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title: "Patna airport (PAT) air cargo · SSL"
description: "Jay Prakash Narayan Airport: 9,136 tonnes of freight in FY2024-25, 11,298 in FY2025-26, ranked #19 in India (AAI)."
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updated: 2026-11-11
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Patna · Bihar · #19 for cargo

# Jay Prakash Narayan Airport

9,136 tonnes of freight a year. Your boxes can be next.

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PAT and its nearest cargo airports. India boundary per Survey of India (state layer: DataMeet, CC BY 4.0). Moving marks are illustrative.

- 9,136 tonnes, FY2024-25 AAI
- +23.7% change in FY2025-26 11,298 tonnes
- 0.2% of India’s air cargo #19 of 40 listed
- 0% international FY2025-26

Two years of tonnes

## PAT, FY2024-25 → FY2025-26

International vs domestic, FY2025-26

- International **0** (0%)
- Domestic **11,298** (100%)

Tonnes by year and type

1. International FY25 0
2. International FY26 0
3. Domestic FY25 9,136
4. Domestic FY26 11,298

Neighbours

## The nearest cargo airports

Freight FY2024-25 (tonnes) · distance as the crow flies

1. PAT · Patna 9,136
2. [VNS · Varanasi 224 km](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/vns/) 6,034
3. [IXR · Ranchi 254 km](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/ixr/) 6,662
4. [IXB · Siliguri 345 km](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/ixb/) 8,952
5. [LKO · Lucknow 439 km](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/lko/) 22,102
6. [CCU · Kolkata 472 km](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/ccu/) 1,65,618

## Frequently asked questions

**How much cargo does Patna airport (PAT) handle?**

9,136 tonnes in FY2024-25 and 11,298 tonnes in FY2025-26 (+23.7%), per the Airports Authority of India. That is 0.2% of India’s air cargo, #19 in the country.

**Is PAT cargo mostly international or domestic?**

All of it is domestic in AAI’s tables.

**Can SSL send my shipment by air from Patna?**

Yes. Our desk arranges the flight; our trucks can carry the goods to the cargo terminal. We are not an airline agent.

Sources

- [Airports Authority of India: Traffic News, March 2026, Annexure IV (freight, cumulative April-March)](https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k26Annex4.pdf) · FY2024-25 and FY2025-26

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