Indira Gandhi International Airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport (VIDP) sits 10 miles southwest of central New Delhi. Commercial service is overwhelmingly dominant — VIDP is the principal IndiGo, Air India, and Vistara hub and the busiest airport in India — and the field handles a significant flow of business aviation, particularly intra-Asian and Middle East charter movements into the Indian corporate market.

The three runways at VIDP (09/27 14,534 ft, 10/28 12,500 ft, 11/29 13,795 ft) handle every current business jet without restriction. Two FBOs (Indamer Aviation and Bird ExecuJet) handle business movements with substantial hangar capacity. Slot pressure is significant and Indian aviation procedures (slot coordination through CMS, AAI handling requirements, the standard Indian customs and immigration framework) add procedural complexity that operators new to Indian airspace should plan for. Field elevation is 777 feet, no density-altitude concerns at this elevation. The dominant operational considerations are the Indian monsoon season (June–September with persistent low-visibility conditions), winter fog (December–February — historically severe enough to drive multi-day diversions), and the Delhi pollution-driven haze that can constrain visibility in winter. Ground time to central Delhi via the airport express metro is 20 minutes; by road is 30–60 depending on Delhi traffic.

Indira Gandhi International Airport, known as Palam Airport until 1986, is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of 5,106 acres (2,066 ha), is situated in Palam, Delhi, 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of the New Delhi Railway Station and 16 km (9.9 mi) from the city centre.