Delhi airport
ninth busiest in the world in 2022

Produced by: Saurabh Sharma
Designed by: Pragati

India's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) emerged as the ninth busiest airport in the world in 2022 with passenger traffic of more than 5.94 crore, Airports Council International (ACI) said on Wednesday.

Delhi airport world's
ninth busiest in 2022

The Delhi airport is the only airport to figure in the top 10 list from South and South East Asia. It witnessed a collective footfall of passenger traffic of over 5.94 crore in 2022.

The only airport in top
10 from South, SE Asia

Delhi airport has bettered its ranking from 13th in 2021 and 17th in 2019. This time, the airport is ahead of France's largest airport - Charles de Gaulle in Paris.

Delhi betters its ranking
from 2019 and 2021

Hit by Covid-induced lockdowns, air traffic surged last year. The ACI said 2022 global passenger traffic reached close to 7 billion, representing an increase of 53.5% from 2021, or a 73.8% recovery from 2019.

Global traffic reached
close to 7 bn in 2022

America's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport was the busiest airport with traffic of 93.7 million passengers. It was followed by Dallas airport (73.4 mn), Denver airport (69.3 mn), and Chicago O'Hare airport (68.3 mn). 

America's Hartsfield-Jackson busiest airport in world 

In the list, the biggest jump in the top 10 was recorded for London's Heathrow airport. The airport improved its ranking from the 54th position as borders reopened in March 2022 after two years of closures.

London's Heathrow
back in top 10 

The UK-based air transport rating organisation Skytrax recently ranked Delhi airport as the best in India and South Asia. Delhi airport last year stood at the 37th rank in the list of the World's Top 100 Airports.

Delhi airport best in India
and South Asia: Skytrax

In March, the Delhi airport was declared the cleanest in India and South Asia region by ACI. Besides Delhi, India's Tiruchirappalli International Airport was rated the best in the Asia Pacific in the category of under 2 mn passengers.

Delhi airport cleanest
in the Asia Pacific

The airport said it was proud of the achievements it bagged at the Skytrax Awards 2022-23. DIAL said the IGI airport was certified as a 4-star rated for its excellence on indicators like cleanliness, comfort, staff service, and immigration.

Delhi airport certified
as a 4-star rated