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New Delhi IndiraGandhi DEL Airport Terminal Map

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Main Terminal / Concourses at New Delhi IndiraGandhi DEL Airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport has two main passenger terminals  - T1 & T3:   Domestic Terminal 1 (presently consistsing of two buildings - the Arrival Terminal T1C & the Departure Terminal T1D, both within walking distance, and new integrated Terminal 3 with an Arrivals and a Departure Level for both Domestic & International operations. (The separate Hajj terminal is only in operation from October through December.)  A new 1.3 km tunnel road under the runway connects the Palam-Dwarka roundabout near T1 with the new T3 within 5 minutes' driving time. The new  six-lane tunnel with a pedestrian walkway runs between T1 and T3.

Terminal 1, presently the low-cost terminal, 
has separate buildings for arrivals and departures and is home to Go Air, Indigo & Spicejet. Its buildings T1C & T1D are within walking distance of each other; however, a free golf cart service is also available. The new tunnel provides transfer between T1D and T3.
(a) The Arrivals Terminal T1C,
which offers food & drink and retail concessions in- & outside the terminal, airline & tourist counters, currency exchange and ATM machines.
(b) The Departures Terminal T1D which offers an information counter, four check-in stations; security checkpoints, food & drink and retail concessions, smoking room, child care & children play area, bank, ATM machines, currency exchange, internet zone and laptop station, and access to the pier and its departure gates. 

Terminal 3 is a new integrated terminal
, with six levels - the ground (Arrivals) level & level 1 (Departures) level are divided into international & domestic areas. Level 2 houses lounges & the food court; levels 3 & 4 houses more lounges and level 5 is occupied by the hotel.
This new steel-and-glass 9-level terminal - the first in the world to get the LEED NC Gold rating - has two piers (concourses), each 1.2 km in length. The terminal, which has its own 7-level parking garage,  is linked to the 8-lane National Highway 8, and the Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System. It includes an in-line baggage handling system capable of processing 12,800 bags an hour, has six check-in islands with 168 check-in counters, 95 immigration counters, 78 passenger boarding bridges (3 of which for large aircraft), 14 baggage reclaim belts, a 6.7 million square foot apron area, 96 walkways, 20,000 square meters of retail space, a 100-room transit hotel, and a multi-level garage with 4,300 spaces.

Arrivals on the ground level has a large main hall, divided into domestic & international arrivals, each with baggage claim area, information desk, and all necessary services.  Domestic Arrivals is accessed from the Domestic arrivals pier, while international arrivals is accessed from the international pier. 

Departures on level 1
has a large main hall with check-in counters, various services, and access to either domestic or international departures waiting areas leading to their individual pier with departure gates.
The Domestic departure pier has three sections: Section C has gates 27-36; Section D has gates 37-41 and Section D has gates 42-62.
The International departure pier has two sections: Section A is divided into gates 1-3 & 4-14; Secton B has gates 15-26.  Snooze cabins' (opposite boarding gate 17) offer bed, table with wi-fi connection, electric plugs, cellphone charging sockets & flat-screen TVs.

Amenities & Services at Terminal 3:  Aside from a large selection of food & drink, as well as retail concessions, the teminal offers banking facilities, business and VIP facilities, Wi-Fi acccesss, duty-free outlets, left luggage, lost & found, information counters, airline lounges, and more.

Transfer Connections:
Six international transfer counters in the international transfer area enable international transfer passengers to complete all preboarding formalities prior to boarding their next plane.
The new tunnel road provides transfer between T3 and T1D.
The Metro stations at T3 connects to the City: Metro stations (New Delhi, Shivaji & Dhaula Kuan) offer check-in facilities, and
New Delhi & Shivaji stations also have baggage check-in facilities - presently for Air India only.