Air port in delhi, Airport Delhi, Indira gandhi International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport originally called Palam Airport is an airport located in New Delhi.The airport is second busiest in India in terms of passengers carried per annum serving 23 million passengers in 2007 and as per the survey by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), and it is predicted to become the busiest airport in India by 2010.
The airport which was earlier known as Palam Airport was built around the second world war and served as an Air Force Station for the Indian Air Force. Owing to an increase in air traffic in the 70s, an additional terminal with nearly 4 times the area of the old Palam terminal was constructed.
Delhi Airport has two non-parallel runways: the main runway 10/28 -12,500 ft (3,810 m)) and an auxiliary runway 09/27 (9,229 ft (2,813 m)). Runway 28 is one of the few runways in Asia and the only one in South Asia equipped with CAT III-B instrument landing system. In the winter of 2005 there were a record number of disruptions at Delhi airport due to fog/smog
The airport will also have a new runway to cater more than 75 plus flights an hour, almost triple current aircraft movements[citation needed]. The runway will be more than 4,400 m (14,000 ft) long and one of Asia's longest.
Terminal 3 would form the first phase of the airport expansion in which a U shaped building would be developed in a modular manner. In 2010, all international and full service domestic carriers will operate from Terminal 3, while Terminal 1 will be developed as an exclusive terminal for low cost carriers. In subsequent stages, the low cost carriers will also move to the new terminal complex.
Terminal 4 and 5 will be built at a later stage, and once completed, all International Flights will move to these two new terminals. A new cargo handling building is also planned.
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