Indira Gandhi (DEL) Airport

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  • DEL Airport Overview
    Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL is located 16 km from the city center of New Delhi, located in the center of northern India. The Airport is in the middle of its mega-overhaul project and it is important to note that many changes will happen until its completion, scheduled prior to the opening of the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Therefore, it is wise to check with your airline as to which terminal you will arrive, if you expect to be picked up upon arrival.

    The new Domestic Departures Terminal T1-D, a 2-level structure, opened in Spring 2009, shifting some airlines over to this terminal. Some other services like food and shopping follow suit.

    A third runway (the longest in Asia) was completed in 2008, thereby making Delhi airport India's first airport to have three runways.

    Apart from renovating the existing terminals, including domestic arrivals, international terminal and the Haj terminal, and the opening of the new T1-D Terminal, DIAL (Delhi International Airport Limited) had planned for the construction of a new integrated passenger terminal building--terminal 3--to cater to both domestic and international traffic, including arrivals and departures. Terminal 3 is coming up near the international terminal and is more than 60 percent completed. The new building, which will be roughly 10 times the size of the new terminal 1D, will have the capacity of handling 34 million passengers per year (nearly 24 million passengers were counted for 2008). Terminal 3 should be on target to open for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. It will have 74 aerobridges and 30 remote parking bays for passenger embarkation and disembarkation.

    Terminal 3 can be accessed through a six-lane road connecting National Highway-8. The complex will also be connected via a dedicated Delhi Metro railway line expected to be ready by August next year. This line is being part funded by DIAL. Terminal 3 will also have a multi-story car park to accommodate over 4,000 cars.


  • Main Terminal / Concourses at Indira Gandhi DEL Airport
    N o t e : At present some domestic departures from Terminals 1A & 1B have been rerouted to the new Terminal 1-D. This move involves the following airlines: Kingfisher Airlines, Kingfisher Red, Indigo Airlines, GO Air, Jet Airways, JetLite, SpiceJet. For questions call 91-11-1566-1080. Terminal 1-D and Terminal 2 seem to be the main terminals at this writing. Other smaller terminals T1-A, T1-B--both departures; T1-C--arrivals, the Haj Terminal and the International Terminal will eventually be replaced by the a new and very large Terminal 3, presently under construction and slated to open in 2010.