2017195,611166,25717.7%
March 2017212,181179,52118.2%
February 2017175,133160,0919.4%
January 2017180,759158,28514.2%

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Source: Airports Authority of India, India Dispatch Research

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India by the numbers, Airport passengers and freight, August 2026. 31.01 million. Source: Airports Authority of India. https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/airports

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