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Where India’s urgent cargo takes off, from Delhi’s million tonnes to Dehradun’s two thousand.

Andaman & Nicobar IslandsAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaLakshadweepMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOdishaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTelanganaTripuraUttar PradeshUttarakhandWest Bengal DEL DEL BOM BOM BLR BLR MAA HYD HYD CCU CCU AMD AMD COK COK PNQ GAU TRV LKO JAI CCJ IXC CJB IDR SXR PAT BBI NAG IXB IXZ STV IXR TRZ IMF VNS IXA GOI RPR VTZ ISK CNN IXM GOX ATQ BHO IXE DED
Circles sized by FY2024-25 freight tonnes. India boundary per Survey of India (state layer: DataMeet, CC BY 4.0). Moving marks are illustrative.
  • 37,33,337 tonnes of air cargo, all India FY2024-25 · AAI
  • +6.2% growth in FY2025-26 39,64,347 tonnes · AAI
  • 86% flies from just six airports DEL BOM BLR MAA HYD CCU
  • 62% of it international FY2024-25 · AAI

League table

All forty, by tonnes

Freight handled, FY2024-25 (tonnes)
  1. DEL · New Delhi 11,09,520
  2. BOM · Mumbai 8,89,900
  3. BLR · Bengaluru 5,02,509
  4. MAA · Chennai 3,79,154
  5. HYD · Hyderabad 1,65,868
  6. CCU · Kolkata 1,65,618
  7. AMD · Ahmedabad 1,18,922
  8. COK · Kochi 62,000
  9. PNQ · Pune 42,293
  10. GAU · Guwahati 26,607
  11. TRV · Thiruvananthapuram 23,033
  12. LKO · Lucknow 22,102
  13. JAI · Jaipur 21,762
  14. CCJ · Kozhikode 21,246
  15. IXC · Chandigarh 14,138
  16. CJB · Coimbatore 12,140
  17. IDR · Indore 10,143
  18. SXR · Srinagar 9,892
  19. PAT · Patna 9,136
  20. BBI · Bhubaneswar 9,086
  21. NAG · Nagpur 9,018
  22. IXB · Siliguri 8,952
  23. IXZ · Port Blair 7,905
  24. STV · Surat 6,886
  25. IXR · Ranchi 6,662
  26. TRZ · Tiruchirappalli 6,477
  27. IMF · Imphal 6,200
  28. VNS · Varanasi 6,034
  29. IXA · Agartala 5,489
  30. GOI · Vasco da Gama 5,460
  31. RPR · Raipur 5,080
  32. VTZ · Visakhapatnam 4,399
  33. ISK · Nashik 4,280
  34. CNN · Kannur 4,152
  35. IXM · Madurai 3,495
  36. GOX · Mopa 3,389
  37. ATQ · Amritsar 3,362
  38. BHO · Bhopal 2,410
  39. IXE · Mangaluru 2,213
  40. DED · Dehradun 1,959

Airports Authority of India, Traffic News March 2026, Annexure IV.

3.96M tonnes
International vs domestic, FY2025-26
  • International 24,51,872 (62%)
  • Domestic 15,12,474 (38%)
82%

82% of domestic air cargo travelled as belly cargo in passenger aircraft (2008-10). MoCA

Beyond India

Gateways to the Gulf, Africa and Brazil

DohaDubaiNairobiAddis AbabaJohannesburgLagosSão Paulo
Illustrative arcs from Delhi and Mumbai to hub airports on SSL’s global lanes. Map: Natural Earth, India point of view. Route shapes and ships are illustrative, not to scale.
  • DOH Doha, Qatar (8th busiest cargo airport in the world, 2,614,214 tonnes (ACI World, calendar 2024))
  • DXB Dubai, UAE
  • NBO Nairobi, Kenya
  • ADD Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • JNB Johannesburg, South Africa
  • LOS Lagos, Nigeria
  • GRU São Paulo, Brazil

Public information

Airlines that carry India’s air cargo

Indian

  • Air India
  • IndiGo (CarGo)
  • Blue Dart Aviation
  • Quikjet
  • SpiceXpress

International

  • Emirates SkyCargo
  • Qatar Airways Cargo
  • Etihad Cargo
  • Ethiopian Cargo
  • Lufthansa Cargo
  • Singapore Airlines Cargo
  • Turkish Cargo

Airlines and cargo carriers that fly India's air cargo: named as public information only. SSL is not their agent or partner.

Frequently asked questions

Which Indian airport handles the most cargo?
Delhi (DEL): 11,09,520 tonnes in FY2024-25 and 11,48,338 tonnes in FY2025-26 (Airports Authority of India).
How much air cargo does India move?
37,33,337 tonnes across Indian airports in FY2024-25, rising to 39,64,347 tonnes in FY2025-26 (+6.2%).
Is Safe & Secure Logistics an airline agent?
No. Air freight is arranged by our desk. The airlines named on this page are listed as public information; SSL is not their agent or partner.

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