Delhi: With a flight taking off or landing from one of its three runways every 55 seconds during peak hours, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is the busiest and buzziest in the country.
This month, the airport has witnessed an average daily flight movement of 1,035, with the peak reached on November 6, with a record breaking 1,082 air traffic movement.
This, however, could only be the beginning for the airport to find itself in the august company of one of the world’s busiest airports such as London’s Heathrow.
“Delhi went past the Mumbai airport some while ago by handling many more passengers and flight movements and the gulf has only widened. By next year, we might even overtake London Heathrow airport (average daily movement of 1,400),” said a senior air traffic control official who didn't wish to be named.
Unlike the airport of the country’s financial capital, space is not a constraint at IGIA, which is spread over 5,100 acres.
The Delhi airport already has three runways, which can operate simultaneously. A fourth runway is just a few years away if you believe the plans of the private airport operator, Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL).
20/11/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
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This month, the airport has witnessed an average daily flight movement of 1,035, with the peak reached on November 6, with a record breaking 1,082 air traffic movement.
This, however, could only be the beginning for the airport to find itself in the august company of one of the world’s busiest airports such as London’s Heathrow.
“Delhi went past the Mumbai airport some while ago by handling many more passengers and flight movements and the gulf has only widened. By next year, we might even overtake London Heathrow airport (average daily movement of 1,400),” said a senior air traffic control official who didn't wish to be named.
Unlike the airport of the country’s financial capital, space is not a constraint at IGIA, which is spread over 5,100 acres.
The Delhi airport already has three runways, which can operate simultaneously. A fourth runway is just a few years away if you believe the plans of the private airport operator, Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL).
20/11/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
