Amristar Airport on growth path; Highest ever traffic recorded

Updated: 9/29/2026
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Last Updated: 29 September 2026

July 2026: Amritsar made a hub-and-spoke international gateway: passengers flying abroad via Delhi now do check-in, immigration, customs & baggage drop at Amritsar itself (Union Civil Aviation Ministry initiative)[1]

Record FY2024-25: 35.4 Lakh passengers, 14.8% annual growth[2]

Milestone FY2023-24: Amritsar Airport surpassed 30.85 Lakh passengers, with 22.6% annual growth[3]

New international routes that started during FY2023-24 included direct flights to Kuala Lumpur, London, Italy (Rome & Verona)[3:1]

Amritsar Airport Wins Air Asia X ‘Best Station Award’ for July 2024[4]
-- The award recognizes the Amritsar Airport station’s exceptional on-time performance, low mishandled bag rate, and high Net Promoter Score (NPS) among 24 airports in the Air Asia X network worldwide

2023-24 Growth[3:2]

Amritsar Airport stood at 23rd postion, out of total of 40 international and 95 domestic airports

Passenger Type Total passengers Growth
International 9.81 Lakh 30%
Domestic 21.04 Lakh 19.5%
Flights 21,648 10.9%

Currently, the airport facilitates

  • 6 Indian and 5 Foreign carriers, connecting to 13 domestic and 9 international destinations
    • includes Dubai, Sharjah, Doha, Rome, Milan, London Gatwick, Birmingham, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
  • ~65 daily departures and arrivals
  • An average daily footfall of 10,000 passengers
Year Total passengers[5]
FY 2024-25[2:1] 35,42,880
2023 26,01,000
2015 10,00,000

NRI Services

Amristar Airport

  • 2nd largest airport in Northern India after Delhi Airport
  • Among the 6 airports in India which deployed with the Instrument Landing System(ILS) and installation of Advanced technology which is useful in visibility issues due to smog in winters[6]
  • The Air Infrastructure is necessary to boost the Tourism and economy of any state
  • Named after Shri Guru Ram Das Ji (SGRDJ)
  • Amristar international airport also caters to needs of himachal and Jammu Kashmir too

REFERENCES:

  1. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=224476 (ANI, 28 July 2026) ↩︎

  2. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/passenger-traffic-at-amritsar-airport-hits-all-time-high-with-14-8-growth/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=183523 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=189935 ↩︎

  5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/with-26-lakh-flyers-amritsar-airport-witnesses-busiest-ever-year-101704480328485.html ↩︎

  6. https://www.thehindu.com/newss/national/telengana/ils-upgrades-are-needed-at-airports-to-tackle-rough-weather-amids-growing-air-traffic/article67909905 ↩︎

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