NAME
Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
IDENTIFIER
HYD/VOHS
SERVES
Hyderabad
OWNER
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) GMR Group (61%)
Airports Authority of India (13%)
Government of Telangana (13%)
Malaysia Airports Holdings (11%)
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
Public
LOCAL TIME
18. Jul 08:29
IST
DESCRIPTION
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about 24 kilometres south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace Begumpet Airport, which was the sole civilian airport serving Hyderabad. It is named after Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. Built over an area of 5,500 acres, it is the largest airport of India by area. It is owned and operated by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited, a public–private consortium. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad was the first airport in India to launch domestic e-boarding facility in December 2015 and international e-boarding facility in October 2020. It has also ranked in AirHelp's list of top 10 airports in the world. The fourth busiest airport in India by passengers traffic, it handled almost 21 million passengers and over 140,000 tonnes of cargo between April 2022 and March 2023.
SOURCE: Wikipedia
RUNWAYS
| IDENTIFIER |
Length (m/ft) |
SURFACE |
| 09L/27R
|
3,800/12,162 |
Asphalt |
| 09R/27L
|
4,260/13,976 |
Asphalt |